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Ten best hip-hop Christmas songs
December 24, 2012 in Backbeat
For as many ill conceived hip-hop Christmas cuts that have been produced over the years, there have been as least as many that were great. While they're not all necessarily...
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The ten worst hip-hop Christmas songs
December 24, 2012 in Backbeat
Every holiday season, we're blessed with great renditions of classic Christmas songs to warm our spirits, but along with that also comes a lists of well meaning yuletide flops. This...
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Fresh local hip-hop: A Broncos anthem, plus new cuts from Billy Lipz, Young Doe and more
December 13, 2012 in Backbeat
We've got another fresh batch of local hip-hop for you this week, including a new cut from Innerstate Ike, Esi Juey and Nyke Nitti that pays homage to the beloved...
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Public Enemy at the Ogden Theatre, 12/8/12
December 09, 2012 in Backbeat
Eric GruneisenFlava Flav of Public Enemy last night at the Ogden Theatre in Denver. PUBLIC ENEMY @ OGDEN THEATRE| 2/4/12 Flava Flav was in top form last night at the Ogden Theatre,...
Getting stoned with MU$A
December 05, 2012 in Backbeat
Dom Kennedy at Larimer Lounge, 12/03/12
December 04, 2012 in Backbeat
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Dom Kennedy on the Yellow Album and the advantages of being an independent artist
November 29, 2012 in Backbeat
After first emerging in 2008 and releasing a pair of mixtapes, Dom Kennedy made major waves in the rap scene with his acclaimed mixtape from 2010, From the Westside with...
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H*Wood and Kid Vegas are two brothers working hard to build their brands in hip-hop
November 23, 2012 in Backbeat
Brandon Bourdeaux, the rapper otherwise known as H*Wood, drops his new album today. Collin and Brandon Bordeaux have been making music together since they were kids. The two brothers, better known...
Getting stoned with Mr. Midas
November 19, 2012 in Backbeat
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In honor of Amendment 64: Ten stoner anthems, overt hip-hop odes to Mary Jane
November 06, 2012 in Backbeat
Brian Landis Folkins Today's election marks a potentially monumental day for our state. With Amendment 64 on the ballot, Colorado is on the cusp of being the first state to regulate...
HoodLamb will celebrate the hemp lifestyle and art at HoodLab tonight
November 02, 2012 in Show and Tell
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Kung Fu Vampire sinks fangs into the rap game
October 30, 2012 in Backbeat
Kung Fu Vampire brings its blood-curdling hip-hop to the Mile High City just in time for Halloween. Formed over a decade ago, the San Jose-based act is lead by the...
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Hopsin at Cervantes', 10/18/12
October 19, 2012 in Backbeat
Antonio ValenzuelaHopsin last night at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. HOPSIN @ CERVANTES' MASTERPIECE BALLROOM | 10/18/12 If there was a reoccurring theme last night at Cervantes', it was a pronounced disdain for the...
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Photos: Relive Mondo Guerra's design career through his childhood Halloween costumes
October 18, 2012 in Show and Tell
Mondo as a dead man.As the first cousin of Project Runway celebrity Mondo Guerra, I can attest to the fact that Halloween in our extended family was always a treat....
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Dampie displays 75 years of hemp culture in new show at HoodLab
October 15, 2012 in Show and Tell
All photos by Antonio Valenzuela.Denver has become the leading destination for all things related to the marijuana industry, especially now that Colorado sits on the precipice of a decriminalization law...
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Rockie Fresh at the Marquis Theater, 10/9/12
October 10, 2012 in Backbeat
Antonio ValenzuelaRockie Fresh last night at the Marquis Theater. ROCKIE FRESH @ MARQUIS THEATER | 10/9/12 Rockie Fresh, Maybach Music Group's newest member, took the stage at the Marquis Theater last night...
MC Lyte questions the current state of hip-hop
October 05, 2012 in Backbeat
MC Lyte and Crazy Legs visit Auraria this week
October 03, 2012 in Backbeat
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DJ Premier and Pete Rock at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 9/22/12
September 23, 2012 in Backbeat
Antonio ValenzuelaPete Rock and DJ Premier last night at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. DJ PREMIER & PETE ROCK @ CERVANTES' | 9/22/12 At the end of their set last night at Cervantes', DJ...
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"Here I Go Again," by Whitesnake: One man's shlocky dreck is another man's anthem
September 20, 2012 in Backbeat
We all have it -- that one song that stopped us in our tracks the first time we ever heard it, that continues to give us pause each and every...
Matt Rutherford's unlikely trip around the Americas reconnected him with Spoke In Wordz
September 05, 2012 in Backbeat
