![REVIEW: Steddy P – “Better Make Room” [Indyground Entertainment]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/steddy-p-pic.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Steddy P makes no effort to hide the work he puts into his music. As the Founder/CEO/man with a plan behind Indyground Entertainment, he’s put some serious time into promoting his projects and making Indyground a name in the Midwest. When Steddy’s latest project, Better Make...
I've seen JL (pictured) perform a few times, but I haven't heard much in the way of recordings. The beats on this EP were cooked up by my man Info Gates, who I'm also more familiar with as an MC than as a producer. So, I was curious. Heavy Metal Objects is available on JL's...
A couple of years ago, I asked a friend of mine what she thought the next big thing in music could be. "Maybe lo-fi will make a comeback," she quipped jokingly. Enter the Kansas City-based, beat-creating collective, The Outer Peoples. Primarily comprised of BMoody, Dan...
When I first got the link to Logikally Speaking’s Soundtrack To A Somber Day it took me about a week to actually get to listening to it. You see, I suffer from musical regionalism. In the past I’ve struggled to enjoy or give credit to anything that doesn’t come out of a...
Whenever I listen to hip-hop from the South, I’m reminded of one of my favorite Lil’ Wayne lyrics. On the track “Shooter” which features the hyper sexualized crooning of Robin Thicke, Weezy finishes off his second verse with a line that’s about as politically charged...
![REVIEW: Young Devi – “Get Rich or Kill Tryin” [2012]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DEVI-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Reviewing hardcore street rap can be weird, particularly in Kansas City. For one, it seems as though a lot of the more authentic characters on that side of our greater local hip hop scene don’t really give a shit about reviews. Additionally, there aren’t a lot of outlets...
Grab your most moody apparel and prepare yourself to embark on a journey to a dark place of energetic bang. FS, the talented musician and producer from the duo Ming + FS, just released his solo album Half Android (Play Me Records) this week. I have to admit this album is not...
Naming your band after the largest rodent in the world when you hail from nowhere near the creature's South American homeland is strange but somehow endearing. There are certainly more disgusting strange mammals I could think of to grace an album cover though; a Sloth...
![D/L: New Albums From heRobust [Atlanta]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/heRobust-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
When heRobust was visiting Leonard DStroy in Kansas City last summer, I was fortunate enough to meet him and bounce ideas between the three of us. As a bright individual, heRobust's beats shine similarly. Bass-driven, tastefully-eccentric compositions encased in a kind of...
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Topeka, KS-based hip hop group, The Skeptics, have only been active for about a year-and-a-half. But they nearly sold out their show at the Jackpot in Lawrence just a couple of weeks ago, according to Lawrencian, Johnny Quest. This is not a small feat, especially when...
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