By Chris Mills | August 30, 2011 at 11:24 am | No comments
Where to begin with all the great music up on the Symbol Heavy site? We just got hip to the Symbol Heavy stuff a couple of months ago, and I get the feeling that a lot of other beat heads sleep on their site from time to time as well. The KC-based, Symbol Heavy collective,...
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By Chris Mills | November 24, 2010 at 4:13 pm | One comment
Found Missin' will be available on December 7th. Can't friggin...
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By Chris Mills | September 26, 2010 at 5:50 pm | No comments
From Darwinism to future collaborations, it sounds like underground rap legend, Tech N9ne, had a real solid conversation with Weezy at Rikers...
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By Chris Mills | September 20, 2010 at 4:45 pm | No comments
DJ Spinna & MC Kriminul made up the Jigmastas, an East Coast underground rap group who KC local Joc Max collaborated with on this 12". Apparently there are zero decent (bloggable) pictures of Joc on the internet, so I took a picture of the record I got from DJ Shad's...
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By Chris Mills | May 19, 2010 at 6:10 pm | No comments
The Progress EP (front cover)
The Progress EP (back cover)
You already know how LA native, verBS, killed it at the Jackpot in Lawrence, KS a couple of weeks ago when him and MURS came through on tour. But this CD I picked up off him (in exchange for a Demencha mag) at...
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By Chris Mills | May 16, 2010 at 11:34 pm | No comments
This is my favorite Tupac song, hands down, out of all of his hits. This song came out on Strictly For..., a couple of years before I really delved into hip hop. DL the New York Stretch Mix below...
Tupac - Holler If Ya Hear Me (New York Stretch Mix)
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By Chris Mills | May 15, 2010 at 8:36 pm | No comments
Growing up, a lot of my friends came from broken homes but I was lucky enough to have both parents around. But this song really punches me in the gut. I just rediscovered it off of EL-P's Fantastic Damage album today while looking for vinyls to rip-and-blog. I was never...
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By Chris Mills | November 21, 2009 at 6:09 am | 5 comments
Album Review
Ces Cru
The Playground
(INnatesounds, 2009)
As far as this town of rappers is concerned, Ces Cru’s Godemis and Ubiquitous have held court atop the ever-enlarging anthill for a minute or two now, busting like twin King Kongs dispatching versatile verses...
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By Chris Mills | December 15, 2008 at 5:29 am | No comments
This event has caught just about everyone by surprise, due to late notice. Evidence (from Dilated Peoples) is doing a show in the West Bottoms this Saturday night. Information for the show is as follows: Saturday, December 20th. 1428 St. Louis. 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. (after...
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By Chris Mills | November 21, 2008 at 11:19 pm | No comments
18 and up
$15 cover ($2 extra for minors)
lineup:
10:00 p.m. - Isaiah
10:30 p.m. - Big Rapper Pooh (of Little Brother)
11:00 p.m. - Kidz In The Hall
11:30 p.m. - MURS
AFTER ALL THAT: Afterparty at Mosaic in the Power and Light District. Kidz in The Hall will...
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