Denver hip hop has been way under the radar for way too long. And so has its most creative and industrious practitioner — D.O. the Fabulous Drifter. He landed in the Mile High from Trenton, N.J. and built an intelligent, forceful style, brick by brick. He built and toured with an acclaimed Denver crew: the Ground Zero Movement. He released a terrific solo debut: Guns…The New Watermelon. He built a sound and a scene that he still stubbornly nurtures despite the big contract that hasn’t come. He’s self-licensed, self-produced, self-managed, self-distributed, and self-made. He’s a rapper’s rapper whose craftsmanship and honesty are overdue in a genre bloated with phony, dead-end gangsta dreams and tired flossing. Meet the man. Feel the music. The heart of Mile High hip hop is beating loud enough for everyone to hear.