Houston TX – the delta review

Backtracking with the Memphis Pimps @DAREAL_8Ball and @PimpTypeMJG at @A3C

John Shaw October 27, 2014 October 27, 2014

For a Memphian, perhaps the high point of the Pimp C Memorial Concert at A3C was the appearance of Eightball & MJG, one of Memphis’ …

John Shaw October 27, 2014 October 27, 2014

Trae tha Truth remains one of Houston’s most beloved rappers, even after the local hip-hop station imposed a ban on his music. He is a …

John Shaw October 27, 2014 October 27, 2014

Houston artist Killa Kyleon got his start as a member of Slim Thugg’s Boss Hogg Outlaws, but for the last several years has been making …

John Shaw October 27, 2014 October 27, 2014

Doughbeezy is a relative newcomer to the Houston rap scene, and only came to my attention a few years ago at South By Southwest in …

John Shaw April 22, 2014 April 22, 2014

After the Memphis concert was over at Butler Park, I walked down to South Congress Avenue and ended up encountering a band called The City …

John Shaw April 7, 2014 April 7, 2014

While walking near the Convention Center on my way back to Rainey Street, I ran into a rap group from Houston called the Kream Clicc …

John Shaw April 3, 2014 April 3, 2014

The band that was going on after Kashmere ThunderSoul at the Palm Door was more rock oriented, so I left out and decided to walk …

John Shaw April 3, 2014 April 3, 2014

I really can’t even first recall when or how I first heard about the Kashmere Stage Band from Kashmere High School in the Kashmere Gardens …

John Shaw March 30, 2013 March 30, 2013

Yes, the young Houston rap artist The Aspiring Me is the son of legendary Houston rapper Big Mello, but as his chosen stage name suggests, …

John Shaw March 30, 2013 March 30, 2013

Houston rapper Mike Jones drops by the Frontier Bar in East Austin to perform for the All Fam Everything showcase during SXSW, 3/16/13