On September 24, 1991, A Tribe Called Quest released The Low End Theory, a beautiful fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and esoteric lyrics aimed at a new generation of hip-hop. Twenty years later, the album sounds just the same in 2011, as it did, frankly, whenever you heard it. Inspiring such…
Playalitical has churned out an album that is bearable, in spite of a lack of substance, lukewarm lyrics and uninspiring production. The lyrics are crass — on “Player of the Year,” he boasts of selling pussy for a million dollars and fucking virgins — and the MC seems to only…
Catch Lungs is doing his thing with the video release for “Hooliganry, directed by Vital Films and featuring One Be Lo. The track is a single from Catch’s EP, Awake in a Dream, and finds both MCs getting lyrically descriptive with the ways they keep it “hooligan.” One Be Lo…
Official Denver Nuggets, Cassidy Bednark — better known in these parts as DJ Bedz — has moved over from his previous home at Hot 107.1 to 95.7 the Party, where he’ll now be rocking his Party to Go Mix every weekday at 4 p.m. In addition to his daily gig…
Another week in the Mile High City, another fresh batch of new local hip-hop. As per usual, the scene has been putting in work to keep the wheels of creation rotating with rhythmic, thought provoking lyrics and trunk-banging beats. This week, we’ve got new tracks from FOE, D.Girl, Whygee and…
On this day fifteen years ago, Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the Las Vegas strip while riding in a car driven by Marion “Suge” Knight. The seeming culmination of a media hyped East Coast vs West Coast rivalry, the murder of 2Pac has been shrouded in mystery and conspiracy…
City anthems and posse cuts definitely need to make more of a comeback, and with this unifying track celebrating the CO, SP Double, Innerstate Ike, Morning Star, Young Doe and C.Ray are doing their part to make that happen. Produced by C. Ray, “Welcome to the CO” finds these guys…
Tech N9Ne is no stranger to the Mile High City, and for the first time, the Strange Music MC will be blowing the roof off of two different Denver venues. In addition to his already announced date at the Fillmore on Saturday, November 12, Tech’s due at Summit Music Hall…
J. Cole is a fresh-faced young man from Fayetteville, North Carolina, who first exploded onto the scene as Jay-Z’s protegé. Shining on Jigga’s fittingly titled “A Star Is Born,” Cole has amassed a devoted following without even releasing a full-length album. So far, his notoriety has come courtesy of a…
Judging solely from its new video for “BBHM$” (Bitch Better Have My Money — what else would it stand for?), Cobraconda is a rap duo that essentially fucks bitches, does drugs and gets money. On “BBHM$,” which is brimming with drugs, tits and tattoos, Graham and Spencer invite you into…
Big Sean is coming to the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 11. Signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label, Big Sean legitimately poses this question: “Who came first, Big Sean or Drake?” No kidding. If you don’t know Big Sean from “My Last,” his single with Chris Brown, let’s just…
DMX at THE GOTHIC THEATRE | 9/10/11DMX is loud, energetic and, at least for what he gave at the Gothic Theatre last night, in the same shape he was in when he first lifted his voice with the infamous query, “Where my dogs at?” back in 1997. Exploding onto the…
Boonie Mayfield has done it again! On Black Kool-Aid, he’s crafted a beat tape that’s as perfect as a cloudless sky on a sunny day. Hyperbole? Hardly. Black Kool-Aid is a righteous effort from the rapping producer. Opening up with the sound of ice cubes clinking in a glass and the…
A rapper once posed the question “Where my dogs at?” — and that query, delivered with a fierce, distinctive growl and presented alongside a barrage of charismatic rhymes, catapulted this particular MC, known as Dark Man X (or just DMX, for short) to hip-hop superstardom. If you’ve been following the…
What are you doing this weekend? Duh, partying like it’s the end of summer, because, well, it is! It’s also Labor Day weekend, and so hopefully you’ll have nothing to do on Monday except recover from said partying. To that end, we’ve got the drop on a slew of events…
When Mane Rok released The Ugly Truth last year, his goal was to follow up that full-length album with a series of EPs and shorter pieces, working with each different producer who worked on the project. Fresh on the heels of going head to head with authorities in his provocative…
8Ball and MJG (due at Casselman’s this Sunday, September 4) are one of the dopest hip-hop acts to ever come out of the south. The Memphis duo ushered in an entirely new era of hip-hop, unwrapping their lives in layers with vivid tales of pimping hoes, making money and moving…
You know that scene in “Serial Mom” when Kathleen Turner’s character beats the juror to death with a phone receiver because she’s wearing white shoes after labor day? Well, things are luckily not that dramatic at Sunday’s Labor Day Annual White Party thrown by 3Deep Productions and a slew of…
Boyz II Men (due this Monday, September 5 at the Taste of Colorado) is the best selling R&B group of all time. Having sold over sixty million albums worldwide and continuing to tour consistently, even during the group’s more recent down years, the crooning fellas from Philly have enjoyed the…
LIL WAYNE at COMFORT DENTAL | 8.30.11It took some time to assemble Lil Wayne’s intricate setup, but as the staging was being put together, people were happily singing along to Cee-Lo’s “Fuck You” and waiting patiently. When the curtain dropped and Weezy F.’s DJ appeared on a platform up high,…
There’s a grip of local hip-hop this week, including a a new mixtape featuring The Pirate Signal, a metaphor heavy, tongue-in-cheek joint from Innerstate Ike, a remix of A.V.I.U.S.’s single “Same Ol’ Line,” a video from Mr. Midas featuring Rockie that’s more club anthem than many singles currently being played…
Keri Hilson (due at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre tonight with Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, the Far East Movement and Lloyd), the gal with the sweet face and grown woman lyrics, first made a splash with the release of her debut album, In a Perfect World in 2009, with features from Kanye…
