Mass Appeal’s 2016 SXSW showcase at Austin Music Hall, which featured turns from from prolific Roc-A-Fella producer, Just Blaze, and Mass Appeal’s own, Nas, was blessed with a DJ Khaled set. Khaled brought out special guests […]
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Good Kid, Snub City – On Kendrick Lamar & Macklemore
Seven. Kendrick Lamar was nominated for seven Grammy awards this year. He came away empty-handed. In the Grammy calendar year, Lamar made what is undeniably the best, most complete album. Good kid m.A.A.d city is […]
Inside Illmore: From SXSW House Party to Stuff of Legend
It started the way most SX stories do—with an artist in need of a place to crash—but three years later, the ILLMORE is the hottest ticket in Austin. Get to know the creative minds who […]
In Conversation With Alaina Moore (of Tennis)
Alaina Moore (of Tennis) on surviving a tornado, loving Gwen Stefani, teaming back up with the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney. The Colorado outfit’s new album, ‘Ritual In Repeat’, is again produced by Carney. Tennis, […]
Gary Clark Jr On Making Grammy History
If you happen to be strolling through downtown Austin on the right night, walk into a bar like The Mohawk and look around closely. Standing in the shadows, you might just see the smiling face of […]
Drake’s 2015 Houston Appreciation Weekend Softball Game
Hannibal accepts invitation to play alongside Drake on Team OVO in 2015 Houston Appreciation Weekend Softball Game OVO extended an invitation for Hannibal Buress to play in their charity sotball game during Drake’s second annual Houston Appreciation […]
Bun B’s Star-Studded SXSW 2015 Birthday Concert
It was SXSW 2015 and all through the South no one was triller not even Deadmau5. The good folks at SXSW let Bun have Stubb’s to celebrate the day of his birth. Too $hort […]
SMNTCS Original: Clint Dempsey Talks UGK
Maybe you wouldn’t suspect the captain of the U.S. Men’s National Team to be a big fan of the pioneering Texas rap duo, UGK, but then you would be wrong. Once you spend time talking […]
B L A C K I E, Kanye, and the Melrose Plantation
In person, there are two images of B L A C K I E I’ve witnessed and both are just as true: one is the quiet, contemplative Michael LaCour, foot kicked up against a brick […]
Big Boi of OutKast Talks UGK Backstage
Big Boi, and OutKast, have a long-standing historical connection to UGK. Way before either group got famous, you can hear Pimp C shouting out OutKast on the Ridin’ Dirty outro, and you can spot a few glimpses of […]