Subject: Hardcore Rap

• LehtMoJoe's Holiday Remix: 50 Cent, Paul McCartney, Free Agent

  December 18, 2007

• Billboard Runs A Ruthless Records Retrospective, Calls The D.O.C.'s "No One Can Do It Better" One Of The Label's Seminal Hits

  August 8, 2008

• Out Here

  LeAnn Rimes

  November 4, 1999

• Q&A: Woven

  Los Angeles band Woven play an interesting mixture of electronica and rock. Though they explore a wide variety of sounds, they generally combine  unique, dark electronic textures and heavy two-drummer percussion into straightforward poppy rock songs. After the band's 2003 album, 8 Bit Monk, Woven left Interscope. That was the last release from the band until Designer Codes in September of this year.  They're currently touring in an RV converted to run on vegetable oil. Woven performs t

  November 29, 2008

• Worst Lyrics of 2008

  And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I provided a trusted colleague with the 16 artists who qualified and had him assign seeds--Lil Wayne you expect to go deep into a showdown like this, but Lucinda Williams? Some fantastic match-ups result

  December 26, 2008

• Baton Rouge Rapper Young Bleed Makes a Home in Dallas

  March 19, 2009

• Info-Red

  Kaleidoscope (Self-released)

  January 15, 2009

• Our annual Death Pool: Which artists will croak in '09?

  Who should fear the reaper this year?

  January 8, 2009

• G-Unit

  T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight (G-Unit)

  August 7, 2008

• Money Talks

  With Lil Wayne's latest single, Play-N-Skillz cements its reputation as a production team—and maybe Dallas' reputation as a source of hip-hop?

  July 17, 2008

• 10 Artists We'd Resurrect for Easter

  Included: Freddie Mercury, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline

  March 20, 2008

• Coke Dreams

  In Scarface, slinging yayo is the name of the game

  November 9, 2006

• Dooney da Priest's Fight Against Sagging Pants Won't Work

  Saggy pants reveal much more than underwear

  November 8, 2007

• Satan's Playlist

  Never fear—we've got your Halloween mixtape here

  October 25, 2007

• 50 Cent

  Curtis (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

  September 20, 2007

• Living Large

  We love it when you call us Big Poppa

  August 30, 2007

• Pirates of Conspiracy

  The artists of Oh6 turn assassination into comic revelry

  December 1, 2005

• Snap to It

  Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

  December 28, 2006

• Clipse

  Hell Hath No Fury (Jive)

  December 21, 2006

• Ice Cube, Tha Dogg Pound, Clipse

  Tuesday, May 23, at Gypsy Tea Room

  May 18, 2006

• Spray-On Soul

  Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti 's early years.

  March 30, 2006

• Jingle Jam 2005

  Saturday, December 17, at the Dallas Convention Center

  December 15, 2005

• The Dwarves

  Thursday, November 3, at Galaxy Club

  November 3, 2005

• CD Source

  We pick out the best undiscovered albums so that you don't have to

  September 15, 2005

• Snoop Dogg, the Game

  Friday, May 13, at Smirnoff Music Centre

  May 12, 2005

• Bowling for Soup, American Hi-Fi

  Friday, May 6, at the Granada

  May 5, 2005

• Geto Boys

  The Foundation (Rap-a-Lot/Asylum)

  February 24, 2005

• The Game

  The Documentary (Aftermath/G-Unit (Interscope)

  February 3, 2005

• Wu-Tang Clan

  Disciples of the 36 Chambers: Chapter 2 (BMG)

  December 16, 2004

• Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz

  Crunk Juice (TVT)

  December 9, 2004

• Wake Up!

  A year-end rant or rave for the rap music industry

  January 1, 2004

• N.E.R.D. Alert

  Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams plan for the revenge of the N.E.R.D.

  August 21, 2003

• Bad Rap

  Prince Paul's latest concept record attacks lame commercial hip-hop--by co-opting it

  June 19, 2003

• End Hits

  Now that's what I call music

  January 2, 2003

• Stoopid

  Plus: On Top of the World, True Colors, Miller on a Mission

  September 26, 2002

• Straight Outta Left Field

  The Dallas Morning News says N.W.A. was "militant." The real answer? N.O.

  September 12, 2002

• Pop is Dead

  Hip-huh? Antipop Consortium doesn't expect you to get it at first.

  April 11, 2002

• Tiger Trap

  With so many other things to ask Le Tigre about, who's got time for music?

  February 28, 2002

• Forgot About D.O.C.

  The D.O.C. is ready to take on the world. And he's bringing Dallas with him.

  November 8, 2001

• Out & About

  Snoop Dogg

  September 20, 2001

• Various Artists

  Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 2 (Rawkus Records)

  January 18, 2001

• Out & About

  Snoop Dogg

  December 28, 2000

• Five for Fighting

  Selected Notes on Music, 2000

  December 28, 2000

• Hop online

  Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

  July 13, 2000

• The other F-word

  Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP promises to spark feverish free-speech debates

  June 8, 2000

• Wu-Tang forever?

  U-God's solo album is only the latest in a series of Wu-Tang Clan misfires

  December 9, 1999

• No Limit Tour

  Starplex Amphitheatre, August 6

  August 5, 1999

• The enchanted forest

  Carl Stephenson on Beck, the Geto Boys, trip-hop, and the fine line between dream and reality

  January 29, 1998

• Dead man rapping

  "The D.O.C." returns with a new record and a score to settle

  January 25, 1996

• Weekend Roundup: Erykah Badu, Dove Hunter, Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Hiland Band, 50 Cent and Fall Out Boy

  Erykah Badu at Good Records on Saturday, April 18 Happy belated birthday, Bill Wisener! The owner of Bill's Records on Lamar Street celebrated his 65th birthday and National Record Store Day with the eccentric First Lady of Neo-Soul and Dallas-native Erykah Badu (among others) at Good Records.  Can you say par-tay?! Seriously: Has Erykah Badu ever wished you a happy birthday?

  April 20, 2009