Compton

So How Were Those Kendrick Lamar Shows Anyway?

Marco Torres texted Rocks Off shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday evening to say that a line was already forming around Warehouse Live for Kendrick Lamar, who was scheduled to perform at 10 p.m. The scene appears to have been the same at House of Blues, where he went on a couple of hours later. The 25-ye ... More >>

10 Cool & Cheap Weekenders: December 28-30

Hayes Carll's Burlesque Circus and Sideshow Freakout House of Blues, December 28 Singer-songwriter Hayes Carll's songs are populated by widescreen people of oddity and quirk, so it makes total sense for him to put his own special twist on the holidays. At Friday's House of Blues free-for-all, Carll ... More >>

ScoreMore Stoked For Saturday's Sold-Out Kendrick Lamar Shows

It's no great secret that the live-music scene around Houston can be a little, well, dead around the holidays. There are enough "thank God we're off tour" shows by local and regional acts to make it worth fans' while, but because the music business is generally among the first to shut down for the y ... More >>

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Adds Second December 29 Houston Show, at House of Blues This Time

Few artists in 2012 can play two concerts in one night, and sell out the first one. Based on strong street cred and the critically adored album good kid, m.A.A.d city rapper Kendrick Lamar has done it in Houston. The artist has already sold out his December 29 Warehouse Live gig, and he has now ad ... More >>

So What Happened to That Kendrick Lamar Show Anyway?

If you had penciled Kendrick Lamar in your Halloween-week concert plans (Bieber, Manson/Zombie tonight, Nas/she-might-show-up-on-time Lauryn Hill tomorrow) you might be disappointed. The Compton rapper whose debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city has become the talk of music (besides Taylor Swift), won' ... More >>

2012: Year of the Texans

Assessing all their strengths and weaknesses, we could be looking at a repeat or better.

Last Night: A$AP Rocky At Warehouse Live

A$AP Rocky Warehouse Live February 26, 2012 For more photos from Sunday, see our slideshow. Who is A$AP Rocky? The simple answer is that he's a kid from Harlem who's real name is Rakim, who proclaims himself a "pretty muthafucka," and who loves all things Houston. From the flows to the purple dran ... More >>

John Earl Compton: Mugshot Hall of Famer at Heart of Two Suspicious House Fires

Hell of a way for a retired firefighter to spend his golden years...Police in the East Texas town of Alto say that 65-year-old John Earl Compton torched two neighboring houses last month. He's only being charged with arson in one of the cases. Alto police chief Jeremy Jackson told KTRE that they h ... More >>

Sons of Blood and Thunder

Lee West III says he really wanted to be a member of Omega Psi Phi. But he couldn't take the beatings the underground black fraternity was handing out. By Steve Jansen

Facebook Lyrics Fail: Citing Eazy-E In Front Of Family Is Unwise

Bethanie Russel: Mom is not straight outta Compton​So we were perusing the page of this girl Bethanie Russell, a Bacliff ne'er-do-well recently busted down on the Island rolling around in a car that didn't belong to her. On her public wall, we found this absolute gem of a disastrous use of so ... More >>

Rocks Off's All-Star Team Of Rap Ballers

hoopedia.nba.com​Basketball and hip-hop have crossed paths for decades. In the words of self-proclaimed No. 1 draft pick Drake: "I swear sports and music are so synonymous/ 'Cause we want to be them, and they want to be us." To mark the start of NBA training camp, Rocks Off assembled an all-s ... More >>

Beavis And Butt-Head's Greatest Video Hits, Dillhole

​On the night of November 28, 1997, Rocks Off was sitting in his friend Chad's parents' house in Pearland, watching the final episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head. The boys had been a part of our daily lives since at least fifth grade, and as we marched into the second semester of ninth grade ... More >>

Top 5 Rapper "Secret" Identities

Rocks Off wonders what hip-hop would look like if rappers were true to who they really are, or should we say... who they were. Perhaps it would look like the video "Swagger Wagon," by The Sienna Family, the latest Internet phenomenon that has amassed 2.4 million hits in less than a month. Those G's ... More >>

Game Time: Larusso Vs. Skywalker, The Death Match

​I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm a huge fan of The Karate Kid. And I'm not just talking "guilty pleasure" fan.No sir, not only do I actually own all three DVD's in the Karate Kid trilogy, but my Karate Kid III DVD actually has some scenes that skip because of wear and tear. Yeah, you heard me, t ... More >>

Five Spot: Just Your Average Everyday Street Gangsta

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 introducingliston@gmail.com.Two days ago, E.S.G. released Greatest Independent Hits. It's badass. Buy it. ... More >>

The Game

Astros Bring The Game To Acres Homes

Major League Baseball's Darrell MillerMajor League Baseball, the Astros, and Mayor Bill White unveiled plans today for the Houston Astros MLB Urban Youth Academy, which will be built on the north side of town in the Acres Homes community on Sylvester Turner Park.The academy will include a show field ... More >>

The Shredder

One Show, One Sentence

The Game: LAX

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Bacliff Wiggers

The other kind of white gang

Bring On the Backlash!

Flinging poo at the haters with the Arctic Monkeys

Super-Size Relief

Sean Carnahan and Roni Size drop beats for a good cause

Straight Outta London

Dizzee Rascal brings grime music -- the British answer to crunk -- to the Dirty South

Rotation

Letters

Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

Forget caroling. Here are a few hip-hop jammy-jams to warm your yule log.

Compton's (Back) N the House

Four discs trace the development of the original gangstas

Fat Joe

Tuesday, June 18

Troubled Orbit

The Satellite's booster rockets kick in just in time

Best Public Tennis Courts

Memorial Park

Rap Shoah

Two Houston rappers use their Jewish heritage to define their toughness

Ruff Rockers

Accordion Corleone

Amplified

Back in Black

Lights Out

Fireflies are dissapearing from the night sky

Big Beat

Genaside II helped create jungle. Now it's moving on.

Gare-on-teed Phat

L'il Brian Terry drags zydeco into the hip-hop era by mixing it with rap

Riding the Rap

A new book chronicles the bloody rise and fall of Death Row Records

The Playa

With partner/producer DJ Quik, Suga Free preaches Street Gospel

Swangin' and Bangin' ... and getting to that other level with the disciples of screw

Break's Over

Rotation

What Is It Good For?