THE BLVD: Houston's City Guide
A Houston City Guide
The funky Fort Knox Five have followed up their debut album Radio Free DC with a remixed version entitled, Radio Free DC, REMIXED. They have been in action since 2003 and this group of musicians consists of four members: Steve Raskin, Jon Horvath, Rob Myers and Sid Barcelona. They are based out of, Washington, D.C. [...]
Houston’s best kept secret is finally ready for its shine. H.I.S.D, also known as the Hueston Independent Spit District, is an eight member collective consisting of four emcees, three producers and one photographer/DJ. Having been on the scene only since 2005, emcees Savvi, Ldavoice, Equality and Scottie Spitten along with producers King Midas, Soul One, [...]
DJ duo Kabanjak & Dogu must have traveled to outer space to get inspiration for their debut album, We Are Here to Answer. Ancient Astronauts, what Dogu and Kabanjak go by, released their first offering on June 9 under their independent label, Switchstance Recordings. This sultry mix of musical genres fits on one CD meant [...]
Just when you thought the rap game couldn’t get any better, in comes a fresh new crew, with a fresh new perspective on the rap game. These newcomers have not only made their niche on rap/hip hop charts, but are now topping the pop charts, making them universal. These are only a few of the [...]
I purchased a ticket to a performance of, to my great surprise, age 21 and under. “How did I end up here and why am I here?” were my thoughts as I cased the joint. I knew that Drake has become the buzz around parts of the Houston urban scene. Not quite cult status, but [...]
There are some DJs that gain their fame from prolific mixtape output. You know their names because they’re blasted in echo effect on every song of every mixtape. They chose DJ’ing as their means to become famous, smashing songs together with no care or concern for the music. Then there are those DJs who are [...]
The Time 1982 Warner Bros Produced by Morris Day & The Starr Company “What’s a ‘wiz?’” – Dorothy Minneapolis is a strange place. Something, in the often below freezing temperatures, must breed some serious racial harmony. Save for the ubiquitous P-Funk, black rock bands didn’t really exist in 1982. As wild as Cameo and The [...]
“Out goes the braids, beads, medallions…” – Common Erykah Badu was too damn earthy. Too spiritual. Too deep. Yeah, yeah, she sold 3 million being deep. But she said it herself, “what good do your words do, if they can’t understand you?” There was an uppity air to the “neo-soul” movement that might’ve seemed elitist [...]
