Old School Hip-Hop

Did Rapper Tim Dog Fake His Own Death? Arrest Warrant Says "Yes"

As long as there have been celebrity deaths, there have been celebrity death sightings. A quick Internet search will turn up allegations of people spotting Elvis Presley in the steamy Memphis heat, or Jim Morrison in a Parisian cafe. There are those who would swear on a stack of polygraph machines ... More >>

Sign Up to Save Beavis & Butthead, Then Watch the Duo's Five Best Music Video Critiques

This month marks twenty wonderful years since MTV aired the first episode of Beavis and Butthead. Mike Judge's hilarious cult phenomenon originally ran from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997, before being retired so that Judge could focus on Fox's animated series King of the Hill. When that show ca ... More >>

The Six Best Diss Tracks

This month, you won't be able to watch an episode of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" without seeing a half-dozen attack ads. The music world doesn't have attack ads, it has diss tracks. In honor of the onslaught of negativity in our political process, here are the six best diss tracks of all time. Let us ... More >>

The Top Five Hip-Hop Albums of All Time, According to Lyfestile

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

What's Really Wrong with Hip-Hop?

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

You Have One More Day to Submit Your Band for An Under Cover Weekend Six

The annual hero-halloween for St. Louis bands known as An Under Cover Weekend* is scheduled for September 7 and 8 at the Firebird. Want to show everyone your excellent Spice Girls impression (someone please do this)? Now's your chance. The event is taking submissions for another 31 hours as of this ... More >>

Farewell WSGX 100.3 FM, Gen X Radio, We Hardly Heard Ye

Yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, St. Louis radio station WSGX 100.3 FM switched formats from '90s music mecca "GenX Radio" to "The Brew," a classic rock station. The last song for the Generation X-aimed audience was Blind Melon's "No Rain" followed by jarring transition song "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted S ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: May 11 to 13

Local music fans in the know spent last night at KDHX's massive party at the City Museum, Midwest Mayhem -- I myself had to wash my eyeballs this morning to try and purge them of the things I saw at the skatepark burlesque show. The whole event was huge, weird, fun and extremely exhausting, but ther ... More >>

Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam "MCA" Yauch Dead at 47

Founding member and one third of the Beastie Boys, Adam "MCA" Yauch died today after a three year battle with cancer. The hugely influential rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after a tumor was found on his salivary gland. The Beastie Boys have not played together live since the diagnosis, having to cance ... More >>

Gut Check Pours Out Its Brass Monkey for MCA

As you likely know by now, Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys died today after a three-year battle with cancer. What better way to honor his memory than to play your favorite Beastie Boys tracks loud and sip on the drink they made famous, the Brass Monkey? If you prefer to do so in the company of ... More >>

Beastie Eats: Eight Foods From Beastie Boys Songs

Top Chef: Just Desserts recently brought in a special guest: MC King Ad-Rock (also known as Adam Horovitz) of the Beastie Boys. Although by the time you're a gray-haired 40-something appearing on a cooking show, you're probably a Beastie Man. Regardless, he presented contestants with ingredients fea ... More >>

Jill Scott at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 8/4/11: Review

Wikimedia Commons​Jill Scott | Mint Condition Verizon Wireless Amphitheater August 4, 2011 Last year, St. Louis ardently welcomed Jill Scott as she opened for Maxwell on their controversially short-lived US tour. Last night, she returned in spectacular fashion, this time to headline the Summe ... More >>

What Do the Beastie Boys Have in Common with Mixed Martial Arts?

Chrissy Wilmes​Every week, we'll ask your local record store clerks to advise you on which new releases are worth your hard-earned pennies. Today, Vintage Vinyl employee (and drummer for the Humanoids and Doom Town) Shaun Morrissey fills us in on some of his favorite recent releases and reissu ... More >>

Review: Salt-n-Pepa and the Legends of Hip Hop Tour, The Chaifetz Arena, Saturday, March 12

Todd OwyoungSalt-n-Pepa​This year marks the 25th anniversary of Salt-N-Papa's groundbreaking debut, Hot, Cool and Vicious - and the ladies seem to be finding their second wind. Building on the success of 2010's Fresh Fest tour, the assiduous femcees headlined another all-star roster featuring ... More >>

Interview: Sandra "Pepa" Denton of Salt-n-Pepa on Nicki Minaj, Telemarketing with Martin Lawrence and Breaking into the Music Business

Courtesy of It Is Done Communications​Following the success of last year's Fresh Fest concert tour, rap icons Salt-n-Pepa are making the rounds once again and bringing with them some of the finest names in vintage hip-hop. The Queens, New York, duo gained notoriety in the mid-'80s with its deb ... More >>

Salt-n-Pepa brings its legends of hip-hop tour to St. Louis -- and Pepa herself dishes on what to expect

The Discography: A One-Stop Website for All of Your Music Lawsuit Needs

image via​If you have any interest at all in the music business, be sure to bookmark The Discography, a new website developed by a recent graduate at the Washington University School of Law that catalogs more than 2,400 music-related court cases dating back to 1833. Loren Wells, the site's cr ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of December 2

Garage pop goddesses Dum Dum Girls play the Billiken Club February 23.​ 2720 Cherokee *Justin Torres Loop Project, December 4 Billiken Club *Dum Dum Girls, February 23 Blueberry Hill *Eikon, January 6 *The Coronas, March 4 *The Great Affairs, December 7

Fresh Fest featuring Salt-N-Pepa

8 p.m. Saturday, February 6. The Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue.

Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick, Biz Markie and Other Hip-Hop Luminaries Bring "Fresh Fest" to Chaifetz Arena

On Saturday, February 6, the "Fresh Fest" is hitting the Chaifetz Arena. The list of performers at the show is awe-inspiring: Salt-N-Pepa, Biz Markie, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Whodini and Big Daddy Kane. Tickets are $44.50 and $55.50 and go on sale Saturday, December 19 at 10 a.m. I'm most excite ... More >>

Saturday! Sugarhill Gang at the Missouri Black Expo

This Saturday, the Sugarhill Gang will be performing at the Missouri Black Expo at 5:15 p.m. (MC Lyte is on at 6:15 p.m.; the concert takes place at America's Center.) Kevin Johnson has a nice interview in today's Post-Dispatch with the group's Big Bank Hank Jackson. What isn't mentioned in the piec ... More >>

MP3 Story: The History of St. Louis Hip-Hop -- Dr. Jockenstein, Charlie Chan, Dangerous D, Early D And How "Rapper's Delight" Touched Off a Revolution

Videos: Top Ten Old-School Hip-Hop Jams

Old School: Unearthed in a cluttered storeroom, a pair of vintage St. Louis hip-hop recordings help tell the history of rap

Second Spin: Salt-n-Pepa, “Shake Your Thang” b/w “Spinderella’s Not a Fella (But A Girl DJ)”

Show Review: EPMD at the Old Rock House, Wednesday, April 23

Frankie Beverly and Maze

7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 1. Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, St. Charles.

Mickey Avalon

7 p.m. Monday, August 13. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard

Beastie Boys

The Mix-Up (Capitol)

R.I.P. Dr. Jockenstein

Young Emcee

Kids don't listen to what teacher's putting down? Gabe Moskoff, a.k.a. DJ Trackstar, wants to reach them through rap.

Soul Position/One Be Lo

Friday, April 21, at 9 p.m. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Critical Fatwa

Large Professor

Friday, February 24 at 7 p.m. at Vintage Vinyl (6610 Delmar Boulevard, University City)

Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

Forget caroling. Here are a few hip-hop jammy-jams to warm your Yule log.

The Roots

The Tipping Point (Geffen)

Fevered Pitch

Pitchfork is taking over music criticism by making people laugh -- or pissing them off

Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick and Biz Markie

Monday, June 28; the Pageant

Steal These Albums

The ten most radical hip-hop records of all time, including NWA, Public Enemy and...Mos Def?

Best FM Radio Personality

Bob Reuter
KDHX (FM 88.1)

Mix Masters

These days anyone can make a mix CD, and everyone does. Two local standouts manage to challenge as well as entertain.

Attitude Check

Four discs trace the development of the original gangstas

Damn, That DJ Made My Day

Jam Master Jay, 1965-2002

True Dat

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

Beat Juggler

Hip-hop legend Prince Paul is responsible for some of the music's most transcendent moments

Goin' Back to Cali

The re-emergence of Del tha Funkee Homosapien heralds a renaissance for Bay-area hip-hop

Rah Digga

Dirty Harriet (Elektra)

HANDSOME DAN

DJ-cum-producer Dan "the Automator" Nakamura finds his musical niche

HIP-HOP FROM THE TOP

Underground rap comes up from The Basement, DJ Needles' program on The Beat (100.3 FM)

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