By Chris Mills | January 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm | No comments
Steddy P's latest promo video for his upcoming "Better Make Room" album depicts performances across the state (MO), studio sessions with the likes of Royce Diamond, Smoov Confusion, producer Matthew Sawicki, and extracurricular shenanigans. Sawicki, who we believe is...
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By Chris Mills | November 8, 2011 at 1:45 pm | No comments
KCK kid, Royce Diamond, is back with a new EP that just dropped today, The Launch. We're sure that the title is not referring to his music career in a literal sense at least, having already worked with Herbie Hancock and committed to some elbow-rubbing in various studios with...
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By Chris Mills | August 3, 2011 at 2:05 pm | No comments
I don't know much about Dessa at all, but I do know her verse on here is one of my favorites of the year so far. "The fans don't know you and the press don't owe you..."
TRUTH ON A HUNDRED, THOUSAND, TRILLION. Hear and download below. Royce Diamond also has his own...
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By Chris Mills | June 28, 2011 at 12:22 pm | No comments
From his latest, Signal Flow, comes Royce Diamond's music video for "The Dotte". I think a lot of people, myself included, latched onto that song from SF moreso than any other for some reason. You can purchase Royce's record OVER HERE, which features guests Reggie B,...
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By Chris Mills | March 8, 2011 at 10:08 pm | No comments
At 21, and like so many artists that this blog has covered over the years, Ghost (whose real name is Steffan), doesn’t have press photos just quite yet. That’s why we had to jack this shot from his facebook page.
Words by Chris Mills
To take the word “ghost”...
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By Chris Mills | May 10, 2010 at 10:15 pm | No comments
My favorite on here is the "Zone Out!!!" track featuring Smoov Confusion, Sephiroth aka Kartoon, Godemis, Vertigone and Les Izmore. Maybe it's just because I know these guys, but they all came nice on this one. My favorite verse is probably from Smoov, actually. Be on...
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By Chris Mills | March 19, 2010 at 3:34 am | One comment
Coincidence has it that I, Swill Murray, was in the middle of getting swilled in my apt just as I came across this new blog site built and held down by Kansas City's own Swillionaires - smokeandclear.com. The Swillionaires are a local collective of hip hop artists/heads and...
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By Chris Mills | November 17, 2009 at 6:57 pm | No comments
S'ar Lavoe is a local hip hop group consisting of Approach, Smoov Confusion and Royce Diamond. This is the single for their release, Ashes. Lozano kinda knocked this one out of the park, in my opinion. He's the director behind this video, and he also helped out in...
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By Chris Mills | July 31, 2009 at 8:42 pm | No comments
Royce Diamond's new album, Aficionado, finally saw the light of day earlier this morning, after he released the Between Time and Aficionado Sampler CDs over the course of the past several months. I just got done listening to this and I can definitely say that none of the...
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By Chris Mills | May 16, 2009 at 1:06 am | No comments
The new issue will be out on...
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