Email Author Rizoh

2012 Stories by Rizoh

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  Christmas Past: Top 5 Christmas Rap Songs

  published Dec 25, 2012

  While we celebrate the holidays, Rocks Off is resurrecting a few of our best Christmas-themed blogs from the past few years. (Wait... resurrecting is Easter. Never mind.) This blog originally appeared... More >>

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  Last Night: Nas & Lauryn Hill at Bayou Music Center

  published Nov 01, 2012

  Nas, Lauryn Hill Bayou Music Center October 31, 2012 Houston caught two rap greats for the price of one last night. On one corner was Nas, arguably the greatest lyricist of his generation; on the oth... More >>

• Firts Loook Inside Rice's New Swishahouse Library Archive

  published October 25, 2012

  Screwston, Texas A bejeweled pimp cup. A young Chamillionaire in do rag. Slim Thug before the ubiquitous singles. Mike Jones... More >>

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  First Look: Rice University's Brand-New Swishahouse Archive

  published Oct 15, 2012

  A bejeweled pimp cup. A young Chamillionaire in do-rags. Slim Thug before the ubiquitous singles. Mike Jones clutching a cellphone on the cover of Murder Dog. These are only a handful of the Swishahou... More >>

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  UPDATED: Swishahouse Makes History With New Rice Library Archive

  published Oct 12, 2012

  UPDATED to correct the library name (11:25 a.m.) Swishahouse's influence on Houston hip-hop is infinite and unquantifiable. Today, the label moved a step closer to cementing its legacy by becoming the... More >>

• Akinyele Puts His Money in Lollypops: This Week in the Music Biz

  published May 18, 2012

  A great week for chest-thumping and big moneymaking. Pop the hood for the goods. RACKS ON RACKS ON RACKS In news likely to make you hate your job, '90s also-ran Akinyele says he's bagging millions f... More >>

• Skits: This Week in Music-Biz WTFery -- Katy Perry, B.o.B., Etc.

  published May 11, 2012

  The music business fuckery continues. An industry so destructive it only benefits the top dogs (and even so, temporarily), while the actual players continue to eat sand out of peanuts. Who's winningr ... More >>

• Michael "5000" Watts and Trillstep

  published May 10, 2012

  Michael Watts is having an affair. No, not that type of affair. His mistress is a new musical innovation dubbed "trillstep." Watts is, of course,... More >>

• Last Night: Big K.R.I.T. At Fitzgerald's

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Big K.R.I.T. Fitzgerald's February 22, 2012 Big K.R.I.T. ended his set at Fitzgerald's on Wednesday, hand on chest, with a debut performance of his new single, "I Got This," his gift to Houston for s... More >>

• Last Night: Yelawolf At Warehouse Live

  published Feb 17, 2012

  Yelawolf Warehouse Live February 16, 2012 My ears salute the kid who told Yelawolf he wasn't hip-hop. Must have been a high-school bully, one of those corny jocks with well defined biceps. We'll cal... More >>

• 8 Things We Learned from the IFPI's 2012 Report

  published Jan 30, 2012

  The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) released its 2012 report this week, confirming that the music industry may finally have a reason to be cautiously optimistic about its ... More >>

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  Why 50 Cent Should Consider Retirement

  published Jan 26, 2012

  I was in college when Get Rich or Die Tryin' dropped. You couldn't go anywhere without hearing "In da Club"-- house parties, techno clubs, AA meetings, everywhere. My friends used to sit around and de... More >>

• Saturday Night: Kendrick Lamar at Warehouse Live

  published Jan 23, 2012

  There's nothing in Kendrick Lamar's catalog that suggests he's a capacity crowd artist. He doesn't chase radio glory. He doesn't make what you call, um, hits. He's just starting to log big name cosign... More >>

• Swizz Beatz is the CEO of Shuttered Megaupload...Wait, Whatr

  published Jan 19, 2012

  We've all failed as music journalists. Swizz Beatz is the CEO of Megaupload.com and no one seemed to noticer No one, except Wikipedia (yes, that bastion of factual information on the web), which lists... More >>

• Sunday Night: Starfucker at Fitzgerald's

  published Jan 16, 2012

  "We're sorry about your football team," said Starfucker* guitarist Ryan Biornstad to the packed crowd of college-age Houstonians at Fitz, just eight hours after the Houston Texans gracefully bowed out... More >>

• Last Night: Wu-Tang Clan at House of Blues

  published Jan 13, 2012

  It's probably not bad advice to say that if you're planning to catch a Wu-Tang show, you better be ready to lose control. Method Man, for one, hates lazybones. His twin requirements for an ideal conce... More >>

• 7 Ways to Fail at Online Music Promotion

  published Jan 09, 2012

  So you want to be a rock starr Cool. Well, there's this thing called the Internet. You see, the Internet is like the giant beanstalk in Puss in Boots. Take the right steps and it'll get you all the wa... More >>