Hip-Hop Culture

No More Ho's: Hope for Hip-Hop

RJD2 at Clubhouse Music

Recordings

Mike Test

Mixmaster Mike takes his turntable wizardry on tour with the Beastie Boys

Phoenix Film Festival: Gotta Dance

Mixmaster Mike takes his turntable wizardry on tour with the Beastie Boys

BEST WAY TO CHASE THE BREAK-DANCING SCENE

Furious Stylez Crew or Footklan

BEST HIP-HOP NIGHT

Blunt Club Thursdays, Boston's inside PI (Priceless Inn)

Ben Araiza

The Story of Za
(self-released)

Sunday, Phunky Sunday

P-town's Whitney & Bobby get flashed, mooned and bent at Bruno Mali's Muck Fondays

Soul Position

Things Go Better With RJ & Al
(Rhymesayers)

Aceyalone, and Dilated Peoples

Things Go Better With RJ & Al
(Rhymesayers)

Afrika Bambaataa Visits Bar Smith's Pinky Ring on April 22

The Godfather himself, Afrika Bambaataa. Bar Smith's Wednesday night electro affair Pinky Ring has featured a bangin' array of guest DJs over the past six months (including local hero Z-Trip). And now the organizers behind PR are about to add another big name to the list: Afrika Bambaataa. The ... More >>

Boys Will B-Boys

And girls will b-girls at breakdancing crew's anniversary jam

Happy Foot

Hip-hop crew seeks inner peace — and massive jams

Trax Stars

Hip-hop crew seeks inner peace — and massive jams

RJD2

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Can't Miss: The Lick at the Brick

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Shades of Gray

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Bring the Noise (Back)

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

Trak Record

Montreal turntable phenom A-Trak has quite the résumé for such a young DJ

Looking Better

Beats working

Grandmaster Flash

And Jazzy Jeff? Get out!

Back to Afrika

And Jazzy Jeff? Get out!

Afrika Bambaataa

And Jazzy Jeff? Get out!

Cover Story

Bisbee band (re)makes an album

Fresh Produce

With underground hip-hop or mass-appeal club records, RJD2's a stickler for details.

Aceyalone and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

Socially conscious, lyrically lush

Insight

The Blast Radius
(Brick)

The Nonconformist

The Blast Radius
(Brick)

Stop, Pop and Roll

Furious Styles Crew marks decade of dance

vine of the Times

ASU puts new headspin on musical theater

Robot Wars

A thriving Arizona break-dancing culture rediscovers the state's grandmasters of boogaloo

RJD2

Dead Ringer (Definitive Jux)

J-Live

All of the Above (Coup d'Etat)

Uncanny X-Man

DJ pioneer Rob Swift of the X-ecutioners turntable crew isn't just spinning his wheels

Enter the Wave Twisters

Hip-hop goes Hollywood, as DJ Q-Bert brings his scratch-music saga to the big screen

Open to All

Black Eyed Peas hope they're luckier in 2001 than they were last year

Deltron 3030

Deltron 3030 (75 Ark)

Hop Online

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

Master of the Universe

Mix Master Mike wants you to know how the tables turn

Remember the '80s Party

Mix Master Mike wants you to know how the tables turn

Z-Trip Wins America's Best DJ Contest

​ Bad Boy Bill, DJ Skribble, Adam Goldstein, Scotty Boy, Steve Aoki, and Q-Bert. What do all these cats have in common? They're some of the best DJs and turntablists that our country has to offer. And every last one of them were soundly defeated by Z-Trip to become "America's Best DJ" for 2 ... More >>

Dynamic Duo

​ Bad Boy Bill, DJ Skribble, Adam Goldstein, Scotty Boy, Steve Aoki, and Q-Bert. What do all these cats have in common? They're some of the best DJs and turntablists that our country has to offer. And every last one of them were soundly defeated by Z-Trip to become "America's Best DJ" for 2 ... More >>

Dynamic Duo

​ Bad Boy Bill, DJ Skribble, Adam Goldstein, Scotty Boy, Steve Aoki, and Q-Bert. What do all these cats have in common? They're some of the best DJs and turntablists that our country has to offer. And every last one of them were soundly defeated by Z-Trip to become "America's Best DJ" for 2 ... More >>

Dynamic Duo

​ Bad Boy Bill, DJ Skribble, Adam Goldstein, Scotty Boy, Steve Aoki, and Q-Bert. What do all these cats have in common? They're some of the best DJs and turntablists that our country has to offer. And every last one of them were soundly defeated by Z-Trip to become "America's Best DJ" for 2 ... More >>

Furious Fete

​ Bad Boy Bill, DJ Skribble, Adam Goldstein, Scotty Boy, Steve Aoki, and Q-Bert. What do all these cats have in common? They're some of the best DJs and turntablists that our country has to offer. And every last one of them were soundly defeated by Z-Trip to become "America's Best DJ" for 2 ... More >>

RJD2 Announces April Show at Rhythm Room Free MP3 Download: "Games You Can Win"

Ramble John Krohn, better known to the world as RJD2, adds another marquee date to Phoenix's already promising spring lineup​It may be too early to call it, but this spring already looks to be an impressive one for live music in the Valley. I know, I know -- it's not even 2010, but can't we just l ... More >>

Break Even

Valley contortionists compete for national-championship spot

Ear and Now

See AZ’s youth rock out for a good cause

Joseph Perez

See AZ’s youth rock out for a good cause