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Thoughts on Local Coverage of the Kendrick Williams Murder in Westport on April 7th & Reactions

Thoughts on Local Coverage of the Kendrick Williams Murder in Westport on April 7th & Reactions

By | April 11, 2012 at 5:15 pm | 3 comments

With Ink's Middle of the Map Fest sprawling across nearly every music venue in Westport the night 22 year-old, Kendrick Williams, was killed, I can see why there was erroneous reporting on the relationship between Williams' death and the music fest in Westport this past weekend....

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Sandstone Amphitheater Is Out, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater Is In

Sandstone Amphitheater Is Out, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater Is In

By | March 20, 2012 at 6:15 pm | One comment

Based on a press release that just hit my inbox, the venue formerly known as Sandstone (Verizon?) is now going to be called "Cricket Wireless Amphitheater" and apparently there will be some pretty big changes regardless of what kind of cell phone you decide to hold up in the...

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Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) Jams with the Roots on Late Night

Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) Jams with the Roots on Late Night

By | February 12, 2012 at 12:45 pm | 2 comments

I think everyone was a little surprised when The Roots accepted the role of stage band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon back in 2009. For about a decade, The Roots had toed the line between neo-soul and fusion jazz with their live performances and genre-bending albums, largely...

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Kendrick Lamar’s New Album To Feature Just Blaze & More…

Kendrick Lamar’s New Album To Feature Just Blaze & More…

By | 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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Brief Thoughts on Drake & Common Rap Beef

Brief Thoughts on Drake & Common Rap Beef

By | January 9, 2012 at 3:08 pm | One comment

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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Tech N9ne & The Popper respond to criticism over “For The Mo” on NBC Action News

By | April 24, 2011 at 2:35 pm | No comments

Tech N9ne's new vid (feat. The Popper and Ron Ron) stirred up some controversy on NBC Action News today. Apparently some parents who send their kids to Lincoln Prep in the KCMO School District got their feathers ruffled a little bit by Tech, Walt and Ron Ron shooting...

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POUR OUT A LITTLE LIQUOR…

By | October 29, 2010 at 1:07 am | No comments

Shout out to Mr. Nuro over at kansascitytechno.com for putting me up on this article about Panasonic discontinuing production of the "industry standard" Technics turntables. TokyoReporter says, "On October 20, (Panasonic) said that it was winding down production of the...

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TWO HIGH SCHOOL KIDS PUT ON THE BEST DUNK CONTEST EVER.

By | August 28, 2010 at 11:25 pm | No comments

Justin Darlington (google him) Just watch, it gets better and better. Read the video description and the comments also. I'm not exactly sure where or when this was shot, but it was news to me when i came across it about an hour ago. The video was uploaded about a...

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RON RON ANNOUNCES NEW MIXTAPE – “SKITZO-FRENIC”

By | August 28, 2009 at 9:28 pm | One comment

Stik Figa Accepts Pitch Music Award for Best Hip Hop/Rap Category With Ron Ron, Greg Enemy, etc. (August 2009) VIDEO CREDIT: Johnny Quest As you may know, we did a cover story on Ron Ron and Stik Figa for the latest issue of Demencha, which came out about a week ago. I...

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THIS GUY… On the cover of Sports Illustrated in 3 days!!!

By | April 28, 2009 at 12:12 am | No comments

This picture portraying Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke, may leave you scratching your head, wondering "Did he do something wrong?" Yes he's done some pretty wrong things to opposing hitters. (Here's him slaying Alex Rodriguez last season at Yankee's...

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