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Finally a Talented “Carey”!

No, I don’t mean Drew, Mariah or even Jim. I am talking about local Hip-Hop Poet Marlon Carey (aka Inphynit).

Let me explain. Jay and I were out for a few drinks last week and stumbled/biked upon a poetry reading in the basement of the fabled Cantab lounge in Cambridge (the Cantab made an appearance in The Departed, I think). It turns out it was some event called the Boston Poetry Slam.

I paid the cover without noticing it was a poetry reading, and a room full of hipsters. We grabbed a beer and sat down, trying not to make too much noise with our clanking messenger bags (friggen seatbelt-style buckle) still attached to our backs. Carey hit the stage and started belting the words. We were really impressed. He had great flow as he went through his set. I talked to him afterward and even bought a CD.

The next day, when the nightly fog wore off, I listened to the CD and found he really is good, really.

There isn’t too much of him on the internets, but I did find this YouTube video.

I really like three of the poems on his CD “There Is No Plan, Be”: The Bra Song, P Poem and Dorchester. I don’t know if you can get a copy, but I’ll post up an MP3 or something…someday, maybe.