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This Week in Hip Hop

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

Best of Denver Winners from 1999

Delegating Denver #34 of 56: New Jersey

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

Beyond the Fugees

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

Party On, Garth

DJ Garth delivers a blast from the Eighties past.

Critic's Choice

This week's concert pick: Gil Scott-Heron

Fighting the Power

Rapper Nas steps back into the ring, fists flying.

D'Angelo

Rapper Nas steps back into the ring, fists flying.

Backwash

Rapper Nas steps back into the ring, fists flying.

A Tale of Two Rappers

Rapper Nas steps back into the ring, fists flying.

Redemption Songs

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

Hip-Hop History

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

Wino Diaries

Make room on the Amy Winehouse bandwagon.

K-os

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

Jay-Z vs. Stallone

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

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party.

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party.

Legendary

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

John Legend

Get Lifted (Columbia Records)

Toby Keith

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

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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

He's Got the Beat

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

Perfect Truth

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

Critic's Choice

Erykah Badu

Universal Man

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

In the Name of the Father

Femi Kuti represents the next generation of Afrobeat.

Judgment Day

Backbeat contributors offer up their favorite recordings of 1999.

Anthony B / Bob Marley

Seven Seals
(VP Records)

Chant Down Babylon
(Tuff Gong/Island)

Time of the Season

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

More Songs of the Century

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

Feedback

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

Year-End Close-Out

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

The Major and the Minor

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

Father Cube

Ice Cube on child-rearing and Family Values.

Playlist

Ice Cube on child-rearing and Family Values.

Playlist

Ice Cube on child-rearing and Family Values.

Rhymes of Passion

The Fugees are determined to make rap, not war.

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 ... More >>

Q&A: Meet Bianca Mikahn of Paradox

Which came first, the poet or the MC? Broaching the philosophical debate implies the two are not one in the same. History shows us otherwise, whether the funky notes of blues rattled off the tongue of greats like Billie Holiday, or, more recently, the appearance of the Last Poets on Nas's [Untitled] ... More >>