Email Author Shea Serrano

Awards

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 10, 2011

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

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2009 Stories by Shea Serrano

• The H-Town Countdown, No. 9: E.S.G.'s Ocean of Funk

  published Nov 26, 2009

  Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the listr Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email s... More >>

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  Gobble Gobble Hey: Our Choices for Local Hip-Hop Turkeys of 2009

  published Nov 25, 2009

  [Ed. Note: To go along with the cover story in this week's Houston Press, Rocks Off asked our writers to nominate a few local musical "Turkeys of the Year." Turns out there were quite a few from the h... More >>

• Artist of the Week: Sigur Ros-Sampling White Rappers Guerilla Foco Clan

  published Nov 25, 2009

  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 >>

• Red Blooded Fans

  published November 26, 2009

  The fact that you're unable to name, without Google's help, one single football player of consequence who has ever come from the University of... More >>

• The Diary

  published November 26, 2009

  In October 2008, I watched one of the most important people in my life die a horrible, prolonged death. Cancer, they said, was eating her insides.... More >>

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  Ask a Rapper: Bun B on His Thanksgiving Food Drive and Why He Seems to Be Everywhere

  published Nov 24, 2009

  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 >>

• Turning the Screw: Slim Thug, KRS-One, Robin Thicke, B.o.B., The Renaldo The Ensemble, Joe Budden, Slaughterhouse, Mary J., Scarface & Tupac, etc.

  published Nov 23, 2009

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Th... More >>

• Five Spot: Inside E.S.G.'s Everyday Street Gangsta

  published Nov 20, 2009

  Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introd... More >>

• The H-Town Countdown, No. 10: OG Style's I Know How to Play 'Em!

  published Nov 19, 2009

  Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the listr Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email i... More >>

• Artist of the Week: Time Travelers and Staunch Futurama Defenders Holy Fiction

  published Nov 18, 2009

  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 >>

• No Pun Intended

  published November 19, 2009

  It's a trap. It's so clearly a trap that you briefly consider that it might not even be a trap. But it's a trap. If you open a venue and... More >>

• Papa Gangsta

  published November 19, 2009

  There was some construction being done in the front of the house, so maybe someone knocked over a ladder or something, he remembers... More >>

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  Ask a Rapper: Street Military's Icey Hott on "What If DJ Screw Were Alive Today"r

  published Nov 17, 2009

  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 >>

• Turning the Screw: K-Rino, Bun B, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Lil' Kim, Flavor Flav, Guccie Mane, Mike Jones, etc.

  published Nov 16, 2009

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Ph... More >>

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  Aftermath: Ladies of All Ages, Shapes and Sizes Still Love Chris Brown

  published Nov 16, 2009

  7:54 p.m.: The show is sold out, so we were hoping to have left for it already. However, there is a major crisis in our home right now: Boy B is certain he caught a glimpse of the Cucuy. (The Cucuy is... More >>

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  Five Spot: New Videos from Bushwick, Chamillionaire, Trae; A Classic from Big Mello

  published Nov 13, 2009

  Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introd... More >>

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  The H-Town Countdown, No. 11: Z-Ro's Let the Truth Be Told

  published Nov 12, 2009

  Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the listr Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email s... More >>

• Artist of the Week: Country Store Buffalo on Breast Implants, Beer-Drinking Bison and That Old Devil Cocaine

  published Nov 11, 2009

  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 >>

• Minute by Minute at Robin Thicke's Sex Therapy Listening Party

  published Nov 10, 2009

  7:15 p.m. Ack. Parking on Washington Avenue at night is just about the worst. It's such an uneasy feeling. If we had to choose between parking on Washington or juggling knives with no pants on, it'd ... More >>

• Loose Change

  published November 12, 2009

  Dan Aykroyd is one smooth-talking S.O.B. Besides doing more with his life than any six people you know personally — were you aware... More >>

• Ask A Rapper An R&B Sensation: Platinum-Selling, Grammy Winning Singer / Songwriter / Heartthrob Robin Thicke

  published Nov 10, 2009

  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 >>

• Turning the Screw: ESG and Friends, Chamillionaire, Dustin Prestige, 50, Eminem, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Jeezy, Rihanna, Lil' Flip, etc.

  published Nov 09, 2009

  Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Br... More >>

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  Five Spot: Jigga, Skiing, Gay Sex and Swishahouse

  published Nov 06, 2009

  Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and list five reasons why it's either brilliant or dumb-assed. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. We've got thi... More >>

• The H-Town Countdown, No. 12: Street Military's Don't Give a Damn

  published Nov 05, 2009

  Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the listr Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email i... More >>

• Artist of the Week: Funk/Soul Rockers and Microsoft Word Mortal Enemies Kuumba Freeque

  published Nov 04, 2009

  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 >>