Hardcore Rap

Lazer Sword at the b.side Lounge

A fifty-cent Red Rocks fee will help Denver Mountain Parks

The Pirate Signal invades Sundance. Takes no prisoners.

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The Worst Lyrics of 2008

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Friday Rap-Up: The BoomBox, Lil Wayne, Young Buck, 50 Cent and Queen Latifah

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Friday Rap-Up: Beatsource.com, Eminem, 50 Cent, Common

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Friday Rap-Up: DJ Bedz, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Flavor Flav

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Friday Rap-Up: Lupe Fiasco, Nate Dogg, C-Murder, Method Man

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Friday Rap-Up: Pimp C Dies, Spice 1 Shot, Lauryn Hill Still a Pain in the Ass

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50 Cent

Curtis
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope

Kanye West

Graduation
Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella

Ice Cube

Sunday, April 15, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 303-788-0984.

Rap Sheet

Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006.

Various Artists

Plant Music
Plant Music Records

Coke Dreams

In Scarface, slinging yayo is the name of the game.

Ben Folds

Supersunnyspeedgraphic: The LP
Sony

Ludacris

Release Therapy (Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam)

A Tribe Called Quest

Wednesday, September 13, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Déjà Wu

What's up with the Wu-Tang Clan paying homage to Stapleton and Park Hill?

Boot Camp Clik

Friday, July 21, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Obie Trice

Second Round¹s on Me (Shady/Interscope)

DJ Khaled

Listennn: The Album (Koch Records)

Busta Rhymes

The Big Bang (Aftermath/Interscope Records)

Disco D

The Root

Spray-On Soul

Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti 's early years.

Mary J. Blige

The Breakthrough (Geffen)

Say What?

The top WTF moments of 2005.

Critical Fatwa

Diddy

John Cale

Sunday, October 30, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

ODB

A Son Unique (Def Jam)

Eyedeology

Eyedea & Abilities tries to live up to its potential as it strives to push hip-hop forward.

Mobb Deep

Amerikaz Nightmare (Jive Records)

Retroactive

2 Live Crew

Murder He Wrote

Ice Cube's words now ring hollow for one of his students.

Fade to Black

Jay-Z hosts a listening party for his latest opus, The Black Album.

Justin Got His Gat

Drunk, high and pissed off, college honors student Justin Green asked himself one simple question: What would Tupac do?

Nas

God's Son (Columbia)

Styles, Slum Village and Clipse

A Gangster and a Gentleman (Ruff Ryder)
Trinity (Past, Present and Future)
Lord Willin' (Star Trak)

Big Jay McNeely

Central Avenue Confidential (Atomic Theory Records)

2Pac + Outlawz

Still I Rise
(Interscope)

The Notorious B.I.G.
Born Again
(Bad Boy)

Father Cube

Ice Cube on child-rearing and Family Values.

Jammin'

Jam X was a turntablist before turntabling was cool.

The Closing of the American Ear

We have more musical choices than ever before. So why are so few of us taking advantage of them?

To Buy or Not to Buy

Reviews of 23 recent superstar recordings--just in time for your holiday purchasing pleasure.

Letters

Reviews of 23 recent superstar recordings--just in time for your holiday purchasing pleasure.

Playlist

Reviews of 23 recent superstar recordings--just in time for your holiday purchasing pleasure.

PHAR OUT

Reviews of 23 recent superstar recordings--just in time for your holiday purchasing pleasure.

NATURE'S WAY

THE ONLY THINGS NAUGHTY BY NATURE SHOOTS UP ARE HIP-HOP STEREOTYPES.

BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL

THE ONLY THINGS NAUGHTY BY NATURE SHOOTS UP ARE HIP-HOP STEREOTYPES.