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3Two

The Prix Fixe EP
Self-released

By Marissa Gavel
Oct 25, 2011

The latest release from 3Two may have been recorded in this decade, but with songs like "Backspin," which features a throwback robot voice and laser-beam sound effects perfect for breakin', and "Roll Bounce," an ode to Skate City, where preteens learned to show out, the rapper pays homage to the...
ILL Se7en of Isolated Generation on his first solo release and removing labels from his music

By Marissa Gavel
Jul 17, 2011

Mike Acuña is a hip-hop OG. Better known on stage as ILL Se7en, he's been in the game for more than a decade. The MC got his start as one-half of the group Isolated Generations with Ben "Opt Won" Chavez back in the day, and he continues to collaborate with...
Coming "from nothing," Morning Star is striving to make his rise in the Denver rap game

By Marissa Gavel
May 5, 2011

Jorge Rendon, known as Morning Star on wax, has a notable duality about him. With a moniker that comes with references in the Bible to both Jesus and the Devil as the "morning star," it seems as though he embraces both characters. On one hand he is a proud Mexican,...
Brown Suga Youth Festival at Crossroads Theater, 4/30/11

By Marissa Gavel
May 2, 2011

BROWN SUGA YOUTH FESTIVAL 04.30.11 | Crossroads Theater This year's Brown Suga Youth Festival marked the third year that Cavem Moetivation (aka Ietef Vita) and his wife Neambe brought the community together in the name of the today's youth and tomorrow's future. With the help of several local sponsors, the...
Mike Wird

Afronaut Funk Volume 1
Self-released

By Marissa Gavel
Jan 4, 2011

Mike Wird is a well-known name in the local hip-hop scene. A bona fide B-boy, he's one half of Babah Wird, a member of Denver Avengerz and a producer — all wrapped up in an Adidas jumpsuit. His debut solo project, Afronaut Funk Volume 1, isn't quite as funky as...

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