By Chris Mills | February 6, 2012 at 6:49 pm | No comments
Grammy-noted jazz composer and producer Roy Hargrove swung through the Foundation on Friday night, which turned out to be a pretty wild night in Kansas City with a lot of events going down. I first went to see Matty G at the Midland Theater downtown, and his minimal,...
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By Chris Mills | February 3, 2012 at 4:43 pm | One comment
Have the days of seeing Ces Cru for five measly bones been completely washed away? Quite possibly. Strange Music's latest addition, the two headed, KC-based, lyrical giant known as Ces Cru are rocking out at Record Bar in Westport once again for their Strange Music signing...
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By Chris Mills | January 11, 2012 at 5:53 pm | No comments
Congratulations to Ubi and Godemis. ...
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By Chris Mills | December 31, 2011 at 9:09 pm | No comments
10. Young Fate - "All Gass" [prod. Mr. Fresh]
Ladies and gentlemen, hit play and start your engines. This video player popped up in February and sees Fate spitting game over a real heat-rock from Mr. Fresh. While Young Fate verses are on my brain, his 16 on Ron Ron’s...
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By A:42 | December 23, 2011 at 3:07 pm | No comments
So, I've had a lot of trouble writing this, because there wasn't much that immediately came to mind when I was asked to compile this year's list. Is it just me, or is everybody overly excited about intentionally boring music this year? Half of this stuff sounds like Xanax grew...
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By Chris Mills | November 28, 2011 at 12:43 am | No comments
Remember Parisian-producer, Onra, and KC singer, Reggie B's big room soul track from last year, "High Hopes" (which now has over 100,000 plays on youtube)? Well, based on Reggie's recent house fire at his home in KC, he and Onra have apparently decided to release a brand...
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By Chris Mills | November 9, 2011 at 6:34 pm | No comments
If you're looking for a hip hop fix tonight, we suggest you head over to the Riot Room in Westport for a few of Kansas City's more potent lyricists. Godemis (of Ces Cru) will be doing solo stuff, as well as infO and Stitch. But expect all of these acts to have guest...
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By Chris Mills | October 26, 2011 at 12:45 pm | One comment
The Strange Music + Ces Cru saga continues. It looks like this was leaked a few days ago, and apparently Funkmaster Flex is already co-signing on it. Look out for Tech N9ne's "Welcome To Strangeland", out November 8th and sure to include features from Ces, including this...
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By Chris Mills | October 8, 2011 at 12:30 pm | No comments
Info Gates and Shadow, two of KC's rawer lyricists, are joining forces for the "Battle For Scraps" duo mixtape. The release party is tonight at Czar, just a $5 cover. Guests include Godemis of Ces Cru (who's going to do a solo set), Soul Servers, Stitch and Barbaric...
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By Chris Mills | September 23, 2011 at 1:38 pm | One comment
We probably should've held off from using the word "rager" to best describe any event in KC this summer...until now. This is reported to be Mac Lethal's only show in Kansas City for all of 2011 and it's going down tomorrow night at Riot Room in Westport KCMO. Rising KC...
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