Oneself performs to hungry Green Room crowd ready for some fresh new hip-hop

The Green Room is one of Reno’s most popular bars. It’s incredibly hip with a diverse group of locals, incredible spins from the freshest DJs in town, and some of the best shows I’ve ever seen.

The Green Room was definitely the place to be on Saturday night with the return of the International Hip Hop trio One Self. One Self is a culturally diverse group from New York featuring DJ Vadim from Russia, Blurum 13 from Long Island, New York and Brazilian/Chilean Swedish born Yarah Bravo.

This worldly hip-hop group delivers a cool, earthy vibe delivering passionate and vibrant lyrics and beats from three poetic minds. They have taken hip-hop to different parts of the world, mixing it with the sounds of India, Africa, Japan, and Spain. The trio have played to sold out shows in New York, London, St. Petersburg, and the Czech Republic and made their first Reno appearance last summer with L.A. Rapper Abstract Rude for the Keep the Feel tour.

Their big return on Saturday night packed The Green Room with tons of fans and a bunch of others lucky enough to see this phenomenal group. Unfortunately the show was set to begin at 10pm but if you’ve been to many shows you know their pension for tardiness. DJ Caswell entertained the crowd with unbelievable sounds of classic funk and hip-hop from his albums, ‘Sounds of the City”.

It must have been a strategy to really rile up the crowd because folks were bouncing with anticipation by the time One Self finally hit the stage at around 1:30 a.m. It might have been late but the crowd was hyped when One Self finally struck the stage with their mighty presence. Blurum 13 and Yarah Bravo have perfect synergy; the combination of Blurum’s sharp rhymes and Bravo’s sultry sound bring together amazing showmanship.

Bravo, with her adorable red hat and tie, might be the cutest MC around, skipping and hoping around the stage with her brilliant smile. Her tiny stature is apparent but with her personality and amazing talent, Bravo’s charisma is massive.

The first time One Self was in Reno the crowd was in awe, but didn’t know any songs to sing along to. This time around, the crowd was quick to repeat the poetic lyrics from One Self’s hit album “Children of Possibility”. The group also performed a few from their latest LP, “Organically Grown”.

The room was filled with clouds of smoke and steam from the waves of dancing locals getting’ down to the spins of DJ Vadim. Once again, One Self ruled the stage giving Reno a taste of a fresh new sound from these thunderous hip-hop performers.






Photos by Alexis Gray
Yarah Bravo and Blurum 13, unfortunatly I couldn't get a picture of DJ Vadim because my camera died :(