By Chris Mills | April 30, 2008 at 11:27 pm | No comments
Konsept has been up to his teeth in events since relocating from KC/Lawrence to Chicago. He was gracious enough to throw a new mix our way (thanks for the original content!), which is super dope, loaded with funked up, disco-ey club stuff. You can catch Konsept (Konsept...
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By Chris Mills | April 30, 2008 at 10:43 pm | No comments
Our good friends Jon and Andrea (pictured above) shot some pictures from Menages last Friday where the Control Freeks, Donald Glaude and DJ Dan spun records for what turned out to be a much better crowd than I expected, given that I hadn't been there in close to two years....
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By Chris Mills | April 30, 2008 at 4:20 am | No comments
I don't know who Mazzi is, but this is a pretty fresh track regardless of what you think of the Cool Kids or Jay...
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By Chris Mills | April 29, 2008 at 9:41 pm | No comments
This video was shot last night (Monday, April 28) at Heet Mob's Mic Check Mondays, which happens every Monday night at the Embassy Bistro on Main (right next to Harlings and the old Recycled Sounds).
The featured group in this video is one of my favorite rap groups out of...
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By Chris Mills | April 23, 2008 at 5:41 am | No comments
After a tip from criticalacclaim, and a little investigating on the Rock The Bells website, I figured out which artists on the Rock The Bells '08 tour are coming to Chicago and Denver this summer. Anyone know how far a drive it is from KC to Denver?
Denver RTB date:...
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By Chris Mills | April 16, 2008 at 6:21 am | No comments
MURS is the shit. But I'm not sure if he'd make a good president, nor am I sure if this new joint from MURS is going to be on the upcoming, highly-anticipated Murs for President. However, of all the preview/teaser tracks released during the wait for his new album, I like...
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By Chris Mills | April 11, 2008 at 5:09 am | No comments
Around the same time I got into Gangstarr, this video for Rakim's "Guess Who's Back," off The 18th Letter, also blew me away as a teenager just beginning to adopt hip hop.
I don't know who the guy with the freaky eyes is supposed to be in the beginning, but when he says,...
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By Chris Mills | April 11, 2008 at 4:50 am | No comments
As much as I hate hearing people use the phrase "real hip hop," Gangstarr's Moment of Truth may have in fact been my introduction to it. We decided to feature the video for "Royalty," probably my favorite...no, definitely my favorite Gangstarr...
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By Chris Mills | April 8, 2008 at 6:01 am | One comment
As most of my close friends know by now, my father passed away last Wednesday to a battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He went into the hospital on Easter, and from then until he passed away, I was updating him (and reminding him, as he was heavily sedated) on Kansas' run in...
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