Back in December, Colorado MCs Whygee and Sunkenstate connected with Colorado producer Kid Hum to create Suicide Watch, one of the better Colorado hip-hop releases of 2008. And it was free! Now Whygee and Sunk have reconnected for Suicide Watch 2: Sambodextrust, a seven-song collection that features production from Nigel…

Even though ManeLine is continually doing shows around town and the Pirate Signal is hard at work on its new album, rapper Mane Rok and DJ A-What have found time to connect and put together a mixtape project called Mane Rok and DJ AWHAT! Present Rok Stars Mixtape. The project…

Joe Thunder and Selector Sam’s Special Addiction mixtape has been available for almost a month now, but it’s still making its way around the web. The new collection features Street Philosafee, a group that consists of rappers Mr. Verbal and J Cook and features appearances from Dent, Tetrahedron Crew, Pontius…

Update: Purpose (aka Mykal Hudson) ended up winning the Denver Idol competition, earning 48 percent of the vote to best the other two finalists. As a result, unlike thousands of would-be hopefuls sleeping under the stars for their chance to showcase their talents, Purpose earned a guaranteed audition at Invesco…

Since Michael Jackson’s death, DJs worldwide have been putting together different mixtapes honoring the King of Pop’s music and legacy. While there have been some a good ones, a majority of them aren’t mixed and you can get the same effect by selecting shuffle on the MJ music in your…

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from SP Double, especially since the dissolution of his Boostwell crew. But from the ashes, he’s dusted himself off and is gearing up to drop a collection of projects over the next six months. His new album, Loyalty, Honor, Respect, is due out…

After a surprising and impressive performance at the Red Bull Big Tune beat competition last month (check out the battle with T-Mos here), DJ Vajra has even more things up his sleeve this summer. The superstar DJ announced that he and Othello (of Lightheaded and the Hip-Hop IS Music label)…

PULSE Arts, the folks behind the annual Shoe Shine event, are taking their appreciation for art and sneaker culture to another level. This Saturday, June 27, the organization will host their first annual Sneaker Prom at the Denver Athletic Club (1325 Glenarm St.) in an effort to raise money for…

About 700 hip-hop heads came out to Beta Nightclub last night to see twelve producers battle toe-to-toe in Red Bull Big Tune competition. Among the familiar faces that competed included Yonnas of the Pirate Signal, who was surprisingly ousted in the first round by Xperiment of Educated Figures. There were…

Last month, ManeLine was the first hip-hop act to hit Channel 2 The Deuce’s Guitar Center Stage and now we’re getting an encore tonight. The group’s first appearance was early the morning while people were getting up and getting ready for work, but Mane Rok, Inkline and DJ tense have…

If you’re available tonight around 8 p.m., Beta Nightclub (1909 Blake St) will be hosting the Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle, a hip-hop producer head-to-head competition. The event, which is a premier national hip-hop event, will be hosted by well-renowned rapper/producers Exile and Black Milk.Twelve Colorado and regional hip-hop…

Even though L.I.F.E. Crew member Deca has been spending the last year or so living in California, we can’t deny his Colorado roots.The gruff-voiced rapper has filmed a video for a song called “Movement,” in California in the midst of a wind farm. We’re not sure where the song is…

Es-Nine of 3 the Hardway is one of most talented hip-hop producers in the state — just listen to the Set in Stone album if you need proof. Now the producer is offering up a collection of instrumentals showing a more laid back side of his production style. The collection,…

See more photos from Vinyl at westword.com/slideshow. Fresh Breath Committee, 12:00 p.m. The day started off nice and sunny and Club Vinyl’s rooftop, but I was a bit late in catching the set from the Fresh Breath Committee. The collective was rocking a decent-sized crowd and ended their set on…

Whygee is on a pretty good streak as far as projects are concerned. He’s still getting props from the Suicide Watch project with Sunken State and Kid Hum, his collection of rare and unreleased material in the Saga of Mr. Bitches with RocktheDub, and his appearances on a variety of…

Just in time for the Westword Music Showcase, Spoke-In-Wordz and his folks put the finishing touches on his newest mixtape Catch the Buzz 3. The mix is a collection of freestyles, collaborations and unreleased material from the last few years. Mixed entirely by DJ Chonz, Spoke-In-Wordz and Playalitical trade verses…

During the morning and night newscasts on Channel 2, the station has been showcasing local acts on their Guitar Center-sponsored stage. All of the acts thus far have been rock-oriented with nary a hip-hop artist — until last week. On Friday morning, the Deuce reached out to ManeLine and asked…

While the rumored Ground Zero Movement reunion is still rumbling around town, one member continues to make moves. Sid Fly, who has been hosting Out Tha Box TV for the last couple of years, is finally returning to the studio to put in some work on the music side of…

Last week we reported how DJ Quote put Epic recording artist Yung Berg on blast after failing to pay him for a mixtape he was hired to do. Shortly thereafter, a response clip from Berg’s camp was released on Worldstarhiphop.com, but the rapper was no where to be seen in…

Last year, the Mighty 4 Colorado event at Beta Night Club (19th and Blake) saw hip-hop heads and b-boys from all over Colorado and surrounding states converge on downtown Denver. The day consisted of intense b-boy battles, and performances from Infinite Mindz and the Break EFX dance crew. This weekend…

The Diamond Boiz made it on to the Westword Showcase ballot this and are campaigning hard for people’s votes. So much so that they quickly finished their mixtape project, Calm Before the Storm, in order to get people familiar with their sounds. The release features a mix of original songs…