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No Longer-High Tech

Last Night: Rock the Bells @ Red Rocks

Best 2007 - Houston: Teeing Off with Scarface

Friday Rap-Up: SP Double, F.O.E., Ghostface Killah, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne

Delegating Denver #36 of 56: New York

Vintage N.E.R.D. Profile

Friday Rap-Up: Showcase Hip-Hop History, Grandmaster Flash, Nas, Eminem and LL Cool J

Over the Weekend...Paid Dues Festival @ Fillmore Auditorium

Friday Rap-Up: Scribble Jam, Run-DMC, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z

Eminem grabs top spot at Independent Records

Eminem's Relapse grabbed the top spot for the second week in a row at Independent Records for the week ending May 31. Marilyn Manson's High End Low, released last week on Interscope, came in second while Tech N9ne, Method Man & Redman and Busta Rhymes rounded out the top five. See the full break ... More >>

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Eminem's Relapse grabbed the top spot for the second week in a row at Independent Records for the week ending May 31. Marilyn Manson's High End Low, released last week on Interscope, came in second while Tech N9ne, Method Man & Redman and Busta Rhymes rounded out the top five. See the full break ... More >>

Friday Rap-Up: Black Hollywood, Lil Kim, Naughty By Nature, Eminem

Eminem's Relapse grabbed the top spot for the second week in a row at Independent Records for the week ending May 31. Marilyn Manson's High End Low, released last week on Interscope, came in second while Tech N9ne, Method Man & Redman and Busta Rhymes rounded out the top five. See the full break ... More >>

Beyond the Fugees

Pinning down Wyclef Jean, one of hip-hop's hottest commodities.

Q-Tip

Amplified
(Arista)

Remembering Rudy Ray Moore: The Westword profile

Amplified
(Arista)

Rap-Up: DJ Sabotage makes finals for Scion Hypeman contest

As we write this, DJ Sabotage is most likely on his way to Los Angeles, where he'll compete in the finals of Scion's Hypeman contest. What's a hypeman, you ask? Flavor Flav may be the most famous hypeman, but you definitely can't forget folks like Spliff Star (Busta Rhymes's hypeman), Fatman Scoop ( ... More >>

Denver greats pay tribute to hip-hop's greats at Get Down Wednesdays

Gotta love Denver, man. At the risk of sounding like a homer, the creativity here is invigorating. It seems cats are constantly striving to come up with compelling ways to put on shows, Stand By Your Band at the hi-dive, Denver Does Denver and now Hip-Hop Bites Back, an idea whose time has truly com ... More >>

Marcus Strickland

This jazzman was born with sax appeal.

Freeloader

The best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

The Flobots rise and shine

The best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

Bring Hip-Hop Back

The best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

Nationalistic

Our music writers pick the year’s national bests.

Busta Rhymes

The Big Bang (Aftermath/Interscope Records)

Ciara

Saturday, June 11, Coors Amphitheater, 303-830-8497.

Club Scout

NBA All-Star Weekend

The Hustler

DJ Clinton Sparks has become a rising star by working harder than anyone else.

Following Suit

North High stages stark Blood Wedding

N.E.R.D. Alert

In Chad Hugo's world, art and commerce co-exist.

Dolemite Makes Right

Rudy Ray Moore, the self-described King of Party Records, is looking for a little respect.

Tha Liks

X.O. Experience (Loud/Columbia)

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings -- and beatings.

Word of the Pharoahe

Pharoahe Monch thinks better hip-hop doesn't have to be a drag.

Mutha's Day

De-sexed Shaft update still delivers action, Jackson.

Anthony B / Bob Marley

Seven Seals
(VP Records)

Chant Down Babylon
(Tuff Gong/Island)

Cooking Up Beats in Hell's Kitchen

New York's Ming & FS utilize the rhyme -- and the keyboard, sampler, turntable and guitar -- to create their own hip-hop heaven.

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Eminem plays the race cardin reverse.

Feedback

Eminem plays the race cardin reverse.

The Prize Patrol

The biggest musical winners from 1996.

Simply the Quest

A Tribe Called Quest meets the press--in a manner of speaking.

Rhymes Pays

It's not easy being as wild as Busta Rhymes.

Counting Crows, Rock the Bells and Black Keys shows announced

Just when we thought the Red Rocks summer line-up couldn't get any hotter, three more shows were just added to the schedule, including Counting Crows and Augustana on Wednesday, July 29, Rock the Bells '09, featuring Nas, Damian Marley, Busta Rhymes and more, on Thursday, August 6, and the Mountains ... More >>

From Mile High to Monolith, breaking down Denver's summer music fests

The Mile High Music Fest returns to Dick's with Tool, Widespread Panic and the Fray. With so many music festivals to fill up your summer and drain your pocketbook, we put together a handy rundown of Denver's fests, in order of their appearance on your calendar. Which are you looking most forward to ... More >>

Eminem grabs top spot at Independent Records for fourth week in a row

Eminem has been holding on to the top spot at Independent Records for a month now with his latest release, Relapse. Mos Def's The Ecstatic and Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D., both released last week, grabbed the second and third slots while Method Man & Redman and DJ Quick & Kurupt rounded out ... More >>

Last Night: Rock the Bells at Red Rocks

Aaron Thackeray​Rock the Bells 2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Thursday, August 6, 2009 Better than: ringtone rap, anything associated with Auto-Tune or listening to the self-proclaimed newly anointed "King of Pop," Kanye West, talk about himself endlessly. Since 2003, Rock the Bells has been the pre ... More >>

Q&A with Regan "Busdriver" Farquhar

Photo by Brian TamborelloBusdriver with Busdriver.​ Boasting may seem like a hip-hop requirement, but it's actually possible to play the rap game without overdosing on self-love every other line. For proof, direct your gaze to the following Q&A with Regan Farquhar, who performs as Busdriver. T ... More >>

Beyond Playlist: Modeselektor Body Language Vol. 8

​Modeselektor Body Language Vol. 8 Get Physical Music On Modeselektor's Body Language mix, the duo show an inventive and exciting approach to track selection and mixing. It's not easy to pull together a set that includes everything from Missy Elliot and Busta Rhymes to Animal Collective, with ... More >>

Freeloader: "I Don't Know" by Brikabrak and Naeem Oba

​Earlier today, we posted a Q&A with Brikabrak and Naeem Oba, and now we present you with a free track from the pair to download. Built upon a beat laid down by King Karnov, the track, "I Don't Know," centers on Naeem Oba's rhymes, which he recorded at CCM studios on Colfax, and Brikabrak's de ... More >>

We Are the World 25/2010 performers pull off impressive performance

All right, so we were admittedly skeptical of how this whole "We Are the World" remake was going to turn out with the seemingly random cast of characters organizers assembled. When we first glimpsed the initial list of those present the night of the recording, there were some head scratchers in the ... More >>

Top five TV themes ripe for mashup

Have you heard "Office Musik" yet? It's Clockwork mashing Lil' Wayne's "Hustler Musik" with the theme from The Office. It's good. So good that we listened to it about fifteen times yesterday. So good that it was Hype Machine's number one track at the same time that Entertainment Weekly wrote it up ... More >>