Chuck D

Five Songs and Artists Protesting Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling

A federal judge ruled last month that Sheriff Joe Arpaio was using racial profiling against Hispanics in Maricopa County. Many Phoenicians didn't need a judge to tell them that, but now it's at least been acknowledged by someone who has the power to demand change. On the heels of the decision came ... More >>

Grammy Awards 2013: Katy Clowns Bon Iver, Miguel Shows How It's Done, and Taylor Swift Dissed Her Ex

The Grammys are a huge night for music fans. While we tend to shake our head and wonder how some of these artists won (ie. "Album of the Year"), it's entertaining to watch the live performances and keep fingers crossed for our favorite artists. fun. won big last night, sweeping up the "Song of the Y ... More >>

10 Black Pop Stars Who Should Go Country

See also: Q&A: Darius Rucker: "Even If I Wasn't Playing It, I'd Be Listening to Country." See also: Seven of Music's Most Beautiful Mustaches to Inspire Your Mustache Movember Growth [Editor's note: Country Time is a new biweekly column for our sister music blog in Seattle, celebrating that city's ... More >>

The Blunt Club's 10th Anniversary @ Yucca Tap Room and Hollywood Alley

A Hot Ghetto Mess of Hip-Hop, Art, and B-Boys: The 10-Year Journey of The Blunt Club

See also: Tempe's Wet Paint Artist Supply to Close in July If Adam Dumper is feeling a little melancholy right now, there's a good reason. This week has a bit of a "best of times/worst of times" vibe for the local hip-hop impresario and street artist, who's better known by his alter ego Dumperfoo. ... More >>

The Black Heart Procession's Paul Jenkins on BHP: "Sad, Depressing, Hopeless -- All Those Things"

WRITTEN BY REYAN ALI Chris WooBlack Heart Procession ​It doesn't look like The Black Heart Procession will wrap their career up any time soon, but when the day of their dissolution does come, "The Waiter" saga will surely be remembered as one of the high points in their career. The ongoing, l ... More >>

HavocNdeeD Remix of Linkin Park's "Wretches and Kings" Gets Love From NME

​ Phoenix/Las Vegas duo HavocNdeeD recently remixed Linkin Park's "Wretches and Kings," and the track is getting some major love from the NME Blog. "Oh my. This is, well, bloody amazing," writes Rebecca Schiller about the remix. "Wretches and Kings" originally appeared on Linkin Park's divisive al ... More >>

Z-Trip Talks Phoenix DJs, Mash-ups, Serrato, Neil Diamond, Kool Herc, and More

Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. Z-Trip) Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. Z-Trip) is arguably the biggest DJ ever to come outta Phoenix.Enjoying a level of superstardom that many local turntablists and mix masters can only dream about, the 38-year-old Valley native has spent the past decade and a half using his ... More >>

Hip-Hop Massacre's "Death to Bin Laden" Flier

​Everyone had a reaction to last weekend's downing of terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, even the superstars of hip-hop.Rappers ranging from Public Enemy's Chuck D to Soulja Boy had something to say about Bin Laden's death via Twitter. For instance, Lupe Fiasco tweeted "Osama Dead!?! Afgha ... More >>

Morning Poll: Is Calling Jan Brewer "a Hitler" Unfair?

www.mayopie.com​Along with the praise and help in the polls Governor Jan Brewer's received after signing SB 1070, Arizona's controversial, new immigration law, the governor's also getting a little heat from those opposed to the new statute. By "heat," we mean people are comparing her to Naz ... More >>

Chuck D Blasts Jan Brewer as "a Hitler," Releases New Track "Tear Down That Wall"

SlamJamz.com Chuck D rips Cactus Country a new one in "Tear Down That Wall" Rapper Chuck D, the MC who as a part of the rap group Public Enemy excoriated Arizona over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day controversy with the song "By the Time I Get To Arizona," is blasting Sand Land again, th ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Free Rock Shows, Bad-Ass Country, and Tattooed Punks

Loren Scott Sketching In Stereo is scheduled to perform tonight at the Hot Topic at Tempe Marketplace. Was the four-day workweek too much for y'all to handle? Fear not, fellow cubicle drones, as we've got a decatet of onexpensive options to spend your weekend recovering from the rat race. Th ... More >>

Remains of the Day

Magazine transforms trash into resuscitated treasures

Z-Trip Appearing on Tomorrow's Edition of Morning Becomes Eclectic

Wake up with Z-Trip tomorrow morning. Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. DJ Z-Trip) is the biggest DJ success story ever to emergefrom the Valley. Not only is the mixmaster BFFs for life with Shepard Fairey, he's toured the world, collaborated with Chuck D., done way cooler shit than we could ever hope to a ... More >>

Public Enemy plays with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

P.E. bringin' the noise circa 1988There's a bunch going on this week, and by a bunch I mean SXSW. It is hard to compete with that wonderful festival right now, so I will let our coverage -- handled dutifully by our own ambassador of the funk Martin Cizmar -- of the events take precedence over Up on ... More >>

Chuck D on Barack Obama and "Fight the Power"

N.A.S.A.: Fun Concept, Boring Reality

That is some pretty awesome album art for a pretty average albumAs we come right smack into another Tuesday rife with new releases, I will choose to focus my energies on one particular release, N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo. N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) is the collaboration between DJ Ze ... More >>

Z-Trip

The Old School Jingle Jam Reminds Us of the Ghosts of Hip-Hop’s Past

Nelly

Brass Knuckles
(Derrty Ent, Universal)

Maverick Mavis

This Staples Singer still wants to change the world

Shades of Gray

Hipstory-hopstory-history

Back and Black

But not here

Bring the Noise (Back)

Tommy Boy's founder reclaims history from hip-hop's dustbin

Sid's Kids

Kreme and Jett down beaucoup Jäger bombers at Jugheads in honor of the late, great Sid Copeland

Public Enemy

Rebirth of a Nation
(Guerrilla Funk)

Wicked Wisdom This Way Comes

This is the nü stuff

Critical Fatwa

Cure for the race

Z-Trip

No spring chicken

Dead Prez

RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta (Sony/Columbia)

A Dethroned Prince

Prince Paul's latest concept record attacks lame commercial hip-hop by co-opting it

KRS-One

The Sneak Attack (Koch Records)

Best Record Store Staffed by Overeducated Underachievers

Eastside Records
217 West University, Tempe
480-968-2011

Hop Online

Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

Dillinger Four

Versus God
(Hopeless)

I Want My MP3!

Wondermeat's Will Nerini and Eric Long have seen the future of Phoenix rock, and it's downloadable

Know Doubt

Long-awaited Know Qwestion CD answers all skeptics

Much Ado

Debut album proves Nastyboy Klick is as bland as it wants to be

96.Rant

10 Best Sevens of the Nine Six

Preacher Man

Night of the Unabunnie (and Other Dark Tales)

HARD-CORE ADDICTSPOISED ON THE BRINK OF BIG TIME, THE PHUNK JUNKEEZ STILL LIKE IT LOUD AND STUPID

HIP-HOP SITCOM BOOM? BAH!

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOPE?

HIP-HOP IS GOING TO POT. LITERALLY.

HO-HUM HIP-HOPME PHI ME'S FOLKSY RAP IS A CRUISE DOWN THE EERIE BANAL

WHITE THE POWER PUBLIC ENEMY'S COLORBLIND WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING MONEY

ALL SHOOK UP?

THAT HORRIBLE ANNIVERSARY IS NEAR, BUT THANKS TO A SLEW OF NEW KEEPSAKES, ELVIS IS STILL ALIVE.

CASHIN' IN ON CONTROVERSY

ICE-T AND SISTER SOULJAH GIVE MAKING MONEY A BAD RAP

THE BUS STOPS HERE