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Nine DFW Acts To Catch at SXSW

A.Dd+ Can't Sit Still

Mixtape: 10 DFW Acts To Catch at SXSW

Ah yes, 35 Denton is coming at us fast and furious, so keep an eye out for our preview and 173 rules for surviving the upcoming "fest season" in next week's issue. However, there's another festival called SXSW that a lot of people seem to be excited about. Bruce Springsteen's set to play an "intima ... More >>

Big K.R.I.T., Gomez, Katie Herzig and the Rest of Your Weekend

Big K.R.I.T.​It's a big weekend for music, y'all. We mentioned shows from Mind Spiders and Blackstone Rangers in print this week, as well as Texas Theatre's Soul Train Dance Party. But the biggest show comes to us from Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T., who will perform at Trees on Saturday night. L ... More >>

Florence and the Machine, Eddie Vedder and More Show Announcements

​​If there is a current British Invasion, it's being led by UK's high-charting indie-pop band Florence and the Machine. They're so hot right now. It didn't hurt that they had a song featured at the end of one of the Twilight movies, which, in the music world, is like being given a lifetime suppl ... More >>

A.Dd Plans a Texas Takeover With the Red Bull Skooled Tour

​Local rap duo A.Dd continue their ascent, this time enlisting corporate support from Red Bull, who's sponsoring an early February tour that will see them hit six Texas cities in the span of seven days. This will be a coming-out party of sorts, with A.Dd playing shows with some of Texas' mo ... More >>

The Long Arm Sees All: Ten Musicians Arrested in Texas

When Snoop Dogg was issued a citation for marijuana possession at a border checkpoint outside El Paso last week, the world reacted with shock and disbelief. We had no idea this beacon of sobriety -- the same guy who penned "Smoke Weed Everyday" - could act so out of character. Of course, Texas is f ... More >>

Beats by Dallas' Own Hip-Hop Doctors

When Snoop Dogg was issued a citation for marijuana possession at a border checkpoint outside El Paso last week, the world reacted with shock and disbelief. We had no idea this beacon of sobriety -- the same guy who penned "Smoke Weed Everyday" - could act so out of character. Of course, Texas is f ... More >>

Symbolyc One Explains How He Came Up With Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Excellence" Joint

Symbolyc One's on fire.​In this week's paper, you'll find a heads up of sorts about what's really going on in Dallas hip-hop these days -- essentially it's no longer the rappers making waves so much as it's the producers. And that's not just fluff. As noted in the article, in the past couple of ye ... More >>

Listomania: Top Ten Songs About Ingesting Cough Syrup for Leisure

​Ahh, codeine cough syrup. It started off innocently enough, as a remedy for a sore throat. However, if it can get you high, people will use it to get high. And, if it gets you high, someone will at some point write a song about it. Purple drank, sizzurp, lean -- whatever you choose to call ... More >>

Two Denton Rock Mainstays Find Salvation in Hip-Hop

​Ahh, codeine cough syrup. It started off innocently enough, as a remedy for a sore throat. However, if it can get you high, people will use it to get high. And, if it gets you high, someone will at some point write a song about it. Purple drank, sizzurp, lean -- whatever you choose to call ... More >>

Damaged Good$

$pread Love Not Germ$ (Self-released)

The D-Town Boogie Positions Itself For A Big Score This All-Star Weekend

$pread Love Not Germ$ (Self-released)

Year in Review: The Worst Lyrics of 2009 Aren't Trying for Funny, But Get There Just the Same

​The lowest common denominator having been achieved in 2005 with the release of the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business, popular musicians have had to work extra hard in recent years to find new and inventive ways to be inane. They found great success in 2009, with artists as varied as Lady Gaga, Bru ... More >>

Enroll in the Rap Institute of Acting Today!

​The lowest common denominator having been achieved in 2005 with the release of the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business, popular musicians have had to work extra hard in recent years to find new and inventive ways to be inane. They found great success in 2009, with artists as varied as Lady Gaga, Bru ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz Launch Label, Sign Local Artist

The proud owners of a new major label imprint.​ Yesterday, two-time Grammy-winning Dallas hip-hop production duo Play-N-Skillz announced a deal it has signed with Universal Music Group urban imprint SRC/Universal to launch its own imprint, which will be called G4 Muzik. After the jump, the full pr ... More >>

It's "Dallas Week" Over At MTV.com...

Looks like the fruits of MTV's labor from a few weeks back, when the network followed D-Town production wunderkinds Play-N-Skillz around town for a party at plush and a dance instruction deal at Big T Bazaar are gonna be unraveling over on MTV.com all week--if the above promo, which features non-Da ... More >>

Last Night: Play-N-Skillz Grammy Party At Plush

Play-N-Skillz, Big Tuck, Slim Thug, Pitbull, Paul Wall, Too $hort, morePlushWednesday, February 4, 2009Better than: Parking a filthy, body-damaged Scion Xb in a metered spot and walking two blocks to avoid using the valet service, all the while contemplating how out of place you are anywhere near a ... More >>

Seems Dallas Hip-Hop Just Caught The Ear Of Another Journalist...

Play-N-Skillz, Big Tuck, Slim Thug, Pitbull, Paul Wall, Too $hort, morePlushWednesday, February 4, 2009Better than: Parking a filthy, body-damaged Scion Xb in a metered spot and walking two blocks to avoid using the valet service, all the while contemplating how out of place you are anywhere near a ... More >>

Fox News Akin To Southern Rap

Anti-intellectual appeal and red-state focus are just the tip of what these two have in common.

Big Tuck Heading To Waco Sunday To Dip In Da Lac

Anti-intellectual appeal and red-state focus are just the tip of what these two have in common.

Learn To Be A Baller And/Or Shot Caller

Anti-intellectual appeal and red-state focus are just the tip of what these two have in common.

Sooner or Later

Rule No. 1 for putting Dallas rap on the map: Avoid skating rinks

K104 Summer Jam

Saturday, June 30, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

We Do!

Def Jam's dad schools us on success

To The Wall

H-Town's favorite Dirty rapper lives the diamond life

Obituary for a Storefront

H-Town's favorite Dirty rapper lives the diamond life

We Got Next

How two brothers, their mom, their friends and a white guy named Cletus hope to win the hip-hop game

Represent, Y'all

The holler's not that far from the 'hood

Mo' Money, No Problems

The holler's not that far from the 'hood

The Coup | Pitbull, Paul Wall

Wednesday, June 21, at Hailey's | Sunday, June 18, at Smirnoff Music Centre

Dallas Decides

Local musicians put the mikes down and pick up the pens to choose their favorite albums

Paul Wall

The People's Champ (Swishahouse)

The Other Farmers Market

Local marijuana growers cash inon well-heeled tokers' love of fine weed

Mining for Gold

Bavu Blakes is living proof that Scion and hip-hop don't result in a perfect mash-up

Who Is Mike Jones?

The smash single "Still Tippin'" and his major-label debut have answered that question for the nation