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 | January 12, 2012 at 2:04 pm | One comment
STLien, Tef Poe, rocked the shit out of the Riot Room in Westport a couple of months ago for Indyfest 2. His latest video, "Coming Outta Missouri", puts on for The MO as a whole, obviously from a St. Louis perspective but to an equally rocking effect. Nice beat selection...
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By Chris Mills | December 7, 2011 at 2:21 pm | No comments
Check their official website for more on their music, additional tour dates and other occurrences - http://ilovem83.com/. I want to hear...
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By Chris Mills | December 2, 2011 at 5:14 pm | One comment
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne tour hit Kansas City Tuesday night at the Sprint Center downtown, much to the apparent, hinted dismay of this STL Today writer who didn’t exactly diss us, but left plenty of room for the imagination of his readers down I-70. While...
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By Chris Mills | November 30, 2011 at 4:59 pm | No comments
This is the latest promo video from Indyground honcho, Steddy P, pumping out the promo for his upcoming album slated for a Spring 2012 release (the early bird catches the worm). This "Better Make Room" release will be Steddy's first official album since Style Like Mind from...
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By Chris Mills | October 12, 2011 at 6:07 pm | No comments
Making mash-ups is easy. Creating an entire mix out of mash-ups is not. Instrumental/acapella cut-and-pasters are ideally meant to dumb up P&L type crowds, but experienced hip hop listeners are usually allowed a scoff or seven (unless the Springfield-based, unsung mash-up...
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By Chris Mills | October 11, 2011 at 5:53 am | No comments
MAIN STAGE:
BENGA
ZEDS DEAD
MiMOSA
FREQ NASTY
ANA SIA
ISHE featuring CURIOUS MC
KABLAMMO STAGE
-Mad Classy (Chango / J.E. / Sharkweek) (Austin, Texas)
-EshOne (Elk Beats, RogueDubs San Diego) **All dubplate set**
-Trimangle (Barbaric Merits + FSTZ) (Snatchy...
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By Chris Mills | October 4, 2011 at 9:34 pm | No comments
KC-based beatmaker, Dan Matic, just dropped a new EP today titled Round Numbers, in affiliation with Outer Peoples and Footclan. One of the seven tracks on here actually features Reggie B and HeaVi (of the Solution) on instrumentation, marking at least the second time...
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By Chris Mills | October 3, 2011 at 2:24 pm | No comments
KC band, Clay Hughes & The What, are sharpied in for a show on Friday, October 28 at Czar in the Crossroads. Accompanying them are Hector Anchondo, Honeybee & Hers, Elsa Rae and DJ, Hoodnasty. Clay and his band have specifically been garnering quite a bit of blog love from...
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By Chris Mills | October 1, 2011 at 3:52 pm | No comments
And yes, they shout out Kansas City in the chorus on this version, along with Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit. "Kansas City niggas got shit on lock/ Strapped with the glock runnin' up in yo spot." I had no idea that this Midwest Mix existed until March of 2010 when DJ Just...
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