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The Lyricist Lounge Tour, featuring Mos Def, Punch And Words, the Outsidaz, Master Fu’ol, Nature, Ali Vegas, and MC Spontaneous, at the House of Blues in Orlando, FL on September 23, 2000. Event review by Nirav Soni.