By Chris Mills | December 28, 2011 at 12:26 am | No comments
With more artists in KC doing experimental, beat music derivatives this year, I thought this separate chart would only be right. I don’t think I had near as many favorite local beats to refer to when the Demencha writers put together their 2010 music picks last year. But in...
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By A:42 | November 21, 2011 at 3:11 pm | No comments
(pictured: Nezbeat, of Archetype)
Larryville veterans Nezbeat and iD are slated to drop a new album, entitled "Red Wedding", this coming January. This will be their third full length album as Archetype, and it's been a minute since 2005's Bleed for Them and 2002's Freehand...
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By Chris Mills | August 31, 2011 at 12:44 pm | No comments
Joc Max is rapping here (and singing too). We think that Miles Bonny and Joc are both doing beats, but could be wrong. Features include Taha (Basement Khemists/Heet Mob), Joe Good and Reggie B. I don't think you could get this bunch of individuals together on a hip...
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By Chris Mills | June 13, 2011 at 1:24 pm | No comments
Tech N9ne feat. Ces Cru & Lebowski - "Give It Up" [All 6's & 7's]
Nezbeat - "Blues of the Midwest" [Good Hair] ... D/L the album HERE.
The main catch, and the reason you should go to this show is for Nezbeat. His new album (D/L link above) is great. All due...
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By Chris Mills | May 27, 2011 at 2:14 pm | 2 comments
After embarrassing a few MCs nearly twice his age at rap battles around the city over the years, the young KC-based Abnorm seems to be on a distinguished road. I can't help but shake the similarity between this new record from him (available at a Bandcamp link below) and...
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By Chris Mills | May 19, 2011 at 3:13 pm | One comment
Lawrence, KS-based vocalist/producer/rapper, Nezbeat and KC-based, retired rap artist, Joe Good have been working on this floating, race-related record for a few years. It just now saw the light of internet sharing today on Bandcamp, after some tracks were leaked a couple...
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By Chris Mills | November 29, 2010 at 6:56 pm | No comments
Nezbeat reps the Garden
Archetype producer, Nezbeat (Lawrence, KS), is gearing up to release a project he started with Kansas City rap artist, Joe Good, several years ago under the duo alias Good Hair. Since then, Joe Good has retired from rap altogether, but Nez is still...
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By Chris Mills | March 11, 2010 at 5:08 am | 7 comments
The same blog that brought you Joe Good, Godemis and Big Frame’s old, unreleased album under the group name Qui Lo, and DVS Mindz’ super rare Million Dolla Broke N-----, now unearths the first album from Kansas City’s most talked about rapper - Ron Ron.
Released in...
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By Chris Mills | July 26, 2009 at 9:46 pm | No comments
Qui Lo was a local hip hop group in the mid-late 90's consisting of Godemis (currently of Ces Cru), Joe Good (who back then went by "Dr. Who"), and Big Frame (currently of Tru Spittaz Click). The three of them recorded this album, "The Enemy," but never officially...
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By Chris Mills | October 25, 2008 at 9:25 pm | No comments
Taha and Miles Bonny repping INnatesounds Crew
J Lee, Taha and Joc Max (Basement Khemists) in the lab (1996)
Our good friend DJ Shad gave us a CD the other day with the remix to Soundsgood's "Pacin," produced by Joc Max and featuring Taha, two of the members of...
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