It obviously takes an egomaniacal producer from the Midwest to establish middle-ground in the rap game. 9. Elzhi — Witness My Growth Mixtape (1997-2004) (Libido Speedo): Though many of the songs were ...

DMX’s 2003 release, Grand Champ, was his fifth album in five years. The rapper detailed his issues with the contracts the record labels subjected him to. He didn’t like signing for five to seven years ...

While the first day of the 2004 Playboy Jazz Festival stayed generally within the galaxy of music that can be called jazz, Sunday's edition sometimes careened off the chart in the inimitable Playboy ...

There was a time when the hip-hop industry was committed to the East Coast and West Coast’s longstanding war over sonic dominance. For most, the genre was always powered by two sounds: from the East, ...

2004 will be the year of portable "music gadgets" and will see a number of new businesses entering the online music market, according to Domenic Carosa, chief executive of Australian digital-music ...

San Antonio's music scene has spent so many years in Austin's shadow that even locals tend to forget its legacy. Consider it this way: There are places that grow great musicians, and places that ...

As prescribed by tradition, December means year-end lists. But instead of pretending mine was the only opinion, I thought it might be interesting to ask local music-oriented folks – writers, musicians ...

Always the biggest Southern California jazz blowout of the year, the Playboy Jazz Festival took on an even bigger historical role than usual Saturday. Not so much for the music -- which was at an ...