By Chris Mills | December 31, 2011 at 9:09 pm | No comments
10. Young Fate - "All Gass" [prod. Mr. Fresh]
Ladies and gentlemen, hit play and start your engines. This video player popped up in February and sees Fate spitting game over a real heat-rock from Mr. Fresh. While Young Fate verses are on my brain, his 16 on Ron Ron’s...
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By Chris Mills | April 29, 2011 at 4:34 pm | 3 comments
What do Tech N9ne, Jazze Pha, Bobby Valentino, Bombsquad, Rich the Factor, Angie Stone, Raekwon, David Banner, Krizz Kaliko, E-40 and Raheem DeVaughn have in common? All have worked with Will the Weirdo as a producer, mixing engineer, or in some other fashion. Maybe you’ve...
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By Chris Mills | March 24, 2011 at 12:06 pm | 10 comments
At 18, a bona fide knucklehead, I was headed down that all too familiar path. In a twist of fate, that path afforded me the means to become an investor in the first independent rap label in Lawrence, Kansas, W.A.I.T.T. Records. One of our first meetings was with legendary...
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By Chris Mills | December 12, 2010 at 3:15 pm | No comments
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By Chris Mills | September 29, 2010 at 9:02 pm | One comment
Les informed me about this collabo he did with Rich The Factor a couple of weeks ago, and I just got the mp3 to my inbox yesterday which caused me to salivate profusely...ok, not exactly. But it was a pleasant surprise. This track pairs two Kansas City rap/hip hop titans,...
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By Chris Mills | July 9, 2010 at 4:42 pm | 3 comments
category: DJ/hip hop - my vote? DJ JUST
He introduced hip hop to Westport, for Christ-sake!! As far as technical skills go, him and SKU may have been neck-and-neck.
category: Dance/DJ - my vote? BRENT TACTIC
"...I need you to say Nomathmatics." Um, no. Brent is...
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By Chris Mills | October 21, 2009 at 11:49 pm | One comment
http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2009/10/summit_on_summit_st_local_artists_and_kprs_face_off_at_64111_studios.php
Did I really waste 15 minutes reading all these comments? I can guarantee you the following three people will not leave comments on this story: 1. Tech 2. Mac...
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By Chris Mills | July 2, 2009 at 8:46 pm | No comments
My homie Young Fierce is one of the headliners at this show. We did a cover story on him in the fall 2008 issue of Demencha. Word is, the Quincy Jones of Kansas City is producing his upcoming solo project! I'll have to get confirmation from this producer before I let this...
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