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Photo Gallery: TECH N9NE / Krizz Kaliko / Stevie Stone / CES CRU / P. Win

If you want to see a rapper, you go to a hip hop show. If you want to see a rapper with wildly entertaining personality,

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Watch: Barrel Maker at the Bottleneck

Barrel Maker is a man of many talents. We highlighted his videography work this week with the new Approach music video, and his past video

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Review: Approach – “Approach Presents: SweetKnuckleJunction Season 2 (The Aikido Bray Suite)”

by Nathan Cardiff After last October’s epic Make-Out With Violence, Approach continued to fire on all cylinders playing eclectic shows ranging from SXSW, to JabberJosh’s

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Photo Gallery: Lowercase KANSAS featuring Ebony Tusks / Milkdrop / Young Forest and more

What’s better than a night of dancing to local hip hop and rap? A night of dancing to local hip hop and rap AND free

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Super Nerd Night with Ebony Tusks / Dropjaw / Strider / New Suede

Nerds united the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for Super Nerd Night at the Bottleneck. The gamers were treated to an all local hip hop show featuring

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The nature of the beast: Approach puts passion into performing

by Nicholas Stahl   During my high school years, every local show was an event. Growing up in the suburbs is not conducive to being

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Jockin’ My Fresh 3 documentary to be released

If you were at this year’s installment of Jockin’ My Fresh, you were treated to some of the best hip hop in the area. The

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Photo Gallery: Stik Figa / D/Will / Les Izmore / Motorboater / Atilla

On Saturday, local musician Marty Hillard threw himself a massive, music-filled birthday party at the Jackpot. Stik Figa, D/Will, Les Izmore, Motorboater, and Atilla all

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Jockin’ My Fresh delivers high-powered hip hop

When we arrived at the Jackpot on Saturday night for the third installment of Jockin’ My Fresh, the crowd was already in full bloom. Rich

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A Visual Presence: Greg Enemy to headline Jockin’ My Fresh 3

Greg Enemy leads a double life. In person, he’s soft-spoken, thoughtful, and fairly reserved. But onstage, he’s a lyrical mastermind and one of the area’s