TOUR STARTS APRIL 19: Tour SUgly Duckling are one of hip hop’s greatest unknown pleasures, being perhaps the finest exponents of party cuts you could ever hope to get your groove on to. Comparisons with De La Soul circa ‘Three Feet High And Rising’ have followed this Long Beach based trio wherever they have gone, but that is to miss much of their magic. Their satirical take on modern American culture and politics will have you grinning as much as their heavy funk and heavier rapping will have you whooping it up with pleasure. Ugly Duckling are purveyors of pure classic hip hop, and that is, of course, relentlessly energetic and inventive. Do yourself a favour and let these Californians show you how it’s done.