Subject: Lauryn Hill

• Day Three: Wherein We Learn the True Meaning of Cuba Libre

  October 4, 2007

• This Week in Hip Hop

  November 30, 2007

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

  December 7, 2007

• Best of Denver Winners from 1999

  January 25, 2008

• Delegating Denver #34 of 56: New Jersey

  March 10, 2008

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

  April 7, 2008

• Beyond the Fugees

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

  August 6, 1998

• Party On, Garth

  DJ Garth delivers a blast from the Eighties past.

  April 15, 1999

• Critic's Choice

  This week's concert pick: Gil Scott-Heron

  February 24, 2000

• Fighting the Power

  Rapper Nas steps back into the ring, fists flying.

  March 21, 2002

• D'Angelo

  March 23, 2000

• Backwash

  October 17, 2002

• A Tale of Two Rappers

  September 27, 2007

• Redemption Songs

  With an album full of freedom, pain and poetry, rapper Mystic proves that girls don't just want to have fun.

  November 22, 2001

• Hip-Hop History

  March 20, 2008

• Wino Diaries

  Make room on the Amy Winehouse bandwagon.

  September 13, 2007

• K-os

  After conquering the Great White North, this Canadian MC has his sites set on America.

  March 15, 2007

• Jay-Z vs. Stallone

  A pop-quiz in honor of Hova and Balboa both coming out of retirement.

  December 14, 2006

• Get Down With Dave

  Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party.

  March 2, 2006

• Westword Music Showcase 2005

  June 23, 2005

• Legendary

  It's a very good time to be John Legend.

  March 3, 2005

• John Legend

  Get Lifted (Columbia Records)

  January 6, 2005

• Toby Keith

  Friday, November 5, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

  November 4, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  February 19, 2004

• He's Got the Beat

  Going back to his roots, Scratch gives lip service to the lost art of beatboxing.

  July 18, 2002

• Perfect Truth

  Cee-Lo breaks from the Mob in a solo quest to save hip-hop.

  May 16, 2002

• Critic's Choice

  Erykah Badu

  March 15, 2001

• Universal Man

  Cultural awareness, positivity and groove are all part of the Common cause.

  November 23, 2000

• In the Name of the Father

  Femi Kuti represents the next generation of Afrobeat.

  March 30, 2000

• Judgment Day

  Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

  December 30, 1999

• Anthony B / Bob Marley

  Seven Seals
  (VP Records)

  Chant Down Babylon
  (Tuff Gong/Island)

  December 16, 1999

• Time of the Season

  This year's holiday CDs alternately inspire joy, nausea and terror. Which would you prefer?

  December 9, 1999

• More Songs of the Century

  Part two of a pre-millennial trek through a hundred years of pop music.

  July 8, 1999

• Feedback

  March 4, 1999

• Year-End Close-Out

  We've got 1998's best albums in stock, but they're going fast.

  December 24, 1998

• The Major and the Minor

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

  December 3, 1998

• Father Cube

  Ice Cube on child-rearing and Family Values.

  October 1, 1998

• Playlist

  August 6, 1998

• Playlist

  November 13, 1997

• Rhymes of Passion

  The Fugees are determined to make rap, not war.

  March 21, 1996

• Q&A w/ Isaiah Owens of Free Moral Agents

  ​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the dub project De Facto before being invited to join the Mars Volta as a live keyboard player once Omar and Cedric's notable previous band, At the Drive-In, dissolved. Throughout the past decade, Ikey h

  November 13, 2009