I was not expecting to see Jay-Z last night. Nor was I expecting the massive crowd that showed up for Kendrick Lamar’s second 2012 showing in Kansas City. Last night, the Midland Theatre on Main hosted the most buzzed about rap artist out at the moment in Kendrick Lamar, and...
I've voted in every presidential election since I turned 18, until this year. While I'll keep my current apathy for politics out of this, I would like to reminisce about one Tuesday night at Karma (currently known as the Gusto Lounge) in Westport back in 2008. The election...
I love a good geek-out session to music software and controllers, which has been happening quite a bit lately. I am discovering an astounding world of instrument manipulation and various methods of music production that is growing at a rapid rate. We have so many...
Call me a pessimist if you will, but I've had more than a few conversations recently about the quality of our booking in this fair burgh we call KCMO. We've certainly graduated from the days of the mid to late 90s when you had to go to Lawrence or Columbia to see any touring up...
I’ve been living in my Belton, Missouri apartment for about three years now. Do not ask why. I had at least two tweakers living next to me in my previous apartment in Raymore, MO, which was in a much more run-down neighborhood than the one I call home in Belton today. I...
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The digital divide. I had never really given much thought to this concept before Google began marketing for their fiber-optic super speed internet service in Kansas City. Hell yeah, I want velocious connections to my information super highway so I can amp up my music download...
Tired of rap music blogs selling themselves by jacking content from other sites? Are you sick of blogs throwing up the day's hottest tracks without describing what to expect before you hit that download icon? Fed up with 3rd party aggregator blog zines? If you answered...
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Budapest-based producer and DJ, Kovary, already has a couple of tracks currently charting on Beatport. But with the help of Kansas City's own internationally recognized dance music stalwarts at Think 2Wice, Kovary might just be looking at a couple more points to add to his...
[all photos courtesy of Diallo Javonne French for Demencha Magazine] On Friday night at Crossroads KC at Grinders, Tech N9ne and a handful of his Strange Music affiliates invaded the Crossroads art district in Kansas City, MO for a homecoming show of sorts. It marked Tech...
From "Mary J. Blige Diss" to "Ghetto Life", unheard verses and freestyles over some of the East Coast's flavor-of-the-month beats circa 1997-1998 or so, this is a must download for any DMX fan and any East Coast rap enthusiast longing for the 90s, still in 2012. I bought this...
