SATURDAY, 7/18 -> Acclaimed artists, the Dope Group, invade So Damn Down w/DJ Low Key at Shag (15th & Champa downtown) for an art show featuring their ridiculous art, live painting, limited Dope Group tees & more. Check out TheDopeGroup.com for more about them and examples of their art and whatever you do, don’t miss the show. Starts at 9 / 21+ / No cover.
FRIDAY, 7/17 -> Family Affair, Speakeasy & SlamXHype present the official Phil Ade – Starting on J.V. Release Party at the Solution w/DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme on the Funky Buddha’s rooftop. Download the Maryland Native’s mixtape here to see what all the fuss is about and don’t miss the release party. 776 Lincoln St / No cover / 21+ / Music at 9.
FRIDAY, 7/10 -> Don’t miss a special guest set from the youngest in charge, DJ Squirt, at Denver’s best hip hop night (c) Westword. Squirt will join me at the Solution for another night of the best in hip hop & more on the Funky Buddha’s rooftop. And don’t worry, Sounds Supreme will be back next Friday (and stay tuned for his birthday party on 7/31, guaranteed madness). 776 Lincoln St / No cover / 21+ / Music at 9.
SATURDAY, 7/11 -> Catch the first Denver screening of One Day, the acclaimed documentary following 9th Wonder proteges Kooley High as they break into the music business, at So Damn Down w/DJ Low Key at Shag (830 15th St). Phonte says you should check it out. Movie starts at 10:30, we’ll have free popcorn and we’re partying after. No cover / 21+ / Music at 10.
And don’t forget to check Kooley Is High, the dope new Kooley High mixtape with K-Salaam. And while we’re talking about Kooley, just wait til you here there joint they did with Median for me for MIA #3 (you’re gonna be waiting for a minute though, just MIA #3 is coming before the year’s end, trust).
A couple of weeks ago, Red Bull Big Tune hit Denver and 700+ heads came out to see a dozen of the best beat-makers in town compete head to head on the beats at Beta. My fellow Radio Bums and occasional Solution guest features DJ Vajra & DJ Psycho, internet sensation Boon Doc, recent Westword cover feature Yonnas of the Pirate Signal, Xperiment of Educated Figures and sometimes Whygee collaborator Good Knight were amongst the producers competing at the Denver stop of the premier producer showcase/battle in the country.
In between the rounds, producer’s producer Exile rocked a live MPC set that blew the crowd away and Black Milk got love for an animated performance, but the focus of the night was clearly on the competing producers. Throughout the night, Boon Doc showed why his youtube videos have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times with crisp, bangin’ beats and great melodies that took out everyone he faced. The level of competition was thick throughout the night and ultimately DJ Psycho beat out Vajra to make it to the finals to face Boon Doc. Psycho came with it, but Boonie’s beats were just too nice and he took the title. Both Psycho and Boon Doc will be heading to ATL this fall to rep Denver and compete for the national Big Tune title, good luck guys. Speaking of luck, I was lucky enough to have the pleasure of helping Red Bull organize/promote/produce the event and I gotta admit, the event went better than anybody had hoped for. The field of talent was great, the crowd was mad enthusiastic & a good time was had by all. Thanks for supporting some quality iddish Colorado, I’m proud of us for reppin’ so hard. Last but not least, these pics are from the Public Works Blog, check it out for more.
Above: Boon Doc aka Boonie Mayfield /// Below: DJ Vajra /// Pics from The Public Works Blog
SATURDAY, 7/4 -> Kid Hum dropped some of the best Colorado hip hop records to date over the last year (the CMJ charts & over 50,000+ downloads seems to agree) and in my humble opinion, there wasn’t enough fanfare for the releases. So I decided to call the homie Hum the other day and see what he’d like to do to promote his music, next thing you know we’d put together a “Kid Hum Records Release Party” at So Damn Down at Shag (830 15th St) for both Fossil Fuel and Offshore Drilling featuring performances from some of CO’s finest, including Whygee, Sunkenstate, B-Money, brikAbrak and of course, Kid Hum himself, plus some other surprises. The party is free, the lineup is thick & when have I steered you wrong before? See you there. No cover / 21+ / Music at 10.
P.S. If you haven’t already, download Fossil Fuel, Offshore Drilling & Suicide Watch for free right now & get up on Kid Hum’s music, you’ll be glad you did.
FRIDAY, 7/3 -> Two of our favorite artists, Patrick Hansen and Path One, are bringing their new works to the Solution w/me & Sounds Supreme for a very special first Friday at the Funky Buddha (776 Lincoln St). Check out both PatrickHansen.com & PathsOne.com to get a taste of their impressive work. And if that wasn’t enough, our good friends the Dope Group are having the afterparty for their art show (over at TS Board Shop at 135 S. Broadway earlier Friday evening from 5-10 pm) at the Solution as well, so you know things will be crazy. 21+ / No cover / Music at 9.
THURSDAY, August 6th -> Rock The Bells is back at Red Rocks Amphitheatre…Full Denver Lineup TBA…There’s not much else to say…
SATURDAY, 6/27 -> It’s that time of year again. That wonderful day where Tanya Morgan & Che Grand come out to Denver to rock, we all get hammered and I ended up yelling “I love my life” repeatedly at all of my friends, LOL. If you’ve ever been, you know it’s one hell of a time and if you’ve never been, then please do yourself a favor and come out, I promise you’ll be glad you did. Not only will we be celebrating my birthday, but we’re also celebrating some of my good friends’ as well, on some all-stars of June shit.  Shouts to boy Charley Cox (who runs Shag), Donwill (aka Donny Cusack of Tanya Morgan), my brother in ‘babwe Che Grand, my super fresh homegirl Becca, the ever-talented Rachel Crick & Mama Drop aka Monique, who are gonna be celebrating their birthdays as well. In case you’re not counting that makes seven birthdays being celebrated, imagine the fun of one good birthday party, times it by seven and make sure don’t miss out on the 27th. Also, I’m guessing there might be a few guest DJ sets throughout the night so I can have some drinkin breaks, stay tuned for announcements of who might also spin. 830 15th St (15th & Champa) downtown, no cover & we’re prolly gonna be grillin on the patio from like 8 on, so come join us early.
