Last year, b-boy Fienz, his Lordz of Finesse crew and Paul Skeee came together to throw the first Mighty 4 Colorado event at Beta nightclub, which drew more than 500 attendees. The event featured b-boy battles, performances from Infinite Mindz and BreakEFX, as well as fresh music coming from DJs…

For those unaware, Guru is founder and one half of legendary hip-hop group, GangStarr. Although the status of GangStarr is up in air (Guru says the group is done; DJ Premier says they’re on a long break), the duo haven’t talked since 2003. In the meantime, while DJ Premier is…

Last year, BreakEFX was officially crowned Colorado’s Best Dance crew. And with anyone who rises to the top, there will be challengers who will want their spot. Over the weekend at the Hip-Hop Congress’ Beat Down Session event at Sigi’s Cafe in the Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria Campus,…

About a month ago we introduced recently formed hip-hop group The Food Chain on this here blog along with a track for the trunks. Now the group has smoothed it out a bit with it’s recently leaked track, “Auto Pilot.” The cut sounds like it could get some decent radio…

Anyone who has followed the Internet and television show Out Tha Box TV probably checked out the episode’The Legend of Boozilla.’ It told the story of Xavier Davis, aka Za Boo, aka Boozilla, a Colorado hip-hop producer who was making huge waves in the Colorado hip-hop scene and was close to busting…

We’re not sure when Denver MC Tone Skarfo plans on releasing an album or if he has a mixtape coming up. What we do know, however, is that his single, “Gurl I Wanna Know You,” is buzzing around the city. Just last week, he dropped the video for the single…

The Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns square off tonight at the Pepsi Center for a nationally televised broadcast on the TNT cable network. The 3OH!3 crew will be in the house presenting the game ball at the start of the game while the Nuggets team will run out to…

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard something new from SP Double, the dubious head of the Boostwell, whom Westword named Denver’s Best Hip-Hop Crew last year. Turns out SP has been in the lab working hard on some new music, including this recently leaked track with Colorado MC Mr…

We did a short profile of Colorado producer Frank E a while back, focusing on his work with national artists like Plies and Flo Rida. Then he hooked up with T-Pain and cooked up another a mixtape gem. But there’s still no slowing him down, as Flo Rida is dropping…

On Tuesday, we let you know that Colorado’s DJ Sabotage and Hypeman P were headed to Los Angeles to represent the Box State at Scion’s 2008 Hypeman Contest as a finalist. So what happened? Sabo and P represented the Mile High City lovely taking first and second place, respectively. Sabotage…

Spoke-In-Wordz will always be lauded for his rapid-fire flow but does he get the same props when he spits fire in Spanish? Spoke connected with the group 20/12 to record a song for the soundtrack of the film Platinum Illusions, which features cameos from folks like Chino XL, Mr. Capone-E,…

When buddies A.V.I.U.S., Es-Nine and DJ Cysko Rokwel formed 3 the Hardway last year, fans knew that this hip-hop collective would be putting out some hot music. And for good reason: With A.V.I.U.S. on the mike, Es-Nine on the beats and Cysko on the wheels of steel, how could the…

As we write this, DJ Sabotage is most likely on his way to Los Angeles, where he’ll compete in the finals of Scion’s Hypeman contest. What’s a hypeman, you ask? Flavor Flav may be the most famous hypeman, but you definitely can’t forget folks like Spliff Star (Busta Rhymes’s hypeman),…

Black Pegasus was booked to party up in Aspen on New Year’s Eve, but was turned away because of a bomb threat in downtown Aspen. We’re sure you heard the story by now. “The whole downtown area was evacuated last night,” Black P recounted on Thursday. “The Red Cross made…

Along with having a MySpace page, some photos and MP3s, it’s become a necessity for Colorado hip-hop artists to have a YouTube account and a camcorder nearby.Many artists are now taking the responsibility of recording their own videos and events in order to promote their latest projects, as well as…

The Flobots are finally home this week but they’re not arriving quietly. Along with their New Year’s Eve show at the Gothic Theatre, which benefits Flobots.org, the band will be hanging out with more than 100 people from Fight With Tools street teams from across the country at the first…

DJ Bedz has been the official DJ for the Denver Nuggets for five seasons now, and if you’ve been to a game at the Pepsi Center, you know he keeps the place rockin’. But apparently the folks at ESPN magazine suggested that the Nuggets “trade up” to get DJ Clue…

The Jewell Tyme Music family put out a nice collection of releases this year, but one of the most robust projects was the compilation album Music, Money, and Roundtables, which features the entire Jewell Tyme roster and then some.The album is at your local indie stores now, but in case you’re…

The Pirate Signal recently got off a national tour with 3OH!3 and most of the feedback the duo is getting from their live set include everything from “passionate” to “hyper”. That’s the great thing about Colorado hip-hop going on tour, seeing how other cities react to the music. But in…

Fresh from producing the excellent Whygee and Sunkenstate project, Suicide Watch, producer Kid Hum (also known as DJ Dylon on Basementalism) goes off on his own with a solo project. He’s currently offering his instrumental album, Fossil Fuel, for free download, and trust me, this is something you don’t want…

If you’re not doing anything on Sunday night, the Basementalism crew are hosting a Christmas party at Herb’s Hideout (2057 Larimer St.) probably starting around 9 p.m. The party, which is being thrown by the LIFEHouse squad, is celebrating Colorado MC who have performed at the monthly “Everybody Eats” hip-hop…