Tagged: hip hop

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Exciting news! Starting July 6th, Austin Mic Exchange is moving to Wednesday at 8PM at Spider House Cafe and Ballroom. This means that you work-a-day stiffs (read: me) will finally be able to hear the dope shit coming straight...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Losing Prince has made this a tough month, but at least we have his music. I made you this mix! It doesn’t feature Prince. Sorry. :DJ Shadow – Nobody Speak feat. Run the Jewels: :Busta...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Finally, this sad sad March comes to an end.  Sure, some people got married or had babies or birthdays in there (congrats, I guess!) but this year’s music festival that drives all the bloggers wild...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Well, I hope everybody’s ready for the steam train called “festival season” that’s about to crash into Austin with the beginning of South by Southwest.  You have t-minus seven days to complain/exalt about the city-wide...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

To pretend that I haven’t gone on at length on this blog that I cherish novelty rap because it fulfills the ultimate definition of art by being almost completely useless would be an exercise in...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Well, it’s the time of year each and every adult either despises or celebrates – Halloween. Whether you have kids and are excited about putting them in some kind of semi-ironic or cute get-up, or...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

What an amazing weekend this is shaping up to be.  Tonight, you should stop by The Blackheart for another Side One Track One Presents! The last one was incredible, so if you missed it, now’s...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Well, so much shit went down this month that it’s difficult to decide what exactly to write about. Should I talk about the slut shaming & cultural appropriation backlash surrounding the Miley Cyrus VMA performance?...

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

Happy one hundred degree days, guys! It’s summertime in Austin, so just follow these instructions for a relaxing, fun, and rewarding summer*: swim, drink, hydrate, bump bangers and/or summer jams (provided below), eat tacos. Repeat....

Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)

It’s nearly the end of the month and it’s clear to us all now that April just plain sucked (unless you got married or whatever – congrats). But for the US as a whole, and...