Once the play is over, the audience leaves the theater as this standout Mr. I think it’s one of the first songs in the mix where the lyrics are super present there’s something about it that really stands out.”
It’s offering a different perspective to the story you’re about to hear, preparing your ears for trial and tribulation among people and different forms of that. There are people that really love that song: it’s a touchstone in their lives.” And lyrically, “Wow, it’s on point. “That’s like the song that brings in a different generation.
The pre-show mix is a tour through hip-hop/R&B classics and innovators, from Flying Lotus and Thundercat’s “MmmHmm” to D’Angelo’s “Devil’s Pie” to Marvin Gaye’s “Trouble Man.” But “’Reminisce Over You’ gets them every time,” says Ellington of the ‘90s classic. “They Reminisce Over You,” Pete Rock & C.L. “This show does so much, so we’re constantly looking for balance, and the music helps settle us a bit throughout it.” He spoke to Billboard about some of the Topdog/Underdog playlist highlights, and what they add to an already multi-layered night at the theater. “This is music we let into our homes to bring levity, balance…sometimes music is an escape, but it can also pull you in,” Ellington reflects. He gets paid to die.The mix Ellington eventually landed on touches on diverse eras of hip-hop and R&B, adding to the timeless feel of the play’s action. Patrons pay to shoot this Black man in whiteface. The top hat and long coat are more customary and less cosplay since Link is employed as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator at a local arcade. That older brother is Lincoln (“Link”), who enters the room abruptly dressed as his namesake: Abraham Lincoln. Booth is a little hectic with his hands (a recurring theme) but takes a measured approach to the ritual: throwing the playing cards, running from pretend police and even threatening an invisible “mark” (scam victim) not to touch his cards - as he has heard his older brother do several times. When we enter the story within “Topdog/Underdog,” Booth, the younger of the two siblings central to the text, sloppily practices a three-card-monte scam in his bedroom. His murderer? A member of the same gang Hussle formerly ran with. In 2019, Hussle - a Crenshaw-born, community-oriented rapper and entrepreneur - was gunned down outside his clothing store in South LA. House lights fade to the song “Grinding All My Life” by Nipsey Hussle. “Topdog/Underdog” tells on itself before the curtain rises in the first scene.
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