The Beatnuts, who play Hard Rock Cafe in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Photo by Jonathan Mannion

It’s been a quarter century since The Beatnuts brought Enoch Light’s shopping mall disco-pop out of Sears and into hip-hop via “Watch Out Now.”

The Queens crew of Latino rappers and producers is the latest headliner for MC Serch and Sandman’s “Timeless Hip Hop” series and is joined by another Queens MC (Mr. Cheeks), plus Craig G, who spent the ‘80s and ‘90s running with Marley Marl and his Juice Crew.

Different from a traditional rap show, the series lets legends of the game share hits in a free-flowing form, complete with storytelling.

Tickets to see The Beatnuts play Hard Rock Cafe at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa on  Wednesday, Feb. 21 are still available and start at $25.

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This article appears in Feb 8-14, 2024.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...