Truckee Tribe will open for The Mighty Underdogs featuring Blackalicious' leader Gift of Gab Saturday, July 19 under the stars at Truckee River Regional Park. Tickets are $20 in advance for this all-ages show. Concert starts at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m.

The newly formed trio of hip-hop heavy weights from the West Coast Blackalicious's Gift of Gab, fellow Quannum compatriot Lateef the Truth Speaker and Bay Area producer Headnodic release their debut collaboration, Dropping Science Fiction, on the other coast's Definitive Jux.

This hip-hop trio plus opening band, Truckee Tribe perform at the Truckee River Amphitheater in Truckee, CA on Saturday, July 19 from 6-10 p.m. $20 advance tickets are available at New Moon, Joby¹s, Mad About Music, Tahoe Hemp and Recycled Records; or online at www.renegadeshows.com <http://www.renegadeshows.com> , tickets.com and jambasetickets.com.

Backed by a dizzying set of collaborators that include DJ Shadow, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, The Alkoholiks' Tash, Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, Julian and Damian "JR Gong" Marley, The Mighty Underdogs tour through worlds and soundscapes that blur all settings. Album opener "Monster" is comic book evilness that powers up on a secret solution of mind-numbing lyricism at breakneck speed.

With the three artists exhausted by hip-hop's penchant for taking itself too damn seriously, they broke rules like rules were going out of style and allowed songs to be everything from violent to, gasp, silly. Completing the convergence of powers is Definitive Jux head honcho El-P. Having toured the indie rap circuit with Gab and Lateef for more than a decade, it¹s a surprise that the three haven¹t combined forces before. Call it par for the course, because with the Mighty Underdogs, one can only expect the unexpected.

The Truckee Regional Park is an all-ages venue. For more information contact Renegade Productions at 530-583-2801.