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"...Track after track reeled off before the triumvirate broke..."
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Sept. 28, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman
Weird City Hip-Hop Festival: Jean Grae
Call her a femcee and risk ‘Fight Club’
"...term say about how the media views women in hip-hop..."
Sept. 26, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez
Weird City Hip-Hop Festival: Pharoahe Monch
Veteran MC on depression, rock bands, and his demise
"...with Jean Grae as part of the Weird City Hip-Hop Festival...."
Sept. 26, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
Proud Moment in ATX Hip-Hop History
"...show support and love to the ladies of Austin hip-hop! Keep grinding!..."
Aug. 27, 2009 Postmarks
What About the Local Hip-Hop/Rap Acts?
"...Dear Editor, Isn't it long overdue for the ATX's rap/hip-hop artists to get some shine and not these cats..."
April 1, 2009 Postmarks
Reefer Madness: Bush Pardons Hip-Hop Artist
John Forté was dealt harsh sentence under draconian drug law
"...14 prisoners and commutations for two offenders – including hip-hop artist John Forté, convicted of cocaine possession in federal..."
Dec. 12, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith
About Time for Hip-Hop Cover(age)!
"...Dear Editor, 'Bout time you gave Austin hip-hop some cover(age) ["Life Is a Rhythm," Music, Nov. 17]...."
Nov. 18, 2006 Postmarks
Summer Fun Playlist: “Summa, Summa, Summertime!” Hip-Hop & Soul
May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman
Bombs Not Bullets
Austin Hip-Hop Mushrooms
"...Austin's musical history books as the moment when local hip-hop artists and artisans finally, grudgingly, got their due. Then..."
Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov
R-e-s-p-e-c-t
The State of Austin's Hip-Hop Scene
"...Park on the Eastside photograph by Kenny Braun Austin's hip-hop scene just isn't the same as it was two..."
July 4, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Local Flow
Austin hip-hop in the house -- really
"...Hip-hop may be on top of the world, but it's..."
Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
High Impact
Austin hip-hop promoters Hip-Hop Mecca
"...Hip-hop is like the Internet, or in theory, like the..."
Sept. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
Throwing Down Love
The seven-year rise of Knolly Williams, the Master P of Christian hip-hop
"...full-page ad in Billboard's Dec. 4, 1999 "Rap & Hip-Hop Spotlight" looked like every other label's trade advertisement. Along..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Brown Sugar
"...of My Life),” with its thrumming, soulful chorus of “Hip-hop, you the love of my life.” It's a perfect..."
Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Fun Fun Fun Q&A: Afrika Bambaataa
Hip-hop pioneer predicts Martians breakdancing to “Planet Rock”
"...Regarding the birth of hip-hop, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Bambaataa rightfully divvy..."
Nov. 5, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
South by So Real
Hustling SXSW hip-hop with Matt Sonzala.
"...and all-around hustler Matt Sonzala was reppin' the Houston hip-hop scene way before anyone outside the 281 area code..."
Feb. 12, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
Trunk Full of Funk
First Degree Hip-Hop
"...In the world of hip-hop,SoundScan ain't shit. Not only does Billboard's high-tech sales accounting..."
Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Playback: That’s the Breaks
In studio with Confucius and Fresh, hosts of KUTX’s first ever hip-hop specialty show
"..."If it wasn't for hip-hop right now, there wouldn't be no music industry."..."
Aug. 31, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
This Time Just the Girls
The ladies of Austin hip-hop hold court
"...April. It somehow got me thinking about our city's hip-hop scene and the women involved in it. There's a..."
Aug. 28, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
Playback: SXSW Again Pivots on Rap
Hip-hop sustains the Festival's star power
"...to the SXSW Film and SXSW Interactive conferences, classic hip-hop artists proved an especially popular choice for brands. Besides..."
March 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Playback: Nancy Fly Waves Bye-Bye
Pioneering Austin booker Nancy Fly retires, and ATX gets a hip-hop festival
"...12mid: Los Texmaniacs Hip-Hop's Weird City..."
Aug. 15, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Invocation of the Duke
daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music
"...more to publicize the inherent similarities between jazz and hip-hop than anyone had done prior. Q-Tip followed a year..."
May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
South by So Real 09
Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop
"...booker and hustler extraordinaire Matt Sonzala about all things hip-hop. If an MC is performing at the festival, Sonzala..."
March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett
8 Mile
Eminen's semi-autobiographical story of a young, white rapper on the rise in Detroit has a soft-focus Hollywood tint.
"...in almost every imaginable aspect than any of his hip-hop cohorts' previous efforts in the acting biz, but when..."
Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Playback: Rap Reigns at SXSW
Snoop Dogg crowns SXSW hip-hop as keynote, the Cherubs may have topped Heroin Man, and Sparkplug becomes part of musicians’ shared economy
"...You won't hear any hip-hop fans complaining about a dearth of headliners at South..."
March 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Stephen Marley Q&A
Reggae scion on hip-hop, Bob, and a new branch on the family tree
"...II: The Fruit of Life, a star-studded marriage of hip-hop and reggae. First time he mentions “my father,” however..."
May 23, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
Black and White
"...and irascible look at issues of race, class, and hip-hop in modern-day New York City. Constructed as a mosaic..."
April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Leave No Stones Unturned
Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf on vinyl, hip-hop's roots, and record labels
"...that has evolved from an all-vinyl outlet for underground hip-hop producers like Madlib and the late J Dilla into..."
March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile
Notorious
In Notorious, the life of hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, assumes the shape of the standard biopic formula.
"...and Julia Pace Mitchell. In Notorious, the life of hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls,..."
Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Spit it
Pick Up the Mic skews hip-hop expectations
"...niched, such thin slices of reality – like gay hip-hop...."
