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Listen/download: BASEMENT INSTINCT by Black Jordan Some chill future-funk beats from Denver based artist Black Jordan.

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Win free tickets to see Raekwon & Freddie Gibbs at the Fox every Thursday in March at The Solution Boulder…

Every THURSDAY in March + Friday, 3/30 -> We’ve teamed up with one of our all-time favorite venues, The Fox Theatre, to present the Boulder stop of the Unexpected Victory Tour featuring Raekwon (Wu-Tang Clan), Freddie Gibbs, JD Era & The Foodchain on Friday, 3/30.  One of the perks of teaming up with the Fox is that we get the opportunity to give away a pair of tickets to the show every Thursday at The Solution Boulder (at ‘Round Midnight /// 1005 Pearl St) from now until the night before it happens.  We’ll be posting a different way to win a free pair of tickets every week for the rest of the month here and at facebook.com/BoulderSolution so stay tuned, or you can click here to buy one if you’re not the contest type.

1st pair: The first person to share this Thursday’s Chicken & Waffles party on facebook and show DJ Low Key on their phone in person this Thursday, 3/8, will get a free pair of tickets to the show (not to mention complimentary chicken & waffles if it’s between 10-11pm, gotta love that!).

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TONIGHT...The Solution Showcase #1 w/TiRon & Ayomari, Turner Jackson feat. DJ Dozen, Girlgrabbers, DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme at the Meadowlark...

TONIGHT, 12/15 -> IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!!!  I hope you already know, but if not, you’re just in time.  Our new monthly, The Solution Showcase #1, takes place tonight at the Meadowlark (2701 Larimer St).  We flew in two of our favorite new rappers from LA, TiRon & Ayomari, to headline the show.  Their new album, A Sucker For Pumps, has been getting high praise from anyone fortunate enough to hear it, but don’t take my word for it, stream it here. They’ll be joined on the bill by some of the top young cats in Denver, Turner Jackson & DJ Dozen, and beatmaker extraordinaires Girlgrabbers (aka Q-Know, Brik-A-Brak and birthday boy GypDaHip).  Me & Sounds Supreme will be your DJs for the night and since it’s a Solution event, you already we’ll be rocking the best in hip hop.  I post a lot of events and parties I spin on here, but if you’re only gonna make it out to one event this year, this is the one to make it out to!!! $5 pre-sales at Family Affair downtown (and you get 15% off your purchase), $8 at the door & the party's 21+.

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Here’s an interview from Westword.com to get you familiar with Turner Jackson and a little info on DJ Dozen, who will both be featured Denver artists for The Solution Showcase #1 on 12/15:

  Turner Jackson is still a youngster in the game. Just shy of 22 years old, he doesn't consider himself a "rapper." You'd be hard pressed to find him spouting capricious odes of gratitude to the heart of hip-hop -- he's still a novice when it comes to the foundations of hip-hop learning. Regardless, Jackson can freestyle your face off, which has earned the respect of some of Colorado's finest producers. We recently caught up with Jackson in his rarest form.

Westword (Ru Johnson): You consider yourself to be ushering in a new school era of hip-hop. What exactly does that mean?

Turner Jackson: Well the Neo New School isn't something that just pertains to music. It is a lifestyle of youngsters such as me that come to show and prove in whatever they do. I think a lot of folks my age have this idea that the world owes them something, when, in fact, it is the exact opposite.

We owe the world a valuable contribution because we take from it. The Neo New School is the young folk who do the best they can possibly do every day, with no excuses. That's the ideology that I put behind it.

Ww: Is it as important to know as many Big Daddy Kane songs as one might know songs by Wale?

TJ: I don't believe what you know is as important as what you're willing to learn. Being a person who recently started to research hip-hop history, it is very important to know who Big Daddy Kane is. That's because a lot of current hip-hop is a direct descendant from Kane -- including Wale. I don't think you have to know as many Big Daddy Kane songs as a current [artist] as, say, a Wale, but you do have to know and respect who he is. The only way to know that is to listen to his music.

Read the full interview with Turner Jackson at Westword.com.

DJ Dozen has been on the ones and twos since the age of fifteen and has become one of the most promising young DJs to hit Denver, keeping the newest and hottest Rap, Hip-Hop, Reggae, R&B, and Old School in rotation while working with some of the most talented young artists in Denver. He was influenced greatly by Jam Master Jay(RIP) & J-Dilla (RIP); Jam Master Jay for his ability to rock crowds & J-Dilla for his creativeness flipping samples found on wax. He’s been recording and mixing music since 2004, rocked various amounts of parties, and produced the mix tape series Midnight Massacre, Summer Buggin, Get Right, and Serius Bizness while constantly bringing good music to Denver with his crew, DIA.

Catch Turner Jackson and DJ Dozen at The Solution Showcase #1 on Thursday, 12/15, along with LA's TiRon & Ayomari, Girlgrabbers, DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme.