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SUMMARY:MAHLER X NOTORIOUS B.I.G. X 2PAC SYMPHONYFUSE\, Steve Hackman
DESCRIPTION:SYMPHONYFUSE Orchestra performs creator Steve Hackman’s fu
 sion of the quintessential music of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur wi
 th Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony for a transformative exploration of 
 life\, death\, legacy\, struggle\, and triumph. Featuring favorites like
  “Hypnotize\,” “Ambitions as a Ridah\,” “California Love\,” 
 “Juicy\,” “Keep Ya Head Up\,” and “Sky’s the Limit\,” the 
 performance weaves these artists together in a thoroughly original way\,
  with Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 propelling the work forward.\n\nThe firs
 t act begins with the sublime music of Mahler’s Urlicht (primal light)
 \, with the voices of Biggie and Tupac rising through the loudspeakers �
 �� each rapper prophesying his own death. As the musicians play the fier
 y first-movement funeral rites of the Mahler symphony\, Biggie and Tupac
 ’s songs are interpolated in thematically linked pairs: the hard road 
 they face in “Everyday Struggle” and “Me Against the World”\; th
 e ravaging of their communities in “Things Done Changed” and “Ghet
 to Gospel”\; gangster life in “Notorious Thugs” and “2 of Americ
 az Most Wanted”\; and letting loose in “Party and Bullsh*t” and �
 �Hellrazor.” The first movement builds to an explosive peak\, with the
  two songs that epitomize the East-West coast feud that many believe led
  to both rappers’ deaths\, “Who Shot Ya” and “Hit Em Up.”\n\nF
 or the second act\, the focus turns to social justice and transcendence.
  After the explosive opening of the Mahler fifth movement\, the music sl
 ows to a complete halt. Over this stillness\, we hear Tupac’s enduring
  and poignant lyric: “Here on Earth\, tell me: what’s a Black life w
 orth?” We hear the painful pleas from both artists for equality and ju
 stice in songs like “I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto” and “Changes
 .” As Mahler’s music whirls and rises to its triumphant climax\, we 
 are reminded of the powerful and profound legacy of these two artists\, 
 who\, twenty-five years after their deaths\, are as relevant and essenti
 al as ever.
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