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February 23, 2012
Scruncha Roo Picks The Worst Rap Album/Song Names
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 to explain things. Something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. Not ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
10 Great Instances Of Rappers Honoring Other Rappers
People often forget that hip-hoppers are humans, too. They breathe, sleep, eat, and salivate at the sight of buttermilk donuts just like us. And, every now and then, they'll geek over other rappers, just like us. It would have been so much easier to compile a list of rappers dissing other ra ... More >>
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March 20, 2011
SXSW Last Night: LL Cool J Knocks Out Red Bull Thre3style
Marco TorresThe largest party of this year's SXSW included eight world-renowned DJ's, one legendary hip-hop group, a rap pioneer, and more than 10,000 screaming fans who took over a entire city block of Austin's Warehouse District Saturday night. Fueled by Red Bull and love of the turntable ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
1991: Best Music Year Ever?
Rocks Off Sr.'s choice for 1991's best album.1991 was one of the biggest years in modern music. It was when metal went pop, radio country ruled, grunge went mainstream, and rap began its climb to chart dominance, even if it was spearheaded by a white candy rapper from Dallas. There were man ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
It's Time To Let Go Of The '90s
No one knows when the pandemic first struck. But at some point, every hip-hop head caught the Nineties Adoration Syndrome (N.A.S.). N.A.S. is characterized by intense feelings of nostalgia, hostility toward modern music, and an affinity for chest-high acid-washed jeans. In severe cases, N.A. ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Gorillaz's New Album Includes Song About Houston
Christmas morning, Rocks Off got to hear the new Gorillaz album, The Fall, recorded entirely on an iPad by leader Damon Albarn as the super-group made their way through the States on tour this past October. Most every city on the run got a song dedicated to it, including Texas towns Ho ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Katy Perry? For Album Of The Year? Seriously?
Don't get Craig's Hlist wrong, we think that Katy Perry is extremely attractive. In fact, if we think about her long enough, it makes us want to cry and punch a wall. She's a buxom, bubbly, raven-haired pop star who dresses like she's expensive grandma candy. We even interviewed her last ye ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
Last Night: Gorillaz At Toyota Center
Photos by Jim Bricker Gorillaz Toyota Center October 19, 2010 For more photos from the show, see our slideshow here. Gorillaz may have overspent on their first-ever extended tour. True, the entire concept is that the group is officially made up of four cartoon characters, so there kind of ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Top 10 Anti-Drug Rap Songs
A kabillion rap songs out there celebrate ganja and booger sugar - case in point: Young Jeezy at the Arena Theatre this weekend - but anti-drug rap songs are insanely rare. You have a better chance of finding a mastered copy of Detox. Luckily for you, Rocks Off went digging and found 10 great ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Y'all Musta Forgot: K-Otix's Universal
Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. K-Otix Universal (Bronx Science, 2001) K-Otix are the Hawk and Animal of Houston rappers, a seeming ... More >>
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March 23, 2010
Devin The Dude Vs. Texas Board Of Education; Summerfest Prices Go Up Tonight; Rare Lightnin' Hopkins Portraits For Sale; ZZ Top To Play Chile Benefit
The Awl writes about Devin the Dude, making fun of the dumbifying of Texas' public-school curriculum. Today is your last chance to get Summerfest passes for the low, low price of $22.50. They go up at midnight. Prince Paul, who only produced De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, has signed on to DJ ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
2009 Concert Rewind, August: Weezy, Blondie, Depeche Mode, JoBros, Katy Perry, Mos Def, De La Soul, Blue October, Green Day and an Audience With King George
Shea Serrano Asher Roth, Kid Cudi, House of Blues, August 1: "[Cudi has] tapped John Goldstein, Kanye's famed stage light guy, to help him create an actual feel to his show. Hipster rappers get derided a lot as not being "real rappers," but they put on a hell of a show. The crowd is already his." ... More >>
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August 3, 2009
Aftermath: De La Soul at House of Blues
Photos by Kim Douglass "Hey, how you doin'? Sorry you can't get through. But leave your name, and your number, and I'll get back to you." If you know where that came from, you might be worth your weight in hip-hop. In Aftermath's mind, De La Soul is made up of three killers. Posdnuos, Trugoy the ... More >>
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January 8, 2009
Things That Make Us Feel Old: The Year 1989
"Hey Ladies" As another year begins, record labels start unleashing commemorative editions of classic albums to take advantage of anniversaries of release dates and more importantly, yo' money. We already got wind of the impending Pearl Jam reissues a few weeks back. Now we get word that the Beasti ... More >>
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November 28, 2008
A Black Friday Soundtrack
It's become a tradition. You spend two days cooking, slaving over a hot stove, sweating into the family green bean casserole, making gallons upon gallons of iced tea for assorted loved and loathed ones. But instead of taking the next day off to go comatose and let the fullness subside, what do yo ... More >>
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February 21, 2008
Brand Nubian
Hip-hop veterans relax the rhetoric without killing the message
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February 21, 2008
“Art Official Intelligence”
The University Museum at Texas Southern University gives hip-hop its props
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November 22, 2007
Warehouse Live Thanksgiving Bash
Featuring Fat Tony, Nosaprise, The Television Skies, Otenki and D.E.M.O.
Music
November 15, 2007
J Dilla and Lupus
Power-walking tracks to remember the beatsmith by
Music
October 25, 2007
H.I.S.D.
Power-walking tracks to remember the beatsmith by
Music
June 28, 2007
Little Brother
Little Brother performs Friday, June 29, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483. Orgone and DJ Haul also perform.
Music
April 26, 2007
Devin the Dude
Devin the Dude performs Sunday, April 29, at Bar Rio, 6400 Richmond, 832-251-9600.
Music
January 18, 2007
Honor Bound
A fictional look at the future of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Music
March 2, 2006
Best Served Cold
She Wants Revenge made the journey from hip-hop to new wave...Just don't compare them to Interpol
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February 2, 2006
Glazed Tracks
This sweet party is Dee place to be
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February 2, 2006
They Don't Fold
This sweet party is Dee place to be
Music
January 26, 2006
Prince Paul
Hip Hop Gold Dust
Music
September 29, 2005
Hurricane Mixtape
Music to drown by
Music
June 9, 2005
Gorillaz
Demon Days
Music
May 19, 2005
Mellow, Chilled-Out Fellow
The wonder that is Devin the Dude
Music
December 16, 2004
Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!
Forget caroling. Here are a few hip-hop jammy-jams to warm your yule log.
Music
December 9, 2004
Rotation
Handsome Boy Modeling School, Molotov and Rufus Wainwright
Music
November 11, 2004
De La Soul
The Grind Date (Sanctuary)
Music
September 30, 2004
How Long, Oh, Lord, How Long
Another outpost of crap plops onto the Houston dial, as this open letter reveals
Best of Houston
September 23, 2004
Best Jukebox
Another outpost of crap plops onto the Houston dial, as this open letter reveals
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August 26, 2004
Boozin' Music
Everybody in the club gettin' tipsy at Helios
Music
April 15, 2004
I Want My Old-School Hip-hop
How come there's no Pharcyde or De La Soul on the dial?
Calendar
August 28, 2003
Can I Get a Witnes?
DJ Witnes hosts a new hip-hop show on KPFT
Music
May 29, 2003
Over Their Heads
Nobody understands the Politics of the Business like Prince Paul. In fact, almost nobody understands it at all.
Music
December 19, 2002
Lyricist Lounge Tour
Sunday, December 22
Music
December 19, 2002
Bavu Blakes, with VG Skillz
December 21
Music
April 19, 2001
De La Soul
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (Tommy Boy)
Music
November 16, 2000
No Pimps Allowed
Common and Black Eyed Peas dare to raise the artistic standards of hip-hop
Music
June 1, 2000
Local Rotation
I-45 Lost Between the Lines
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July 2, 1998
Back to the Jungle
I-45 Lost Between the Lines
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October 2, 1997
Groove United
I-45 Lost Between the Lines
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April 10, 1997
Jungle Beat
Hip-hop's great lost act is ready to give it another try
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December 2, 1993
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Hip-hop's great lost act is ready to give it another try
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