Habibi Hookah Lounge off Fair Oaks Boulevard brought live music and entertainment to Sacramento Thursday. Although smaller in size, the lounge offers customers a more intimate feel for entertainment as well as a great hookah selection. Though it opened five years ago, Habibi has recently taken to hosting "College Thursdays," presented by P-Crew Events. P-Crew Entertainment, a local events group who also works with nightclub The Park, were responsible for booking Starting Six. Coming out of the East Bay, these six guys write music based on what they love doing: partying and having fun. With a sound similar to The Cataracs and Tyga, their music gets everyone of out of their seats and dan

A variety of rappers brought the house down Thursday at Ace of Spades. From individuals dancing in the middle of the floor, to those at the front of the stage, the artists brought Sacramento a top-notch show. The lineup came together from Reno, Black Rock City, Vallejo, Los Angeles and Sacramento. Hip-hop artist DeSaint Reed, reigning from Reno, started off the night with a diverse collection of material ranging from club bangers to slower R&B jams. Following up Reed were Nevada natives Black Rock City All Stars. With a five-member group, each brought their own musical style and sound to the stage. A mixture of rap, heavy bass and ethnic sounds, Black Rock City All Stars brought the m

With six full-length solo albums, a founding role in seminal Oakland hip-hop crew Hieroglyphics and too many side projects and one-offs to count in his two decades in the game, Teren Delvon Jones, aka Del tha Funky Homosapien (or whatever variation of that spelling he feels like using on any given week), has long presided as the gateway between the independent and mainstream. Del’s first two albums were recorded for Elektra, one of the larger labels in the early 90s, who terminated his contract in 1998 without warning before the release of his third LP, Future Development. Undaunted, Del instead pushed further underground, choosing to put all subsequent material out on Hiero Imperium, a l