![PREVIEW: Dat Jam Vol. 2 @ The Bottleneck in LK [05.18.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dat-shirts-EDIT.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
The second edition of the Dat Gang events will probably be one of the more accurate representations of KC/LK hip hop that The Bottleneck, or any venue in Lawrence, has seen in quite a while. All the Datura Records affiliates listed on this flyer are more than capable of...
DJ Skeme, Reach, Dutch Newman, Milkdrop, J.L., Headfella and Show are getting ready to bring back the Soul Providers' monthly summer block party series for its fifth year in KC's Crossroads district this Friday. If this year's First Friday Block Party follows in a similar...
![VS Mini @ Riot Room [Recap]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lou-rip-at-vs-1024x599.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
As usual, the VS battle on Saturday night prompted a lot of "ooohs" and "aaahs". DRplus2, Barbaric Merits, Info Gates and Ghost competed in a beat battle royal with Ghost playing drums over his own pre-recorded tracks. Barbaric Merits left with the prize, while former Demencha...
![VS Mini Battles @ Riot Room [01.28.12]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Microphone.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Since the Pitch went ahead and dropped a previous VS battle line from Abnorm directed at Dutch Newman, I'll go ahead and drop my favorite battle line aimed at Dutchie. Though I can't remember if it was a VS or Sudden Death battle (it was the one at Czar Bar a year or two ago),...
With this being the second official release from Newman and Quest (CLICK HERE for the duo's debut from last year), the KC-based MC and the Lawrence-based DJ/producer have come together once again to release Skinny Jeans For Fat People today. Our favorite cut off their new...
![New Video From Steddy P + 3 The Hard Way LIVE @ Record Bar [11.11.11]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/steddy-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Mac Lethal once wrote something on facebook (or twitter, can't remember) that went something to the effect of, "Stop acting like you're too cool for hip hop!" With the lack of local hip hop shows within...um, a bit too long, perhaps it's commonly assumed that there isn't any...
Off the We Run KC & Demencha Magazine presented, "The City's Mine" mixtape by North Sider, Gee Watts, comes the latest video from that project. Video credits to Underground Appeal. A few of the featured acts on "The City's Mine" include Cash Image, Irv Da Phenom, Shotty...
![NEW: Joey Cool – The Unexpected EP [KC]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/jo-cool-pic-EDIT.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
After seeing some spins on Shade 45 recently, it figures that now would be a good time for the young Joey Cool to drop a new release. With features from C3, Gee Watts, Rashiyd Ashon, Landes, Bizzy and others, The Unexpected EP is another ripple in this movement of fresh rap...
![Gee Watts – “Watts Party” [Official Video]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Gee-in-West-Bottoms-EDIT-1024x380.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
This is the latest video from young 12th Street spitter, Gee Watts. The single (D/L HERE) is coming out on the forthcoming We Run KC and Demencha-presented mixtape by Watts himself, titled "The City's Mine", which is slated for release on November 14th. Features from the...
![REVIEW: Greg Enemy – “Xtra Small” [Team Bear Club, 2011]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/greg-enemy-3.jpg&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Malcom Gladwell’s best-selling 2000 book, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, crept into our membrane while listening to Kansas City-based, Greg Enemy’s awaited hip hop record Xtra Small, released just last week. Gladwell’s book converged on...
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