By Chris Mills | January 26, 2012 at 5:42 pm | No comments
Jay Rel's "Highly Underrated" mixtape will be arriving to mixtape hosting site, datpiff.com on Sunday. I was encouraged to finally throw up a freebie today from the forthcoming release, "Oh No", over a Lil Wayne beat of the same title from The Carter II. On this one, Jay...
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By Chris Mills | January 25, 2012 at 5:53 pm | No comments
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),...
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By Chris Mills | January 18, 2012 at 3:06 pm | 2 comments
Confession: I don't know anything about KC's JR Tha Fly Guy, other than this video sent to us via e-mail just yesterday. On French Montana's "Shot Caller" instrumental produced by Harry Fraud, JR gets fly over a recycled horns sample which I can't put my finger on as far...
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By Chris Mills | January 13, 2012 at 2:35 pm | No comments
In this brief interview which took place in NYC, Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock talk about their respective upcoming albums. Lamar put out what I consider to be the baddest hip hop record of 2011, Section .80, and it sounds as though he'll...
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By Chris Mills | January 9, 2012 at 3:08 pm | No comments
Though I loved Drake's latest album, Take Care, I thought Drake's verse on Rozay's recent "Stay Schemin" went a little too hard. Common does his best to expose Drake in this latest diss track that just came out today. The heads know that Common's never been one to cower in...
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By Chris Mills | January 5, 2012 at 10:09 pm | No comments
Off his All Nighter mixtape comes another official video, this one for "Disguise" over Common's "Ghetto Dreams" beat. The last video I saw and heard from the same mixtape was really kind of an eye-opener to Irv's lyricism and delivery. To me, he's one of those artists that...
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By Chris Mills | January 3, 2012 at 2:04 pm | No comments
[pictured: Caspa]
Some of the first tunes I heard out of this dubstep phenomenon came from one original dubstep don, Caspa (London) and West Coast bass delegate, Matty G, back in the summer of 2007 where the Bassline Pressure night was going down at Jilly's on Broadway here...
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By Chris Mills | December 12, 2011 at 12:50 pm | No comments
GET DEEP w/ LC & Shaun Duval
Tuesday 12/13/11
The Gusto Lounge
10p - 3a 21+ NO COVER
Get in touch with the deeper side of house and techno with LC and Shaun Duval (pictured) on Tuesday night at Gusto Lounge in Westport KCMO. ...
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By Chris Mills | December 10, 2011 at 6:40 pm | No comments
Mark Jones' multimedia club spectacle including video, lighting and techno and house is something worth checking out tonight at Czar (15th & Grand in KCMO). Accompanying him are Jack & Jill (pictured above), two of KC's more experienced EDM DJs repping kansascitytechno.com...
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By Chris Mills | November 25, 2011 at 1:42 pm | No comments
9:00-9:30 *DJ JUST*
9:30-10:00 // DRPLUS2
10:00-10:30 // KUTTY SLITZ
10:30-10:45 *DJ JUST*
10:45-11:15 // LUCID + SAGE & SOUR
11:15-11:30 *DJ JUST*
11:30-12:15 // NOW NOW SLEEPYHEAD
12:15-12:30 *DJ JUST*
12:30-1:15 // LES IZMORE &...
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