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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),...
![Gift of Gab (of Blackalicious) LIVE @ Record Bar [11.6.11]](http://demencha.com/wp-content/themes/widezine/thumb.php?src=http://demencha.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gift-of-gab-pic-EDIT-1024x407.gif&w=200&h=200&zc=1&q=80&bid=1)
Expect the lyrical half of West Coast underground hip hop duo, Blackalicious, to be in full effect on Sunday night at the Record Bar in Westport KCMO. Be sure to get there early for opening performances from locals Reach and Miss Conception. This event is 18+, so tell a...
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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...
Cas Metah from Ohio and Motion Plus from Illinois are part of the Scribbling Idiots crew, a group formed a while after Cas made some contacts at Scribble Jam in 2002. The two of them are headlining the Idiomatic Tour, which is stopping by the Riot Room in Kansas City, MO on...
Confession: I've never been to the Firehouse, nor do I know much about the place. But it seems as though the Firehouse is a venue ripe for its own "antics". This party at least, isn't getting underway until 11:30 and the flyer reads that it will rock until the sun comes...
Hermon Mehari, Reach, Les Izmore, Anthony Saunders and plenty more are throwing another live band/hip hop mash event at Crosstown, while Bill Pile and the umove cohorts plan to party at The Union in the name of all things disco. Again, both of these ragers are going...
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...
Spawned by Mark Lowrey and Sephiroth, the Mark Lowrey Vs. Hip Hop series has become a go-to regular event at venues like the Record Bar in Westport and Czar Bar in the Crossroads. On Friday, Mark is taking this show to a much bigger venue - Crosstown Station. We're not...
Yep, we're still on this local female artist kick at Demencha. A few months ago at Reach's CD release party wherein local jazz band, Diverse performed, they brought along a female vocalist to collaborate with them live. That was Schelli Tolliver. And she sounded...
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