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Q&A with Artist Ray Young Chu

Over the Weekend... Kool Keith, ManeLine and the Americans @ the Oriental Theater

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

Ghost Story

DJ Spooky is writing one of hip-hop's most mesmerizing chapters.

Material

DJ Spooky is writing one of hip-hop's most mesmerizing chapters.

Backwash

DJ Spooky is writing one of hip-hop's most mesmerizing chapters.

Backwash

DJ Spooky is writing one of hip-hop's most mesmerizing chapters.

Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of April 13, 2009

As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of al ... More >>

Brother From Another Planet

When it comes to hip-hop, Dr. Octagon veteran Kool Keith is out of this world.

Peeping Tom

Wednesday, April 18, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 1-866-468-7621.

Dr. Octagon

The Return of Dr. Octagon (OCD International)

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom (Ipecac)

Kool Keith

Saturday, February 4, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Jurassic 5

Saturday, June 5, and Sunday, June 6, Fox Theatre, 303-443-3399

About to Break

Set to debut in Boulder, Billy Martin's Turntable Sessions will turn you on your ear.

Gorillaz

Gorillaz (Virgin Records)

Back That Smut Up

As the Smut Peddlers, members of the High and Mighty hip-hop crew find new life in porn.

Like a Record, Baby

QBert and the Invisibl Skratch Piklz put a new spin on the DJ craft.

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Handsome Boy Modeling School/Quannum Projects

So...How's Your Girl?
(Tommy Boy)

Quannum Spectrum
(Quannum Projects)

Beyond the Fringe

Styles of Beyond takes underground hip-hop back to the future.

Playlist

Kool Keith, Joe Gallant and Illuminati, Belle and Sebastian, Tricky With DJ Muggs and Grease, Reggae Gold 1999

The Wide World of Rap

Exploring the endless variety of today's hip-hop.

The Major and the Minor

A roundup of big-name recordings that live up (or down) to expectations.

Creep Show

The joys of navigating Creeper Lagoon.

Kingdom Comes

Denver rapper Kingdom hopes he has the golden touch.

And the Winners Are ...

Handing out the trophies for 1997's best albums.

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?

Spread the Jam

Medeski, Martin and Wood branch out beyond jazz.

Princess Superstar at Beta

Medeski, Martin and Wood branch out beyond jazz.

Q&A with Time

​Time, aka Chris Steele, has been involved in the Denver hip-hop scene for over a decade, and his current and future collaborators include Sole of the Anticon collective, Talib Kweli, Drake, Kool Keith and C-Rayz Walz. The snarkier hip-hop aficionados refer to the form Time writes and performs as ... More >>