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December 19, 2006What a Champ
August 4, 2006Off the Wall
April 10, 2007Graphing H-Town Rap
November 15, 2007Saturday Afternoon: Cobra Starship at Cactus Music
February 25, 2008Weekend Music: Help Save the Houston Music Scene
March 7, 2008Five Spot: Jackson Five Reuniting; Certainly This Will Not End Badly
October 31, 2008Tonight: Lil Keke Listening Party/CD Release at Venue
Two years in the making, original Screwed Up Clik member Lil Keke's - whose 1997 hit "South Side" remains a milestone in Houston rap - new LP Loved by Few, Hated by Many is out today on Swishahouse/TF, with distribution by Universal Motown; guests include Slim Thug, Paul Wall and Birdman (who appears on first single "I'm a G"). Giant magazine is hosting a CD release/listening party 10 p.m. tonight at Venue, 723 Main. RSVP here or pick up free tickets at Keke's 4 p.m. in-store appearance this a
November 18, 2008Los Magnificos: Like a Live H-Town Mixtape
Los Magnificos 2008 bounces into Reliant Center Sunday. Bun B Whip, ride, slab, some bit of street slang Rocks Off won't even hear for another eight months - cars are as essential to hip-hop as crossfaders and lyrics that rhyme. But no city's rappers place their wheels on a higher pedestal than Houston, so it's no surprise that Sunday's Los Magnificos auto show, sponsored by 97.9 the Boxx, features as many local rap luminaries as gleaming Cadillacs hopping all over the place. Get a load of
November 21, 2008Turning the Screw: T-Pain & Friends, Pimp C, Asher Roth, Kanye vs. Colbert, Q-Tip, Suge Knight, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Young Jeezy, Paul Wall and More
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: "Chopped and Screwed" Lil' O, T-Pain and Ludacris Wire To Wire Matt Sonzala et al. paid tribute to the late Pimp C last week on KPFT's "Damage Control." If you didn't hear it, download it here. As Mr. Sonzala is fond of saying, "It went down, mayne." Arrest warrant issued for DMX. In related ne
December 8, 2008Artist of the Week: Small Sounds
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 that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. It seems contradictory, but sometimes you've got to listen to a band a bunch before you realize that they, in fact, are not crappy. And a lot of times, once you've made your way through the "These Guys Are Wack" phase, you b
January 7, 2009Grammy Day at U of H Until 5
Paul Wall: Also available for oral-hygeine advice. Today at the UH Main Campus on Cullen, The Recording Academy and the Grammys are putting on a Career Day for students in the college's music department. The Grammys hold these workshops around the country for students looking to take the leap into the music industry as a full-time gig. It's like any other career day, except the one's you remember from high school probably didn't have a platinum-selling hip-hop artist as a guest. Houston's own
January 8, 2009Turning the Screw: Soulbrotha, Slim Thug, Will Smith, Lil Wayne/Michael Phelps, Jodeci, DMX, MC Hammer, Yungstar and More
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: "Viva La Revolucion," Soulbrotha Wire To Wire Slim Thug says March will be highlighted by the release of Boss of All Bosses. Scarface is on there, which is great. Paul Wall is on there too, which makes us want to run through a wall. Will Smith, the greatest actor of all time, would like to po
January 19, 2009Artist of the Week: Coline
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 that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. How else to say this than with bold, forthright honesty: we thoroughly enjoy campy R&B. It's shameful, we know. But while Z-Ro, Trae and The Last Dragon dominates our references, sweet R&B calls forth our sincer
January 21, 2009A New Class of Rappers Finally Bucked Houston's Syrupy Stereotype This Year
It Is What It Is
December 25, 2008Los Magnificos Car Show
Web exclusive!
November 20, 2008What Do Shepard Smith and Soulja Boy have in common?
Wack's here to tell you: more than you might expect
June 12, 2008Top 10 Most Hated Rappers
Who made the shit list
January 10, 2008Sayonara , Matt Sonzala
Talking SXSW and rap's current malaise with a soon-to-be ex-Houstonian
December 6, 2007Willie D's Birthday Party
November 1, 2007Sean Kingston, Lil Scrappy, Slim Thug, Paul Wall
August 23, 2007Houston Press Music Awards Winners
Devin the Dude, Katie Stuckey and The Dimes clean up
August 9, 2007Bob's Steak & Chop House
If steak is a sin, then Bob is the devil
June 14, 2007Houston Hip-Hop
Mike Watts and his stable of northside rappers take a southside legend's style to the masses
March 22, 2007That Was the Year That Was
Looking back on the local scene in '06
December 14, 2006H-Town Mixtape Part II
More Songs About Houston
November 23, 2006Candidate of the Year
Practical solutions, involving liquor and guns
November 2, 2006The Orange Show
Spain Colored Orange takes home four Press Music Awards
August 10, 2006Hip-hop as She Is Rapped
Translating the German Wikipedia entries of Houston's top MCs
June 22, 2006Farewell to the Twenty Nickel
Looking back on the '05 and dreaming in the '06
December 29, 2005Base Raps
Paul Wall and Chamillionaire each release Astros tributes, while rock radio churns out the cheesy montages
October 27, 2005Best Beats from the Bayou
H-town's top ten rap jams
October 20, 2005Low Ride, Take It Easy
A trip to the Los Magnificos Car Show sets us to pondering why there can’t be a local rock equivalent
November 10, 2005Million Dollar Smile
Paul Wall joins George Foreman in the famous Houston grill club
September 22, 2005Lyin' Scion
How deep is this Toyota subsidiary's love of hip-hop?
September 8, 2005Banging with Bang! Bang!
Chicago's rumpy-pumpiest punks dispense the Dan Savage-style advice
September 1, 2005Local Rotation
Lil' Flip, U Gotta Feel Me (Sony Urban/Suckafree/Columbia)
Paul Wall, Chick Magnet (Paid in Full)
June 3, 2004Chingo Bling
The Tamale Kingpin (Big Chile Enterprises)
May 13, 2004Hothouse Flowers
August 14, 2003Attention Readers: Music Award Nominees Should Be From, You Know, Houston
When Rocks Off got back from lunch today, a colleague had put a completed Houston Press Music Awards nomination ballot in his mailbox with an attached Post-It note that said "Best Ballot Ever." Rocks Off read it over, and it was both hilarious and heartbreaking. The young gentleman from Midtown may well have meant it as a joke - which is all well and good, but you can still only vote once - but we nevertheless feel obliged to point out that nominations for Ciara as Best R&B/Funk/Soul, Sean P
May 13, 2009Local Album of the Week: Paul Wall's Fast Life
Paul Wall Fast Life www.grillsbypaulwall.comDid high gas prices kill off Paul Wall? Not really - that's just a coincidence. Rather, the H-Town artist known for his candy cars and diamond grills has suffered from being too closely identified with a regional sound that is no longer fashionable. Just as Chingy stopped selling records after the St. Louis "right hurrrr" movement fell off, Wall has been hurt because the chopped and screwed sound has lost popularity. It's too bad, because his latest al
May 14, 2009Paul Wall: Fast Life
May 21, 2009Turning the Screw: Paul Wall, Pink, The Kanye, Jay-Z, Eminem, Necro, Bow Wow, Black Eyed Peas, Big Moe and More
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: "Bizzy Body," Paul Wall feat. Webbie Wire To Wire Pink is upset at The Kanye because of his appreciation for fur. Maybe she should be more concerned with having only sold 17 albums in the last five years. We poke at The Kanye periodically here at Turning the Screw - mostly only when he's done something
June 8, 2009Local Motion: Top Sellers at Cactus Music, Sound Exchange, Soundwaves, Sig's Lagoon and Vinal Edge
Cactus Music 2110 Portsmouth, 713-526-9272 www.myspace.com/cactusmv1. Ryan Bingham, Roadhouse Sun 2. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey & the Groo-Grux King 3. Steve Earle, Townes 4. Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest 5. Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane 6. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Live at Madison Square Garden 7. Neil Young, Archives vol. 1 8. Crosby, Stills & Nash, Demos 9. Bob Dylan, Together Through Life 10. The Flatlanders, Hills & Valleys Sound Exchange 1836 Richmond, 713-666-5555 www.
June 11, 2009Turning the Screw: Slim Thug Associates, Willie D, Jay-Z vs. Auto-Tune, 50 Cent, Paul Wall, Big Hawk, Jazzy Jeff, Trae & Z-Ro and More
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: "Associates" Wire To Wire Poor, poor Willie D. We were excited the other day when we read this thing about how vinyl sales had ballooned up to nearly 3 million(!) in 2009 - ever since Chris Gray's vinyl feature ran in 2007, we've been stoked about the increasing possibility of being able to build up a
June 15, 2009Turning the Screw: Archie Lee & Coota Bang, R.I.P. Michael, Lil Jon, Jae Millz, Drake, 50, Tupac, Chris Brown and More
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: "Down For My Block," Archie Lee and Coota Bang Wire To Wire Michael passed. Three thoughts: 1. Michael was one of the greatest, most innovative musicians of all time, loved immensely by (it seemed) the entire world for the better part of his youth. So we're very curious to see how much the molestation
June 29, 2009Turning the Screw: All-Houston Edition with GT Garza, Trae Day, Trouble Sum, Jay'Ton, Paul Wall, Z-Ro, Letoya vs. Slim Thug, Coast, Z-Ro, Juan Gotti and More
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: GT Garza, "52 Pick Up" (We've listened to a bunch of GT's stuff, but this remains to be the rawest thing we have ever heard from him. He is in full beast mode.) Wire To Wire Likely because Trae Day is this week, we're feeling especially Houston-y. Thus, all of the items in this edition of Turning the S
July 20, 2009The H-Town Countdown: Setting the Table
Roughly 84,000 rap albums have been released in Houston since 1989. For the next six months, we'll be counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the list? Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email it to sheaserrano@gmail.com.​For the last few weeks we have pored over countless Houston rap albums, attempting to narrow down the mass into the 25 best. And if that weren't enough, we then ranked them, top to bottom. It was some stressful shit. Imagine going to the beac
July 30, 2009Turning the Screw: Arrest In Trae Day Shootings, More Michael Jackson Exploitation, Who's Getting Slappy and Who's Getting Stabby
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: Paul Wall feat. Baby Bash, "Lemon Drop." Wire To Wire This weekend, 19-year-old Albert Walker "A-Walk" Mondane, one of the suspects being sought in the Trae Day shootings, turned himself in to authorities. Patooey. (That's us spitting on the floor.) Remember that guy that was supposed to have been a li
August 17, 2009Five Spot: Jigga, Skiing, Gay Sex and Swishahouse
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 this notebook that we carry around pretty much everywhere with us. A few bullets from there before we get into the videos. Skippy-dippy do! Jay-Z just announced new tour dates, and guess which major Texas metropolitan area landed a show? Yep. You got it: Dallas! (Oh, yeah, Houston scored a spot, too
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