DJ Jazzy Jeff

Peter Black on growing up around music, So What! and the importance of community

See Also: Tonight: Peter Black at the Meadowlark Peter Black (aka Peter Gurule) first gained renown as a DJ as part of the long-running and legendary club night, So What! Since then, he's made a name for himself not just as a skilled DJ in a very real sense of the term but as someone who has taken ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

My Teenage Angst diary reading packed with stories of perms, popularity and prudes

As a willing participant at Friday night's My Teenage Angst on-stage diary-reading event, I had some pre-show fears: What if my entries weren't as funny as I remembered them being? What if other people's entries weren't funny? What if the whole thing fell apart because someone unintentionally read f ... More >>

Ten best hip hop shows of 2011 in Denver

Eric GruneisenTyler, the Creator at the Ogden Theatre this past October​There were so many hip-hop shows and concerts this year, it was hard to keep count. The shows of note, though, were bangers and crowd pleasers and showcased dynamic artistry. With so many epic moments (?uestLove and Jazzy ... More >>

5 and Dime label launch, Jazzy Jeff, DJ T and more on this weekend's Dance Card

​Feel like cutting a rug this weekend? Good because there's plenty on this weekend's Dance Card: There's a label launch tonight at minibar for 5 and Dime, a brand-new deep/tech house label; the launch will have music from Bones, ben A, Louis Marr, Joseph Newman and Quinn. There will be free sw ... More >>

The best and worst of sitcoms starring musicians

We feel the same way about you, Fred Durst.​The bad news is that Snoop Dogg is getting a sitcom, a no-doubt hackneyed affair starring the Doggfather as a patriarch with his mind on his family and his family on his mind. The even worse news is that Limp Bizkit front-penis Fred Durst is apparent ... More >>

Red Bull Thre3Style brings the battle to Boulder

​On the heels of last fall's thrilling battle at Beta, judged by ?uestlove and DJ Jazzy Jeff and featuring DJ magMANimous (DJ Vajra) against DJs from across the country, the Red Bull Thre3Style is making its way back to Colorado with the legendary DJ Craze in tow. If you haven't seen the lineu ... More >>

YTCracker on the virtues of Nerdcore and the finer points of hacking

Straight outta C Springs, YTCracker is among nerd core's finest​ YTCracker rolls with a crew and movement known as "nerdcore," the epicenter of all things sophisticated and geeky. The rapper -- aka Bryce Case, who pronounces his name as "whitey cracker" -- and his contemporaries, guys like MC ... More >>

Z-Trip on simultaneously being a DJ, performance artist and well-polished anomaly

​Zach Sciacca, better known as Z-Trip, is widely regarded as the pioneering "godfather of mash ups." Way back before Girl Talk or The Hood Internet were even out of high school, Sciacca was out there mixing everything from Rush and The Beastie Boys to Jane's Addiction and Jay-Z. He spit out hi ... More >>

Red Bull Thre3Style: magMANimous from Denver takes home bronze

​ RED BULL THRE3STYLE 10.09.10 | Beta, Denver, CO Red Bull has been steadily establishing a reputation for championing the artistic expressions of up and coming artists, and this evening was no different. At Beta this past Saturday night, the Red Bull Thre3Style brought ten DJs from across t ... More >>

DJ Jazzy Jeff and ?uestlove on Red Bull and playing digital versus carrying crates

​ This past Saturday night at Beta, during Red Bull's Thre3Style competition, celebrity judges ?uestlove and Jazzy Jeff closed the night out with a live drum and DJ peformance. Before the competition kicked off and before ?uestlove and Jazzy Jeff set the place on fire with their impressive fi ... More >>

2010 DMC US Finals DJ Battle in NYC dominated by Colorado DJs

​ This Saturday, August 7, another chapter will be added to the annals of hip-hop history in New York City. On what will presumably be a predictably humid evening in the Big Apple, the 2010 DMC US Finals will take place, with twelve competitors from coast to coast pitted against each other on ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase sells out with 11,000 in attendance! Biggest turnout ever!

Sold out? Wait, what? Did I just read that right? Seriously? Sold out? What the ...? Those were my first thoughts when I woke up yesterday and fired up the old TweetDeck before jumping into the shower. My boy Ralphie, who we tapped to emcee the main stage for us yesterday, had tweeted something ... More >>

Top 10 weirdest musician movie roles

​It's not unusual for musicians to try out acting or vice-versa, but sometimes those roles take unusual turns. Now, with "I Kissed a Girl" songstress Katy Perry (who, interestingly, recently called Lady Gaga's new "Alejandro" video "blasphemous") gearing up to play Smurfette in the upcoming ad ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Amen

​ Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to the ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Quote the Beatmaker

vega​Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to t ... More >>

It hurts so good at the Trailside Saloon

Oh no he didn't! DJ AM hates on Birdman

Nuggets.comWow! Thanks to the astute observational skills of our homie Castro at A Walking Disaster, we just came across a tweet from DJ AM, in which he asserts that Chris Anderson "looks like an ed hardy model that listens to smashmouth vs linkin park mash ups." Really, dude? Well, if we squint rea ... More >>

DNC Music Cheat Sheet

DNC Cheat Sheet

The Rap-Up: Apostle, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mos Def, Beyonce

The Sounds of Summer

Tunes that take us back to those lazy, hazy days.

Maneline

This crew delivers a straight shot of hip-hop.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Club Scout

NBA All-Star Weekend

The Beatdown

Beatport.com turns the tables on the art of deejaying.

The biggest party of them all!

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Sunday, September 5, the Church, 303-832-3528.

Club Scout

Jazzy Jeff

That's a Wrap-Up

Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

Career Remix

DJ Paul Oakenfold heads in a new direction -- and not everyone wants to follow.

Darius Rucker

Back to Then (Hidden Beach)

Discmania

Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

Sideshow Swamp

A Beck boy no more, DJ Swamp uses headbanger histrionics to blaze his way to the top.

Blowin' Smoke

Ted Demme and Denis Leary are a match made in effin' heaven.

Scratch It Up

The steel wheels keep turning in the DMC turntable battles.

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