Subject: Hardcore Rap

• Kansas Denounces Gangsta Rap and Looks Stupid

  January 14, 2008

• Local Muxtapes?

  April 30, 2008

• Junkie Jukebox: New Raekwon MP3

  May 19, 2008

• The Download Extra: New Clipse MP3

  June 23, 2008

• That Was Another Place and Another Time: St. Ides Malt Liquor Rap Commercials

  August 5, 2008

• Concert Review: Ice Cube in Kansas City, 9/9/08, VooDoo Lounge

  September 10, 2008

• Wu-Tang Clan/Killarmy/DVS Mindz

  Liberty Hall -- Monday, August 7, 2000

  August 10, 2000

• The Download-New Clipse Mixtape

  Big things are happening for the brothers Thornton. Along with getting their major label debut ready, the Virginia duo behind Clipse (and half of the Re-Up Gang) are introducing their own Play Cloths fashion line. To celebrate, they've posted a free mixtape via Mark Ecko's Complex magazine site. Download the 12-track mix for free below and watch for Till the Casket Drops sometime in March 2009. -- Andy Vihstadt ZIP: The Clipse, Road to Till the Casket Drops (Re-Up)

  December 2, 2008

• The Download: New Raekwon MP3

  For a few years now, Raekwon has been promising a sequel to his classic 1995 solo LP, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, and it looks like he might finally make good in March. No word on what record label will sponsor it since his split from Dr. Dre's Aftermath imprint, but a couple of new tracks have recently surfaced, including "Back from the Slums," which features fellow Wu-Tang members Ghostface and Method Man. Download it below and stream another new one at Raekwon's MySpace page. MP3: Raekwon,

  February 4, 2009

• WTF!? N.E.R.D. and Clipse are playing a show at UMKC this weekend!?

  I about shit my pants a few minutes ago, when I stumbled upon an announcement at HipHopKC.com that N.E.R.D. and Clipse -- two of my favorite hip-hop groups of the past few years -- are playing a show at UMKC this Saturday, April 11. I found a press release buried on the Star's site; a call to UMKC's central ticket office confirmed it. Sponsored by the University's Activity and Program Council (APC), the show is at Swinney Recreation Center at 7 p.m. Click here or on the web flyer below for ticke

  April 7, 2009

• The Beatbox

  October 30, 2008

• Ice Cube

  September 4, 2008

• Uh Huh Her

  May 1, 2008

• Clipse says 'We Got It 4 Cheap' — and means it

  February 21, 2008

• Murderbot

  January 24, 2008

• Shorty Knows Best

  The year's best scene-boosting hip-hop mix comes from an unlikely source: commercial radio station KCHZ 95.7, the Vibe.

  November 15, 2007

• The Download

  Mashculture

  January 12, 2006

• The Soundtrack of Our Lives

  Wednesday, March 30, at the Bottleneck.

  March 24, 2005

• The Download

  Guess who¹s chased Gary Numan¹s car?

  February 8, 2007

• Doe

  Saturday, February 4, at The Granada.

  February 2, 2006

• One Hot Throwdown

  Corporate radio tramples the turf of hip-hop king KPRS.

  January 26, 2006

• Rap Sheet

  KC hip-hop survived and thrived in 2005.

  December 29, 2005

• Critical Fatwa

  All hail Big Poppa!

  December 15, 2005

• Market Fresh

  Filthy Fattz wants to rap for a generation. Will KC let him?

  November 17, 2005

• Signal and The Enemy

  Friday, September 2.

  September 1, 2005

• Tone Death, first of two parts

  The murder of Anthony Watkins, aka Fat Tone, made perfect sense, at least to his fans.

  July 28, 2005

• Old School

  The Brown Sugar Throwback Jam gets at the roots of rap.

  June 23, 2005

• DJ Shad

  Sundays at the Jazzhaus.

  May 26, 2005

• Bloody Shame

  Only 50 Cent's bank account has grown on his perfunctory new LP, The Massacre.

  March 17, 2005

• The Game

  The Documentary (Aftermath)

  January 27, 2005

• Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz

  Crunk Juice (TVT)

  December 2, 2004

• Under Dogs

  Though it’s getting some national hype, Kansas City is neither a gangsta’s paradise nor a rapper’s delight.

  June 24, 2004

• Raekwon

  The Lex Diamond Story (Universal)

  February 26, 2004

• Murder He Wrote

  But Ice Cube's words now ring hollow for one of his students.

  February 5, 2004

• Ja Rule

  Blood in My Eye (Def Jam)

  January 29, 2004

• Captured! by Robots

  Sunday, October 19, at the Brick, and Monday, October 20, at Mojo's in Columbia.

  October 16, 2003

• Various Artists

  Bad Boys II (Bad Boy)

  August 14, 2003

• 50 Cent

  Wednesday, April 2, at Memorial Hall.

  March 27, 2003

• Power Play

  Tech N9ne makes a major move that should push him past city limits.

  September 19, 2002

• Sco Motion

  Even without the Symphony, Negro Sco still lights up the mic.

  August 1, 2002

• Eminem

  The Eminem Show (Interscope)

  June 27, 2002

• Mobb Deep

  Infamy (Loud/Columbia)

  February 28, 2002

• Various Artists

  Vinyl Exams (Epic)

  December 28, 2000

• Various Artists

  Loud Rocks (Loud)

  September 28, 2000

• Higher Learning

  Co-founder Danny Castro explains how the Lyricist Lounge went from a tiny showcase to a touring phenomenon.

  September 28, 2000

• Various Artists

  Black and White (Loud/Columbia)

  June 8, 2000

• The other 'F word'

  Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP, filled with homophobic and misogynist content as well as musical brilliance, promises to spark feverish free-speech debates.

  June 1, 2000

• GHOSTFACE KILLAH

  SUPREME CLIENTELE(EPIC/RAZOR SHARP)

  February 17, 2000

• FUNKMASTER FLEX & BIG KAP

  THE TUNNEL(DEF JAM)

  February 10, 2000

• Award-winning stupidity

  The Grammys have become a dumbed-down popularity contest instead of a legitimate celebration of excellence.

  January 13, 2000