Old School Hip-Hop

DeSoto SolJazz Festival at DeSoto Eagle Stadium

Saturday, June 9, at DeSoto Eagle Stadium

The Fest Quest: How Many Festivals Are You Going To This Summer?

It's beginning to look at a lot like festival season. Has Dallas always had so many? And with such... random lineups? Here's a guide to some of the upcoming ones. And feel free to consult with Festy for more tips on how to maximize your summer festival experience, like the foolproof "Get backstage b ... More >>

Beastie Boys: If That Rap Thing Doesn't Pan Out, Maybe They Can Do a Food Network Show

Beastie Boys​The first concert I went to without a parent was the Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, at the Summit in Houston, circa 1986. I was 11 and my brother was 16. We had floor seats, and I remember it being a crazy show. Afterward, we walked to a hotel across the street to use a pay phone ... More >>

Good Friday: True Widow Album Release, Descender, Destroyer, DEVO, Arlo Guthrie, Salt-N-Pepa, Murs, Nervebreakers, REO Speedwagon, Dashboard Confessional & More!

True Widow​This weekend is a pretty big one -- if anything because of the True Widow show at Double Wide on Saturday night. That's right, they'll be celebrating the release of their sophomore album As High As The Highest Heavens and From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth. Get there earl ... More >>

Salt-N-Pepa, Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie, M.C. Lyte, Kool Moe Dee

Saturday, March 26, at the Dallas Convention Center

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 13: DJ Bad Holly

​DJ Bad Holly admits that she got her start at DJing through a complete and utter accident. Holly Evans, a.k.a. Bad Holly, volunteered to DJ a party at Doublewide last year at the last minute--and to her surprise received and abundance of positive feedback. "Several people I'd never met came up to ... More >>

Today In Music News: NWA Gets Movie Treatment, Ashlee Gets On Melrose Place, Phish Fans Get In Trouble and Perry's Got Lolla's Lineup

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 10, 2009...It looks like biopics with hip-hop icons are now officially in fashion in Hollywood. N.W.A. is the latest hip-hop group to have a biopic based on its story. And it looks like Big Daddy Kane could be next.Former Richardson citizen a ... More >>

Today In Music News: There Are Some New Hall of Fame Inductees; Ryan Adams Says He's Done; Neko Case Teases For A Good Cause

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, January 15, 2009... Run-DMC (the Kings of Rock!), Metallica and Jeff Beck are the newest inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I wonder who's going to DJ for Run-DMC since Jam Master Jay has passed? I pray to god it's not Grand Mas ... More >>

Distant Gig Alert: KRS-One To Perform In Dallas, And This Time It's Official

Minc Lounge in Exposition Park is following up on its Halloween Kool Herc performance by bringing another old-school hip hop icon to Dallas. KRS-One will perform at minc Thursday, January 22, along with Channel Live, according to Vigilante Music Group's Greg Barrett. The January 22 show is not the f ... More >>

Today in Music News: KRS-One's Still Anti-Violence, Kurt Cobain's Still Worth It, Stereogum's Got The Goods And Wayne Coyne's Feeling The Spirit...

Your top national music stories for Wednesday, December 24, 2008: Remember back in '89 when no one knew we were in the midst of Hip-Hop's "golden age" and KRS-One schooled us on why non-violence is good with the ditty "Self Destruction?" Well, now the young pups of today can have their own ve ... More >>

Seeing a Ghost

Yeah, Grandmaster Flash graced the ones and twos at Ghostbar this weekend. But who cares? The people there didn't seem to.

Grandmaster Flash

Friday, September 12, at Ghostbar

Music for the Eyes

A bevy of new music DVDs, just in time for the holidays

Good Friday: Wall of Sound, Doug E. Fresh

Review: The Roots at House of Blues

The Beastie Boys

The Mix-Up (Capitol)

KRS-One and Marley Marl

Hip Hop Lives (Koch)

Blow Average

You, too, could be a star...but please don't try

Northern State, Polyphonic Spree

Saturday, March 24, at Riprocks, Denton

Verbal Seed

Friday, February 23, at Gypsy Tea Room

Old Schoolin'

Slick Rick's battles are more than just verbal

Pandora's Cyber Box

The Beatdown

Elite Force has the tech-funk résumé to deserve his overblown moniker

Hip-hop's Public Enemy

Minister G. Craige Lewis has one goal: Get hip-hop out of the church. Forever.

Run-DMC

Run-DMC, King of Rock, Raising Hell, Tougher than Leather (Sony Legacy)

Bad Boys

Even a few lame political songs can't suh-suh-stop the Beasties

Steal These Albums

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

The Rap Sheet

What's crunk, what's bootleg and what do those words mean anyway?

Support Group

Music coalition members are there for each other

Missy Elliott

Under Construction (Elektra)

That DJ Made My Day

Jam Master Jay, 1965-2002

The Thin Line

Jurassic 5 knows the difference between hip-hop and rap

True Dat

A Run-act play starring the Simmons brothers, Russell and the Rev

Jimmy Fallon / Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century

The Bathroom Wall (DreamWorks) / Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century (Milan)

Hip-Hop Family Feud

Legendary Fritz, Headkrack square off

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents...

Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (75 Ark)

Masta Ace

Disposable Arts (Yosumi)

Fire Starters

For the Arsonists, there is no underground. It's all just hip-hop.

High Times

Once dismissed as novelty, G. Love & Special Sauce find a serious niche with Electric Mile

Way Out

For Hydroponic Sound System, mixing hip-hop with everything else is just Routine Insanity

Rage Against the Machine

Renegades (Epic Records)

Up Beats

Platinum records reward workaholic Cypress Hill producer Muggs

Out There

Beastie Boys

Handsome Dan

Dan "The Automator" Nakamura loves hip-hop -- but he loves music more

My Adidas

Limp Bizkit are the new kings of rock. Why?

Beat down

Dallas' hip-hop scene is more vital than ever, but you'd never know it: no clubs, no radio, no major-label deals. But the musicians, some of this city's best, refuse to give up.

Back in the game

At 38, Public Enemy's Chuck D goes 'where no age has gone before'

Got ill

The Beastie Boys throw down Nasty, but what's the point?

Rap gets puffy

Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs fathers a return to hip-hop pop

Letters