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Deborah Sengupta grew up in a cornfield in northwest Ohio where her multicultural family was something of a curious anomaly. She didn't like it very much. On a whim, she landed in Austin in 1995, where, before coming to Austin360.com in 2004, she drove a limo, played bass in a band, promoted fabulous parties and answered a whole lot of phones.

In 2000, she began building Web sites about Austin's urban music scene and became so insistent that Austin hip-hop shouldn't be ignored that KOOP radio gave her a show to prove it. In a country town with a heart full of rock 'n' roll, she firmly believes it also has a funky underbelly that's almost urban.

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Live shots: Pete Rock and Prince Paul at the Parish

By | Monday, April 23, 2007, 02:11 PM

• Photos: Pete Rock and Prince Paul at the Parish

Pete Rock had top billing on Friday night at the Parish, but Prince Paul emerged as the star of the show. An enthusiastic Paul dug through his crates to take the audience on a journey beginning with hip-hop’s origins in New York City in the ’80s and then moving forward through time. Paul bounced back and forth between both coasts with fly-bys dedicated to the Midwest and the Dirty South. The crowd remained thick from the front of the stage deep into the house throughout his set.

Pete Rock didn’t actually hit the stage until after 1:30 a.m. He seemed a little distracted and dropped a couple cuts that Prince Paul had already played before announcing 15 minutes into his set that he had only 15 minutes left to go. It was kind of weird. After his set, Pete Rock made a beeline for the back room of the club, while we tried to figure out what happened.

While Pete’s performance was a little disappointing, overall the show was still solid. Prince Paul put it down hard, and Chicken George and Tats wrecked shop in their opening set. Put those cats on four turntables and they’re downright dangerous.

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