Email Author Shea Serrano

2012 Stories by Shea Serrano

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  FEATURED STORY

  Your iPod Is Interesting Again: 10 New Local Rap Releases Worth Noting

  published Feb 10, 2012

  ​It appears that last year, local underground rap's most impressive in a handful of terms, was not an anomaly. Six weeks into the last year of human existence (goddamn you, Mayans) and Houston's More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Clearing Up What Happened At Roosevelt Lounge

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​It's been reported that last weekend, a group of people was turned away from Washington Avenue's Roosevelt Lounge for, according to the aggrieved, having "too many black people." Reports of exa More >>

• And Here's Glass The Sky, Indie-Rock Group/Clarinet Enthusiasts

  published Feb 08, 2012

  Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist More >>

• Let's Get High: Reggie Picks Six Great Songs About Weed

  published Feb 07, 2012

  The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask th More >>

• Rap Round Table: The Red Beast Is Nearing. Are You Preparedr

  published Feb 06, 2012

  Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Each week Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. ​This Week's Panel: Fat Tony, KAB, Kyle Hu More >>

• Fourteen Years After His Death, Fat Pat's Legacy Continues Acting Bad For Scrilla

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​In Huntsville, back somewhere around 2000, there used to be this club called The Tin Can. There are a bunch of reasons to remember The Tin Can; two stand out and another is unfortunately approp More >>

• Hail Doughbeezius: The Southeast Beast Preps For His Magicianship With "Grind"

  published Feb 03, 2012

  "I am not one of these rappers that be rappin' just for shine, for these skeezers on these pics on inDmix. Bottom line: I gotta grind." --Doughbeezy Twelve months is all it took. At the beginnin More >>

• Young Sensation Only Wants A Chance In Your Speakers

  published Feb 01, 2012

  Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist More >>

• Excuse Me, Rapper. Would You Like To Be Played On The Radior

  published Jan 31, 2012

  The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask th More >>

• Mall Mixologists

  published February 2, 2012

  Yes, Prohibition, Craft of Cocktails (5175 Westheimer), the two-story bar located in the Galleria, has a Prohibition Era, speakeasy theme.... More >>

• Fast and Ferocious

  published February 2, 2012

  "And even though I sound different, you can motherfuckin bet this: I'm repping this for Houston, Texas." — Marcus... More >>

• Rap Round Table: Is A Video Called "Stupid Hoe" Hype Williams' Bestr

  published Jan 30, 2012

  Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Each week Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week's Panel: Bun B, TroubleSum, E.S.G., More >>

• Somehow, Red Bull Has Become Very Important To Underground Rap In Texas

  published Jan 27, 2012

  ​A white guy, two black guys and a Mexican walk into a club. Harharhar. This coming Wednesday, February 1, Warehouse Live will host the inaugural show of the Red Bull Skooled tour. (If you'v More >>

• Via The Great Eatlon, The Handshake Arrives

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Each Wednesday (or Thursday, if the guy that was supposed to be interviewed disappears like a gypsy), Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing More >>

• Update: MUG Looks To Make Bricks Out Of Crumbs On New Mixtape, Money and Pain, At 1 P.M. Today

  published Jan 26, 2012

  Update: After a slight delay, Money and Pain has been made available. Download it here. That's MUG, the bruising fullback of the Boss Hogg Outlawz. Were you to place the members* of the BHO on an More >>

• Which Were The Six Best Houston Rap Songs From The Ninetiesr

  published Jan 24, 2012

  The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them More >>

• Which Words Are Rappers Tired Of Rappers Usingr

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Each week Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. ​This Week's Panel: OG Ron C, Mac, Preemo, More >>

• Were Musicians Given Progress Reports, Lil Wayne Gets All Fs, Apparently

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​There's this deli across the street from our work. It's an okay place to get a cheesesteak but it's an excellent place to get a burger. And for a brief period last year, it was A1 territory for More >>

• KAB's Bully On Tha Beat: The Monster Only Looks Familiar

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​"There's no place on the earth for the righteous." -KAB, being insightful "I'll put a prize on your head; I'll raffle you." -KAB, being clever KAB, budding rapper and occasional criminal, rel More >>

• Handsome Ransom, [Something Clever About Kidnapping]

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​That's a band called Handsome Ransom. They're a folk group. And they're good. So good, in fact, that their music, which was playing on our computer early evening last week, managed to halt ou More >>

• Rap Round Table: If You Could Only Listen To One Musician For All Of Time, Who Would It Ber

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Each week Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week's Panel: Killa Kyleon, Zavey, kyle Hub More >>

• Mourning The Texans' Loss At The #Thurogod's Altar

  published Jan 17, 2012

  The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them More >>

• KAB Tha Don Knows Children's Movies

  published Jan 13, 2012

  ​Tonight, KAB tha Don, monsterly dignitary, will host a mixer celebrating the release of his first proper mixtape, Bully On The Beat, at SF2 North (215 W. Greens Rd). Now, KAB is nothing short More >>

• In Which John Holland Validates O.N.E.'s The Starting Five

  published Jan 12, 2012

  ​It's fun to think about O.N.E.'s music because (it seems like) O.N.E. finds it fun to think about his music. How else to explain references to socioeconomic constructs, agathist paradigms, obv More >>

• Travi$, Our New Favorite Artist, Crawls Around Inside His Own Brain, Finds Bloody Fingers

  published Jan 11, 2012

  World, meet Travi$. Do not dismiss him because he used a dollar sign instead of an "S" in his name. Give him a chance. It'll take four minutes (though we're suspecting if you let the video play for More >>