A Tribe Called Quest

David Bowie Tops the Dallas Independent Record Store Charts

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Consensus arose at Good Records and CD Source as David Bowie takes the lead in top selling alb ... More >>

Eight Music-Themed Gifts You Never Knew You Needed

Ah, the holidays, that time when you frantically try to figure out what exactly to give whoever you got stuck with in the secret Santa drawing. Maybe you got lucky and selected a music fan; maybe you think you want to give that music fan something that's not just the latest Pitchfork-blessed album, ... More >>

Why The Chronic is the Greatest Album in Rap History

Ten Jazz Albums to Listen to Before You Die

Because there are multiple decades of jazz, it's almost impossible to pick the top 10 albums of all time; the hip cats with their canes and cool shades will throw their used saxophone reeds in my direction and call me a young whippersnapper. The debate is so polemic that I might as well write about ... More >>

The DC9er Mixtape, Resurrected: DJ Sissy Ross

OK, it's been a while, but the DC9er mixtape series is officially back in action. We're resurrecting the weekly DJ profile with a Q&A and mixtape from Dallas' '90s hip-hop enthusiast, DJ Sissy Ross. Check out her Q&A and original mix below.

Best Local Hip-Hop of 2011

A.Dd When we heard Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy teamed up with super producer PicnicTyme and DJ Sober for When Pigs Fly, we couldn't help but be excited for A.Dd 's 2011. They confidently took the city by storm, and When Pigs Fly achieved local legend status thanks to a Kickstarter campaign. Add t ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Phife Dawg, The Gritz, A.Dd and Big Hud at the Palladium Ballroom

Phife Dawg, The Gritz, A.Dd , Big Hud Palladium Ballroom September 30, 2011 Better than: just about any other rapper in the world's debut with a live band. ​The Palladium Ballroom opened its doors to a legend on Friday night as A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg headlined a wholly stimulating ... More >>

Roky Erickson, Fort Worth Music Festival, Rocktoberfest and More Weekend Shows...

Roky Erickson​It's difficult to pick the top show this weekend. There's just a lot going on. All over the place, too. For instance, if you take the elevator up to the thirteenth floor, you'll probably run into troubled genius, Roky Erickson, who is headlining at The Kessler Theater tonight. Howeve ... More >>

Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest: "I'm Not Sure If People Really Care Like They Used To."

​A Tribe Called Quest is without a doubt one of the most hailed groups in the storied past of hip-hop. And 2011 marks an important cathartic time for the group as we look back 20 years to the date that the group released its seminal album, The Low End Theory. This year also saw the release of ... More >>

20 Years Later: The 15 Best Albums of 1991

​In last week's edition of our regular feature, The Conversation, Pete Freedman and Daniel Hopkins debated on whether 1991 or 1994 was the greatest music year of the '90s. It was an interesting read for sure. And, since this week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of both Nevermind and The ... More >>

The Conversation: 1991 Was a Damn Good Year, But Was It The Best Music Year of The '90s?

​Something happened this week 20 years ago, and music hasn't been the same since: Nirvana released "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the lead single from Nevermind, which would itself come out later in the month. With the song came a new movement in music, a new era. But plenty of other influential acts ... More >>

Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest

A fanboy's phenomenal love letter to a hip hop phenom.

Michael Rapaport Talks A Tribe Called Quest and His New Documentary on the Group

​On July 8, actor Michael Rapaport's directorial debut, a documentary called Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, will earn its release theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. Later that month, on July 28, the film will begin a run locally at Dallas-area Angelika Theat ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Big K.R.I.T., Freddie Gibbs and A.Dd at Trees

Big K.R.I.T., Freddie Gibbs and A.Dd Trees April 2, 2011Better Than: Staying at home on a Saturday night?Big K.R.I.T.​The headlining performers on Saturday night's bill at Trees were supposed to be big draws. And rightfully so: Big KR.I.T. and Freddie Gibbs are two of the bigger names to emerge in ... More >>

My First Show: Taylor Young of The O's Saw New Kids On The Block When He Was Nine.

Taylor Young​Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be.If you've heard Taylor Young and John Pedigo perform as The O's before, you've probably ... More >>

Pedestrian Playlist: What Does Dallas Maverick DJ Whiz T Listen To?

Welcome to a new recurring feature here on DC9 where we talk to people of interest in the metroplex about their taste in music, including likes, dislikes, and guilty pleasures. We're calling it Pedestrian Playlist -- because, hey, everyone listens to music.DJ Whiz T at work.​The Dallas Maverick ... More >>

We're Supposed to be Excited About the Black Eyed Peas Playing Super Bowl XLV?

Today In Music News: A Tribe Called Quest Get Documentary, Jon Brooks Says It Is A Tumor And Miley Sets The Record Straight

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 23, 2010...A documentary about A Tribe Called Quest is getting finished up.After collapsing onstage last week in Philly, Charlatans' drummer Jon Brookes has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Miley Cyrus wants anyone who still know that ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Tanya Morgan at the Green Elephant

Tanya Morgan, Bodega BrovasGreen ElephantAugust 20, 2010 Better than: Any hip-hop concert you would see at an American Airlines Center bill filled with marquee acts that get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to destroy your ear drums.Tanya Morgan​ Tanya Morgan has been touring the coun ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 22: DJ INDO

​DJ INDO, born Ricky Roe, grew up with music as an integral part of his life, and it was his love for music, alongside inspiration from his father and brother, that led him to DJ. When he first got started, nearly four years ago, DJ INDO explored a wide variety of sounds: "I would try spinning all ... More >>

Ballers and Shotcallers: Play-N-Skillz and Def Jam's All-Star Weekend Finale at PM Lounge

Steven VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​Play-N-Skillz and Def Jam's All-Star Weekend Finale PartyPM LoungeFebruary 14, 2009For Grammy-winning hip-hop producers Play-N-Skillz, Sunday night--the last night of a jam-packed, celebrity- and part-filled weekend--saw the brothers Salinas hosting not one, but two par ... More >>

Meet Chucky Sly, Your Favorite Local Rapper's Favorite Local Rapper

Bonus MP3: Chucky Sly -- "Jimmy Is About To Die"

Gloria Levario Your favorite local rapper's favorite local rapper. As Nic Hernandez explains in this week's dead tree version of DC9, the full-length solo debut from Dallas raapper Chucky Sly is some 15 years in the making. And ir's all the better for it, Hernandez explains:  The feel-g ... More >>

Rob Viktum Serves Up A New, Tasty Drink

Download: DJ Fishr Pryce and Mes The Jive Turkey's Stealing Stars Mixtape

Dj Fishr PryceDallas-based DJ Fishr Pryce is recognizable for a few reasons: One, he's often the man working the ones-and-twos behind Damaged Good$' impressive live displays about town; and, two, he always seems to have a new mixtape on his person, ready to hand out, every time you speak with him.Th ... More >>

Dallas Police Again Shut Down An Area Record Store Celebration

Gloria LevarioNow that's taking your punishment in stride... Less than a month after noise complaints eventually led to Good Records' annual birthday bash/National Record Store Day celebration getting shut down by the police, the Dallas Police Department again shut down a record store customer appre ... More >>

Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should ... More >>

Last Night: Q-Tip, The Cool Kids And The Knux At House Of Blues

Q-Tip, The Cool Kids, The Knux House of Blues November 19, 2008 Better Than: Sitting at home remembering when hip-hop was still good. As far as opening bands go, The Knux was a decent, average opening act. The reaction from the crowd was tepid and it was obvious the audience wanted to move on a ... More >>

Q-Tip

The Renaissance (Universal Motown)

Giveaway: Three Pairs Of Tickets For Tonight's Q-Tip/Cool Kids Show

I don't really know what else there is to say about Q-Tip that hasn't been said yet at this point. Dude's a legend in the hip-hop world thanks to his work in A Tribe Called Quest and, now, based on the early raves, his new release, The Renaissance. And The Cool Kids, well, they're just what they ... More >>

Q-Tip, The Cool Kids

Wednesday, November 19, at the House of Blues

The First Stage

So you want to be a rock superstar, huh? First you've gotta find a home for your sound

D Does Dilla

The Beatdown

They call him DJ Jazzy Jeff for a reason

Brand Nubian

Fire in the Hole (Babygrande)

Steal These Albums

The 10 most radical hip-hop albums of all time, featuring Public Enemy, NWA and...Mos Def?

Kanye West

The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)

Day Jobs

Four Day Weekend wants to second that emotion

AK1200

September 21

Letters

Bigotry by Any Name, Kind of Wack, Straight Shot

Open to All

Black Eyed Peas hope they're luckier in 2001 than they were last year

Out & About

Lucy Pearl

They got it like that

Rap music, electronic music -- no matter what it is, the Jungle Brothers can do it

Roy Ayers

Throw your hands in the air

Beatin' down hip-hop in 1998 like a stepchild

Listen up

1998 was not a very good year, but it's still worth the bother

Night & Day

September 3 - 9, 1998

Spirit of '96

Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance

Brave new world

Rap's new polish: sophistication or pandering?

Rapper's delight

Erykah Badu emerges from nowhere with a record deal and vast ambition