You Gone Need

The streets are littered with those who were not focused enough to reach the end of its path. Rarely do artists come out against all odds, S.L.B. is one of those artists that is doing just that and is telling his story.

MusicGabriel BarrioJanuary 29, 2020S.L.B., Sterling The Paperboy, Southwest Hip Hop, Southwest Indie, Southwest Rap, Indie Rap, RapComment

The Opposite of Energy

Sub-genres be damned. SHYWILL breaks convention and creates art, pure unadulterated, not stepped on, pure, addictive new music/art.

Culture Fuzz

The soul needs a voice to speak for it, otherwise it is relegated to a silent, slow, and crushing existence.

CultureGabriel BarrioJanuary 27, 2020Culture Fuzz, Rissa, Blogger, Culture Curator, Art, Life Comment

Sticks and Stones

Sticks and Stones is the latest project from one of the hardest working emcees in the Southwest. Catch it on all streaming platforms!

Bud Stones Smoke Shop

It has been said that Albuquerque looks like a city that has been through the purge. They aren’t wrong, and at the center of all of it is a place that one can find calm.

MarketingGabriel BarrioDecember 30, 2019Bud Stones Smoke Shop, Smoke Shop, UBR, Universal Battle Realm, 2ndVerse, Rahney, Albuquerque, CommunityComment

Mtha Fkn Apparel

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

FashionGabriel BarrioDecember 19, 2019Mtha Fkn Apparel, Ecks Davis, Clothing, Fashion, Design, Businessman Comments

When Everything Was Changing

The sophomore release from Vagabond Mafia titled “When Everything Was Changing” is a story, a journey with the artists from start to finish. Something that is deeply personal, unapologetically public and announces their arrival.

Rhyme Related

The rap supergroup from the Desert Southwest returns with another track featuring battle rap icon Rum Nitty and production done by Dreamlife. This group continues to work with wildly popular artists in their own right and make it genuinely Southwest fire!

Music, Battle RapGabriel BarrioDecember 17, 2019Rhyme Related, 2ndVerse, Rum Nitty, Dreamlife, Southwest, Southwest Hip Hop, Southwest Rap, Southwest Indie, Rap, Indie RapComment

Bingo

The hustle is the game, the game is a gamble, only the truest can out hustle the game.

The Step

The young Norwegian singer Ronja releases her a light hearted and fun debut single with Kalim on production and WCI Productions the label that distributed it.

MusicGabriel BarrioNovember 14, 2019Ronja, Kalim, WCI Productions, Fun Tonight, Indie Music, Norway, Norwegian, EDM, Electro, Dance Music, SingerComment

Keeping it A Buck, 50

Random Guy recaps the first drop from The Fall Classic by Universal Battle Realm. This is Random Guy keeping it a buck, 50!

Battle RapGabriel BarrioNovember 12, 2019Universal Battle Realm, Cruces Battle League, Random Guy, UBR, CBL, Saint Mic, Avenu, Wronzy, A ClassComment

8 Bit

Niche markets, video games, nerdapalooza and why the southwest music scene matters more than anywhere else in the country right now.

MusicGabriel BarrioNovember 1, 2019Mega Ran, Arizona, Hip Hop, Southwest Hip Hop, Nerd Core, Video Games, Bag Of Tricks CatComment

Northwest

The pacific northwest is the dark, dreary, rain soaked environment that can create new growth. A western land of pioneers rife with culture and visionaries . This is where tomorrow’s ideas are growing and this is where the culture stays strong in the underground. Welcome to the next step.

I Luma

The exceptional art of a southwestern phenomenon and her travels throughout the world to spread the gospel of her music, wisdom and creation.

Misled Youth

The youth are the future. Everything they see they emulate, they are creating new worlds in which us, the aging are living in, the world is theirs.

MusicGabriel BarrioOctober 2, 2019Beanz Valentino, Misled Youth, Music Industry, Indie Rap, Indie Music, Street Bud, YNW BSlime, Smooky MarGielaaComment

Vagabonds in A New Era

Something captivating about art that travels well, about artists that move between spaces with ease and somehow are still rooted in the creative space that is the Southwest. Vagabond Mafia is starting the fire, with “Burn”.

MusicGabriel BarrioSeptember 23, 2019Vagabond Mafia, Burn, Hip Hop, Southwest, New Release, New Mexico, Rap, Indie Rap, Badger Pack CollectiveComment

Arrogant Listens

Arrogant Listens to the underground. We check out artists from all over to make sure that we keep you up to date with the latest and greatest you haven’t heard of, YET!

Casto

El Paso, Texas is a fraught border town with a mix of artists fighting for the limelight, while fights over the shine exist, other artists are quietly amassing solid catalogs and perfecting their craft. This is that artist, this is Casto.

Year of The Roach

The complexity of hip hop and music creation is beyond simple descriptors and easy to digest production and lyrics, it is a question of soul, meaning and ability to communicate effectively with an audience. This is “Year of The Roach”.

Music, Album ReviewGabriel BarrioSeptember 14, 2019RoachKxng, Vagabond Mafia, NMTRUE, New Mexico, Hip Hop, Southwest Hip Hop, Rap, Indie Rap, FringeComment

Enigma

How do you understand an enigma, how do you catch the wave of an artist two steps ahead of the competition, how do you ignore an unstoppable force. The answer to all those questions is you don’t, you sit back and watch pure artistry manifest and you are lucky to behold.

MusicGabriel BarrioAugust 21, 2019Walt Deez, Hip Hop, Southwest Hip Hop, Just Q, E-Jacobs, Arrogant Marketing, Me, AlwaysComment