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The Sugarhill Gang

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Everything Is a Remix Explains How Certain Dirigible-Named Bands Are Derivative

    Perhaps the best known sampling of all time involved The Sugarhill Gang sampling Chic's "Good Times" for their 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight"Most, if not all, people know that Led Zeppelin is an obtusely derivative band. They took popular American blues and folk music and made it their own, without rea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    DJ Circle Talks Chronic Future, Sugar Hill Gang, Swedish House Mafia, Sharam, and More

    ​Name: Freddy Krems AKA: DJ Circle Current club nights: I do Toxic Mondays at Zuma, Airia at Wild Horse Pass on Thursdays with D-JR, Fridays at Dirty Pretty all by myself, and then Cream on Saturdays. I'm also in a rotation on Sundays at Martini Ranch for Retox Sundays. Genres spun: Pretty much ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009

    The Roots of Rap

    Legendary rhymer posts up at Herberger

  • Music

    August 6, 2009

    Fresh

    Legendary rhymer posts up at Herberger

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    Addicted to Love Dusties

    Music to use your CrackBerry by

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Yo, Stephen Hawking Raps

    The world already has its share of ridiculous ring tones, but now, thanks to a company called FunMobility, you can hear the voice of famed physicist Stephen Hawkings rapping "Baby Got Back" whenever that special someone calls your cell phone.

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Concert Calendar For This Weekend: Bloc Party, Brendan James, The Andre Nickatina Experience, The Aquabats,

    Limbeck is scheduled to perform tonight at the Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale. If I was an arrogant, self-centered kind of music journalist, I'd probably spend the next 400 or so words detailing all the cool-ass concerts I was planning to check out this weekend, dishing out details in between clev ... More >>

  • Music

    December 11, 2008

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

    Limbeck is scheduled to perform tonight at the Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale. If I was an arrogant, self-centered kind of music journalist, I'd probably spend the next 400 or so words detailing all the cool-ass concerts I was planning to check out this weekend, dishing out details in between clev ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode

    Limbeck is scheduled to perform tonight at the Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale. If I was an arrogant, self-centered kind of music journalist, I'd probably spend the next 400 or so words detailing all the cool-ass concerts I was planning to check out this weekend, dishing out details in between clev ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    June 22, 2006

    Vampires of Moscow

    Limbeck is scheduled to perform tonight at the Chyro Arts Venue in Scottsdale. If I was an arrogant, self-centered kind of music journalist, I'd probably spend the next 400 or so words detailing all the cool-ass concerts I was planning to check out this weekend, dishing out details in between clev ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2005

    Dope Flows

    MCs battle for the Benjamins

  • Music

    February 10, 2005

    Fetal Distraction

    The guy calls himself I Hate You When You're Pregnant. And then things get weird

  • Music

    May 20, 2004

    Can We Kick It?

    Old-school hip-hop is ready for a revival

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Old-school hip-hop is ready for a revival

  • Music

    March 27, 2003

    Fabolous

    Street Dreams (Elektra)

  • Music

    June 21, 2001

    Hot Stuff

    From street graffiti to body rocking, the Arsonists preserve the old-school arts

  • Music

    July 6, 2000

    Shadow Dancing

    After a triumphant Valley appearance and a clutch of collaborative projects, DJ Shadow gets set to step back out on his own

  • Music

    February 18, 1999

    Disco Infernal

    Rhino's new collection proves that you have no hope of getting disco in a box without leaving something out

  • Music

    October 29, 1998

    Kings of Rhyme

    Run-D.M.C. keeps pushing to earn respectability for hip-hop

  • Music

    February 19, 1998

    Know Doubt

    Long-awaited Know Qwestion CD answers all skeptics

  • Music

    May 29, 1997

    KRS-One, What's the Frequency?

    The rapper they call "The Teacher" knows the medium is the message

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