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They'll give you something to quack about: The Long Beach hip-hop trio Ugly Duckling.

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8 p.m. Thursday, January 25
Aggie Theater, 204 South College Avenue, Fort Collins
$15, 970-407-1322

8 p.m. Friday, January 26
Gothic Theatre, 3263 South Broadway
$16.25, 303-380-2333

8:30 p.m. Sunday, January 28, and Monday, January 29
Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder
$15.75, 303-443-3399

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• Hip-Hop and Rap
• Old School Hip-Hop

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Hip-hop can be anything and everything for all people. This is the message that comes across in Ugly Duckling's music. "We do a routine in our shows sometimes where we'll say, 'You know what our music is about. We can enjoy hip-hop culture because we grew up with it, but we don't have to act like something we're not to enjoy it,'" says Andycat. "We don't have to put on beanies. We don't have to be tough guys or use slang that isn't us. We can understand and love hip-hop music and do it the way we want to do it. We have that sense of freedom that anybody can do this."

What separates the Ducklings from the current crop of haters and wannabes is that they don't feel inclined to follow any market trend. Going the independent route isn't easy, but it has given the members of Ugly Duckling a freedom that they sum up best on the title track of their new album: "On a journey to Anywhere, you can make your own map."