Originally formed in Los Angeles, California, USA, during 1992, this hip-hop crew comprises DJ Babu and MCs Evidence and Iriscience. The two MCs first met through freestyle sessions at the Hip Hop Shop. They eventually united with turntablist DJ Babu, a… (Read More)
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Diverse got attention when he released his first ep through Chocolate Industries. Just when everyone thought they knew what C.I. stood for, they released a calmed down hip Hop release. Since then the release was one in many concentratingon more Hip… (Read More)
Come on down for the best DJ’s spinning Hip Hop, R&B, and Reggae. With A Champagne toast, Free Buffet and a Balloon Drop, you are sure to have fun! $30 single and $50 for a couple (Read More)
“DJ Logic has a tone, a sound, a style of his own he became a musician first, and a DJ second…that is what sets him apart from the rest of the competition.” Says Vernon Reid. Despite his present claim to fame… (Read More)
Like many of his West Coast gangsta peers in the early ‘90s, DJ Quik’s career began wonderfully before slowly descending with each passing year. In 1991, when a 20-year-old Quik debuted on Priority Records, West Coast gangsta rap reigned and his… (Read More)
RELM DJ Relm, born Michael Wong, grew up on the opposite side of the spectrum from his outspoken buddy DJ Streak. An introvert, Relm looked to his hands to do his talking. Featured in URB Magazine’s NEXT 100, he let the… (Read More)
Roc Raida began his DJ career in the early eighties at the age of ten. Surrounded by such inspirations as his father, a member of the Sugar Hill Records act Mean Machine and hip hop impresario Grandmaster Flash, Raida cultivated his… (Read More)
Roc Raida began his DJ career in the early eighties at the age of ten. Surrounded by such inspirations as his father, a member of the Sugar Hill Records act Mean Machine and hip hop impresario Grandmaster Flash, Raida cultivated his… (Read More)
Josh Davis, 1972, Hayward, California, USA. Self-proclaimed “vinyl-addict and beat-head” DJ Shadow was turned on to hip-hop by Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message’ and later began compiling his own mix tapes. His first release on Mo” Wax Records, “In/Flux”/"Hindsight’ (1993), was… (Read More)
As a young boy, Dj StuPac was so amazed by music. He used to sit and watch Yo MTV Raps! everyday and attempt to breakdance like the breakers on TV were doing. Although the breakdancing never worked out to well, Dj… (Read More)
Hardest working man in show business? Trooper? Tireless? However you want to put it, be sure of one thing, when DJ Vadim first heard the phrase “Don’t sleep” he obviously took it literally. Over the last decade few people can have… (Read More)
Welcome to the sick and twisted minds of two wacked out hip hop rockers known as Dos Locos! Dos Locos is the product of Chris Dellinger and Chris Yaws both highly accomplished musicians in the rock and rap world. Dellinger from… (Read More)
the how Out of the extreme desert climes of Tempe, Arizona emerges a band whos innovative artistic works and musical messages are based around contributing to and improving community as well as increased individual awareness. A refreshing positive alternative to the… (Read More)
The oddball indie-funk collective Dub Narcotic Sound System was spearheaded by vocalist Calvin Johnson, the former frontman of the legendary Beat Happening as well as the founder of the famed K Records label. Named in honor of Johnson’s own Olympia, Washington-based… (Read More)
This krew is none other than the Dubb Agents who are the backing musicians for HR on D.I.A.’s Global Rock Showcase tour. (Read More)
The Educated Figures is a hip hop krew specializing in bringing forth true hip hop with conscious lyrics and funky beats. There are two members, Xperiment(Producer/MC) and Jericho Son Of None(MC), to form this group from the underground of Denver, Colorado… (Read More)
“We are crunk music—with amps and guitars,” says Cufi, one fifth of the group EL PUS. Move over, Lil Jon’. Step on this meteor, Linkin Park. How’s this for a collision course, Jay-Z? This is the ultimate mash-up: the world of… (Read More)
THE year 1997 couldn’t have possibly been any bigger for Erykah Badu. The sleepy-eyed twenty-something singer released two albums that wowed critics and fans alike; appeared on a soap opera and in her first feature film; directed two of her own… (Read More)
Etta James has seen it all: In a life lived to the full, she has experienced all the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the joy, the pain and then, rejuvenation, reinvention and renewal. Perhaps unlike any one of the… (Read More)
Designed and manufactured in war-torn Boulder Colorado in the spring of 1996, Fat Mama began special forces training as an elite squadron of droid improvisers. Each droid was given a special musical gift, including bebop, teen-pop, reggae, rocksteady, and electro. The… (Read More)
“I am a rock and roll gangster,” exclaims Korn’s bassist Fieldy with a raspy laugh. The moniker definitely seems to fit, especially given his penchant for wearing saggy pants, braided hair, and dark glasses. But it literally takes on a whole… (Read More)
