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Rainforest by Noname [Name Your Price on Bandcamp]

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Noname – Brooklyn Steel – November 27, 2023

With just three remaining dates on the North American tour in support of her universally acclaimed second LP, Sundial, rapper-poet-producer Noname headlined Brooklyn Steel on Monday night following an opening set from Stout.

Photos courtesy of Edwina Hay | thisisnotaphotograph.com

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Noname ~ feb. 9th, 2015.

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Montago Bae by Noname (featuring Ravyn Lenae) from the album Room 25

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Noname on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert performing songs from Room 25:

Blaxploitation

Prayer Song

Don’t Forget About

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Noname Is Down-to-Earth at Brooklyn Steel on Saturday Night

Noname – Brooklyn Steel – January 5, 2019

There’s no wall that separates Noname from her fans, metaphorical or otherwise. She’s not a performer who puts herself on a pedestal. Even onstage before a huge backing band, an impressive set of backstage lights, a huge blinking neon sign that reads ROOM 25 (the name of her much-acclaimed debut album), Noname can’t help but remain her humble self. “What the fuck!” she exclaimed upon seeing the sold-out audience before her at Brooklyn Steel as the house lights went on for the first time on Saturday night. “There’s so many people here!”

Noname’s a rapper known for her low-key, understated delivery. She shares in style that same Midwestern earnestness you’ll find in other Chicago rappers like Chance the Rapper and Saba. But there’s also something unique to who she is that makes her come off extremely likable. “I’m being supervulnerable here in front of thousands of people right now,” she said after taking a second stab at a verse. No one seemed to mind—it’s easy to root for someone so self-deprecating. “I apologize for my awkwardness and lack of rhythm,” she joked after another one of her songs. “I promise I’m having fun up here. I’m just awkward and don’t know what to do with myself.” When someone shouted out love for her hair, she replied, “Yeah, I spent a lot more money on my wig this time around!” 

Noname’s voice started to go toward the end of the set, apparently battling tonsillitis. Consider this further proof that she’s “one of us” as everyone and their brother seem to have some sort of cold right now. But she still came back for an encore, an a cappella version of “No Name,” Room 25’s final track, an appropriately intimate conclusion and a glimpse into how things all began for her. She dabbled in slam poetry before rapping, and this just-vocals version gave the audience an honest feel for her wordsmith-ing superpowers. “My pussy wrote a thesis on colonialism” —a line in “Self”—is probably the best rap lyric written last year, and just about everyone in the room joined in for it when Noname opened the show with the tune (it’s a funny thing to witness pasty Brooklyn white boys shout). These past few years have been a rocket ride for her, but it feels like this is all just the beginning for the performer. And no matter where the rocket ride takes her career next, you can rely on Noname to stay down-to-earth. —Dan Rickershauser | @D4nRicks

Photos courtesy of Andrew Pintado | www.drewmartinphoto.com