If you ever dreamed about being in a hip-hop video, Dankside Entertainment’s B-Blacc wants you. The rapper will be filming a video for his song “Clap” this Saturday, March 21, at 12:30 p.m. at City Park. “Clap” was produced by Mo Heat and is featured on Blacc’s latest project, Blacc…
Other than maybe being the opening act for someone like Jay-Z or Kanye West, what could be better than opening for the Denver Nuggets? The folks at Jewell Tyme Music (home to artists F.O.E., 800 the Jewell, Karma and others) will join Paradox, Maddnis and Sista Soul as pre-game hosts…
A date has finally been set for the release of Heavyweight Dub Champion’s new album, Rise of the Champion Nation, May 5, 2009. The group consists of producers Resurrector and Patch and MCs A.P.O.S.T.L.E. and Stero-Lion. With the exception of Stero, the entire group moved to San Francisco three years…
DJ Chonz and Side 3 Studios head Adelio Lombardi have united and launched a new website strictly for the DJs called MixTerminal.com. The site is a new social-networking hub, specifically geared toward DJs as a place where they can come together to share ideas, music, videos, photos, blogs, mixes and…
DJ Low Key will be in Austin at SXSW deejaying for national hip-hop group Tanya Morgan next week. Before he heads out, though, he hooked us up with his new mixtape, Ketchup, with L.A. rapper TiRon. For those unaware, TiRon made some noise a couple of years ago with his…
For those skeptical about Colorado’s hip-hop scene, the folks at the Colorado Rap Report blog have assembled some of the finest local acts on one compilation — including the Pirate Signal, ManeLine, Ichiban, Whygee, Distrakt, Dent, Deca and 3 the Hardway, among others — in an effort to showcase how…
3 the HardwayFebruary 28, 2009The Marquis TheatreBetter than: The Talib Kweli show the night before at Club Vinyl where you could have had your jaw tapped.In celebration of the release of their debut album, Set in Stone, rapper A.V.I.U.S., producer Es-Nine, and DJ Cysko Rokwel, collectively known as 3 the…
The first release from Jewell Tyme Music in 2009 is from rapper Karma in the form of a mixtape called Barack O’Karma: Street Politics. It’s mixed by DJ Tense of ManeLine and features appearances from the entire Jewell Tyme roster, including F.O.E., Haven, and 800 the Jewell. The project is…
A New Jersey blogger named Khal recently heard about Colorado MC Whygee and the work he was doing with Sunken State, Kid Hum, and other Colorado hip-hop artists. Over the last month and a half or so, Khal got to know Whygee and found out that the rapper had some…
For those of us who were watching the Denver Nuggets-Atlanta Hawks on television Wednesday night, missed probably one of the best half time shows of the season. DJ Vajra and the Mad Monkeys dance crew repped hip-hop to the fullest at center court. Weren’t at the game? No worries. Check…
Dunn the Signtologist is a Denver artist known for taking your average street sign and converting them into pieces of art.But what folks may not know is that Dunn is an avid supporter of the Colorado hip-hop scene. So much so that he’s done portraits of some of the scene’s…
It’s been just over a year since rapper A.V.I.U.S., producer Es-Nine and DJ Cysko Rokwel came together to form 3 the Hardway. On the strength of their first leaked single in 2007, “Wild Style West,” the three have created a buzz that’s stretched statewide. Now they’re gearing up to drop…
Last month, B-Boy crew Lordz of Finesse and Paul Skeee announced that the Mighty 4 Colorado hip-hop event the blew up LoDo last year would be returning this year on Saturday, May 16. But with anticipation for the event simmering, LoF co-founder Fienz has announced that he will be hosting…
Even though Dent officially dropped his debut album last year, he’s been putting in work in the local hip-hop scene for more than a decade. In that time, he’s won a solid amount of MC battles, performed at dozens of shows and has been nominated numerous times for best MC…
In case you haven’t heard by now, Whygee and Sunken State’s excellent Suicide Watch EP debuted on the College Music Journal hip-hop chart last week at number 30. The duo released the record back in December for free download, and it looks like it’s paying off, especially for Whygee…
Ever since P.A.A.S. left the Break Mechanics a few years ago, the hip-hop scene has been patiently and eagerly awaiting the release of his solo debut. Now that the album is finished and nearing release, however, the MC says he’s focusing his attention elsewhere, namely his entertainment imprint, ASR Innertainment,…
It appears Spoke-In-Wordz will be pulling double duty this year. He’s working on a solo album that he says is due by the end of the year. At the same time, he’s also working on a new album as part of the group Infinite Mindz. But to give fans a…
Whatever your religious beliefs may be, you can’t deny how far Christian hip-hop has come over the years, musically and lyrically.Colorado rapper Proxy is part of the new generation of MCs with a Christian focus, although he probably shuns such labels. (It’s just hip-hop, right?) The MC recently had one…
It’s rare these days to hear DJ Chonz spin a set from a playlist of his choosing. Most of his mixes during KS-107.5’s live daily Traffic Jam are limited to the station’s playlist, and when he’s behind the decks during the week at the handful of clubs where he plays,…
Last year, the World Famous Wake Up Show connected with UrSession.com to host a hip-hop contest called the 100K Battle. This battle consisted of well-known hip-hop producers like DJ Muggs, 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, Alchemist and others, donating beats to any rapper who wanted to spit a rhyme. The beats…
It’s been a little while since we heard from producer and MC Strange Powers (known to some as Shag One). But Powers is slowly getting back into the fold after working in the background with a variety of artists, plus using an alias on a variety of other music projects.”Right…
Buffalo, New York-based DeepThinka Records just released Rebel Radio 45: The Free Double Mixtape mixed by DJ Anubus, DJ Optimus Prime and Billy Drease Williams. Why do we care? Well, mostly because it’s a dope mixtape that’s free, but also because Denver’s own ManeLine is featured on the project next…
