Email Author Shea Serrano

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

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

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2012 Stories by Shea Serrano

• Texans-Colts: The 10 Best Playoff-Choking Rapper Tweets

  published Dec 31, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team. They are called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them. Some of those people are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media. One of them ... More >>

• Houston's Best Underground Rap Tapes of 2012, Most Assuredly (Pt. 2)

  published Dec 28, 2012

  7. Killa Kyleon, Welcome To The Fish Fry Somehow, Killa Kyleon teamed with Danger Mouse for a mixtape and the Internet did not roll up into itself from amazingness. From the opening "I Got The Power, ... More >>

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  Houston's Best Underground Rap Tapes of 2012, Most Assuredly (Pt. 1)

  published Dec 27, 2012

  I'd guess that nearly all of the time, the order of any list is impacted considerably by external, unrelated, completely unimportant factors (to deny that seems entirely senseless). To wit, empirical ... More >>

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  Texans-Colts: The 10 Best AFC South-Clinching Rapper Tweets

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team. That teams is called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them. Some of those people are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media. One of ... More >>

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  The Texas 30: Texas' 10 Best Rap Albums

  published Dec 14, 2012

  Texas rap has played no small part in hip-hop's history. More specifically, Houston (and of course P.A.) rap has played no small part in hip-hop's history. (There are other cities in Texas, I hear, th... More >>

• Texans-Patriots: The 10 Most Disgusted, Disappointed Rapper Tweets

  published Dec 11, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team. That professional football team is called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them. Some of those people are rappers. The Internet has several forms of s... More >>

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  America Is Faltering, So You Should You Download Massive Mixtape The Underground

  published Dec 04, 2012

  The superheroically sincere videographer/director Sama'an Ashrawi comes to mind. So does the hyper-savvy promoter/party pied piper MC Kane. And of course the indomitable do-everything Matt Sonzala. B... More >>

• Texans-Titans: The 10 Best Playoff-Clinching Rapper Tweets

  published Dec 03, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team. That professional football team is called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them; some are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media; ... More >>

• "Hello" Again: Coast Is Back, For Those Who Have Been Missing Him

  published Nov 30, 2012

  "The same guy that left for three years and didn't say 'bye,' I think I should go on to take the time to stop and say 'hi.'" -- Coast For an all-too-short period approximately a handful of years a... More >>

• Phil Jackson Words Ring True for Underground Houston Rap

  published Nov 28, 2012

  Context: That's The Fury God doing one of those radio-station freestyles that radio stations like to ask rappers to do. It happened right before he performed at The Box's recent Los Magnificos Custo... More >>

• Texans-Lions: The 10 Best Thanksgiving Rapper Tweets

  published Nov 23, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team, called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them. Some of them are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media. One is called Twitter. A lot ... More >>

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  Texans-Jaguars: The 10 Best Rapper Tweets

  published Nov 19, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them; some are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media; one is called Twitter. A lot of people... More >>

• Preemo & Tawn P Are Good Every Day, and Good On "Everyday"

  published Nov 16, 2012

  Tawn P is a girl who raps very well and Preemo is a guy who raps very well. Together, as Rocks Off told readers back in May, they're also in a group called All Day that raps very well. That song u... More >>

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  Here Are Some Underground Rapper T-Shirts That Someone Should Make

  published Nov 14, 2012

  That's Doughbeezy. You probably know that. Or maybe you don't. If you don't, you (probably) will eventually. He's a hard worker, and a very good rapper. So we made that shirt design. (The writing und... More >>

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  Texans-Bears: The 10 Best Rapper Tweets

  published Nov 12, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team, called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them; some are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media; one is called Twitter. A lot of peopl... More >>

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  The Most Depressingly Brilliant Video You'll Watch In Your Tiny, Useless Life

  published Nov 06, 2012

  Not too long ago, a video arrived in my inbox. It's above, for "Time to Be Clear, " from Bonnie "Prince" Billy's 2011 album Wolfroy Goes to Town. You should watch, particularly if you like to have y... More >>

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  Texans-Bills: The 10 Best Rapper(ish) Tweets From Sunday's Game

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team, called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them; some are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media; one is called Twitter. A lot of peopl... More >>

• Dustin-Prestige's "Better Late Than Never": Is This Fantasticr

  published Nov 01, 2012

  Dustin-Prestige - Better Late Than Never (Music Video) from Ronnie West on Vimeo. Dustin-Prestige is maybe the most subtly creative force in the city today. There really don't appear to be too man... More >>

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  Texans-Ravens: The 10 Best Rapper Tweets From Sunday's Game

  published Oct 22, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team. They are called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them. Some of those people are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media. One of them ... More >>

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  Texans-Packers: The 10 Unhappiest Rapper Tweets From Sunday's Loss

  published Oct 15, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team. They are called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them. Some of those people are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media. One is calle... More >>

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  Texans-Jets: The 10 Best Rapper Tweets From Monday Night Football

  published Oct 09, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team, called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them; some are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media; one is called Twitter. A lot of peopl... More >>

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  Medicine Girl Is the "Night Nurse" Is the Medicine Girl

  published Oct 03, 2012

  I don't know if this is unacceptable, but I'm fairly certain it's not acceptable: At any given point in time, there are no less than eight very talented female rappers in town. There's UZOY and th... More >>

• C.I.T.Y.'s Top 6 Geographically-Based Rap Songs

  published Oct 02, 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 ... More >>

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  Texans-Titans: The 10 Best Rapper Tweets From Sunday's Game

  published Oct 01, 2012

  Houston has a professional football team. They are called the Houston Texans. A lot of people like them. Some of those people are rappers. The Internet has several forms of social media. One of them... More >>

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  Should Rappers Be Allowed to Release Music While Incarceratedr

  published Oct 01, 2012

  Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. From time to time, Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week's Roster: E.S.G., Killa Kyleo... More >>