Ricky Bobby

Bonus MP3: Mel The Mack featuring Dorrough, Lil Wil, Trai'D, Fat Pimp, Big DoughskiG and Young Black -- "What's Up Bro (D-Town Dallas)"

​Last year, local hip-hop purveyors talked at length about the importance of having a big presence around town during the weekend of the Cowboys Stadium-hosted 2010 NBA All-Star Game. And, lest there was any doubt, these same artists are at it again this year.But, this time around, they appear to ... More >>

Lil Wil To Cali Swag District: "If Y'all Come Around Here, There'll Be Problems." (NSFW)

Last month, we pointed you in the direction of Cali Swag District's big hit "Teach Me How To Dougie," a song that references the D-Town Boogie movement and, specifically, Lil Wil's "My Dougie." Seemed a rather innocuous song to us. If anything, we figured, it seemed a nice little shout-out to both W ... More >>

Lawnmower Man: Kenneth Page Followed His Peculiar Dream from Texas to Florida.

Watch: Party Boyz -- "Daddy Stroke"

I'm not gonna act as if "Daddy Stroke," the follow-up single to the Party Boyz and DJ Mr. Rogers' breakout hit, "Flex," is anything special. It isn't. And neither is its dance, which, far as I can tell, is just grinding and humping. But the video, directed, like pretty much all Boogie songs, by Mr. ... More >>

The Top 10 Best Character Names in Sports Movies That I Could Think of Off the Top of My Head

Jesus saves. And shoots.​Why did the Los Angeles Lakers lose Game 2 of the NBA Finals Sunday night? Because they turned their back on Jesus. Boston Celtics' guard Ray Allen - who played "Jesus Shuttlesworth" in Spike Lee's He Got Game - went off on L.A. He hit a Finals-record eight 3-pointe ... More >>

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

Good Friday: Swim Swim, Mount Righteous, Giggle Party, Darktown Strutters, Richmond Punch, DJ Nameless, Animal House and More

"Animal House" at the Lounge on Elm Street Saturday is not a screening of the classic college comedy, but you are certainly welcome to drink like it is. ​Just because it's freezing out and everyone in Dallas seems to have a sinus infection doesn't mean you can't enjoy yourself at a show. Misery lo ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Dorrough Paints A Gem With "Ice Cream Paint Job" at No. 7

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 7 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastl ... More >>

B-Hamp 'B Jiggin'--And B Gettin His Song On America's Best Dance Crew

B-Hamp done been all over the world. And everywhere he goes, he sees people jiggin'. So ... you know him!The Dallas rapper responsible for making the world "Do The Ricky Bobby" has come up with a brand-new dance and its accompanying single, "I B Jiggin," as you can see above. Study this clip, posted ... More >>

Catch Up On A Slew Of Recent, Interesting Local CD Releases

It's Now Official: Per The New York Times, National Hip-Hop Has 'Landed In Dallas.'

​Yet one more thing to add to the list of things that Dorrough has now done that his fellow rappers in the DFW scene haven't: Right there in the Sunday edition of the paper, Dorrough's debut album, Dorrough Music, received the review treatment from the New York Times. And while it's not the best r ... More >>

How'd You Spend Your Spring Break?

If your name is B-Hamp, you went down to South Padre Island and performed 'Do The Ricky Bobby' at various Girls Gone Wild parties. Kinda puts a whole new spin on the "Stop! Pose for the frame!" lyric, huh?

Food For Thought 4.3.09

"Well let me just quote the late-great Colonel Sanders, who said 'I'm too drunk to taste this chicken.'" (Ricky Bobby, as played by Will Ferrell, in Talladega Nights. Quoted because...what the hell, it's race weekend.)

Damaged Good$ Arrives Just in Time to Right the Ship of Dallas Hip-Hop

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 >>

Question: What Was The Best Show You Didn't See Last Weekend?

Answer: That AwkQuarius gig at Rubber Gloves that we told you about in last week's Good Friday. Of course, we didn't tell you about the Dallas-based hipster-hop outfit known as galleryCat that opened for Pikahsso and Tahiti--mostly because we didn't know them at the time either...

Hophead: Jingle Beers

I bid farewell to 2008 by, like Ricky Bobby, thanking little baby Jesus for giving us specialty holiday brews. What better way to soothe the white-knuckle stress of shopping, the friction of family gatherings and the frustration of assembling crappy toys than with a high-ABV beer? Jonathan Shike ... More >>

D-Town Boogie: The Do It Ourself Video

Here at DC9 this week, we took Pete's cover story to heart, especially this dig DJ Drop takes at folks in night clubs who try out the D-Town Boogie dances: "You can tell the people that are doing it right off YouTube. They're doing it right off the instructions."To those of us who'd never seen the R ... More >>

Dallas Hip-Hop: Swagger Like Us

Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months

Scary As Ever, the Cover Bands Come Out on Halloween

Who knew tributes would be a Halloween thing? Also: the New Frontiers break up and Ricky Bobby returns

The Rap Up: Doing "The Ricky Bobby" With B-Hamp

Men Will Be Boys

With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that.

Review: The Foot Fist Way

Tae kwon do comedy The Foot Fist Way stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride

Cannonball Rocked

Ready to Blow

With Terrell Owens, which comes first--the Super Bowl ring or the explosion?

Crash Test Dummy

The loudest, boldest comic actor around takes an endless victory lap