By Chris Mills | April 15, 2012 at 2:28 pm | No comments
From the long-awaited and still unreleased, "Lift Your Hands Hy" album from KC's Hymnlayas group (Mike Brass, Tommy Lift & DJ Hylanda) comes the latest video for the single "Bang This". You can cop the single on iTunes HERE. This music flick pairs new video clips and vintage,...
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By Chris Mills | March 3, 2012 at 6:09 pm | One comment
I thought it was pretty wild the last time I saw Joc Max spin with Pat Nice at the Hangout on Broadway back in maybe 2006. A pair of KC legends in their respective genre fields under one building had me wondering if Joc was into house, and if Pat was into hip hop. It became...
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By Chris Mills | February 15, 2012 at 6:55 pm | No comments
Long time Brooklyn hip hop icon, Masta Ace, and his partner in hip hop, DJ Marco Polo, will be rocking the Riot Room on February 28th. This is a pretty big deal for area hip hop heads. Head over to Riot Room's official website for more on tickets, etc., RIGHT HERE. Stay...
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By Chris Mills | November 4, 2011 at 2:56 pm | No comments
Our good friend and one of our favorite musicians on Earth right now, Reggie B, recently had a house fire at his home in Kansas City, MO. Apparently, most of the upstairs was destroyed. But hell, high water nor fire is going to hold him and his band down. Tonight, Reggie B...
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By Chris Mills | September 25, 2011 at 11:03 am | No comments
As one of the newer members of the nationally recognized and Chuck D-co-signed KC hip hop clan, Heet Mob, Huey P. Nuisance has definitely found his niche in the crew that contains somewhere between 10-20 current members. Huey's first solo mixtape under the Heet Mob...
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By Chris Mills | September 6, 2011 at 1:28 pm | No comments
"This is from an open mic night at Club Mardi Gras, Kansas City, MO in January 2000. Grant Rice and Mac Lethal are there to battle each other on the mic. Tech blesses the crowd with a few bars of rawness at the end," reads the youtube description uploaded by scottykcmo.
I...
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By Chris Mills | July 21, 2011 at 1:49 pm | One comment
Lift Ya Hands Hy should be out soon on Wilshire District. Hymnlayas consist of Mic Brass, Tommy Lift and DJ Hylanda. Check their previous single, "Gift of Gab", which appeared on the EU Juno Hip Hop charts' Top Ten a few days ago, RIGHT HERE. ...
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By Chris Mills | June 7, 2011 at 4:53 pm | One comment
Listen to "Gift of Gab" HERE, then purchase the digi-single w/ "The Love" featuring Reach on iTunes July 12th. The Hymnlayas consist of an MC/production outfit, Tommy Lift, DJ Hylanda and Mic Brass. All KC dudes that have been putting it down for years, and all of whom are...
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By Chris Mills | May 12, 2011 at 12:45 pm | One comment
Club Mardi Gras. The Hurricane. Embassy. These are just a couple places where Slam Jamz signees, Heet Mob (a crew currently at least ten members deep), have hosted their training grounds of sorts for local mic fiends. A lot of local rap titans have earned their stripes at...
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By Chris Mills | March 14, 2011 at 3:23 pm | No comments
Club Mardi Gras. The Hurricane. Embassy. These are just a couple places where Slam Jamz signees, Heet Mob (a crew currently at least ten members deep), have hosted their training grounds of sorts for local mic fiends. A lot of local rap titans have earned their stripes...
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