Also this issue: Underdog Night DJ Cosmo Baker's hip-hop Remedy night turns 5. -Sean O’Neal Indie Blastoff -Ainé Ardron-Doley Beat Box Very Emergency Facing illness and boredom, The Promise Ring changes its pace. -Chris Parker Billy Bob Thornton -A.D. Amorosi

May 23-29, 2002

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Legends of Hip-Hop

For the unlucky folks who missed the All-Star weekend's old-school blowout at The E-Factory, a handful of hip-hop forefathers are back for a second go-round. Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh (left), Big Daddy Kane and Philly's own gangsta rap bad boy, Schoolly D, mount the stage for the Legends of Hip-Hop Vol. 1 concert, hosted by MC Breeze and Big Mike "Cleev," with DJ Doc B on the wheels of steel. Watch for BDK's mid-set wardrobe change -- from Enyce threads to a pinstriped Armani suit. All while demonstrating the wrath of Kane. See the bejeweled Brit, Slick Rick, kill "La-Di Da-Di" alongside beatbox wizard Doug E. And it's inevitable that Schoolly will bring the hometown house down with 1986's "PSK (What Does It Mean?)." But the real question of the evening is why are the promoters insisting on the wack "no sneakers, jeans, hats or hoodies" dress code?

Thu., May 23, 9 p.m., $30, Egypt, 520 N. Delaware Ave., 215-992-6500, www.ticketmaster.com.

—Ainé Ardron-Doley