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Mixtape: A-1: The Book Of Adam

November 2nd, 2011  |  by  |  published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music, Uncategorized

Mixtape: A-1: The Book Of Adam

While most of you have probably not heard of San Francisco rapper A-1, I’m sure the ones who have can back me up when I say this kid is a shining star in the ever expanding melting pot of Bay Area rappers. Although he has been building a solid following [...]

Album Review: IVAN: Never Marry A Musician

February 20th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

I.V.A.N.’s debut album Never Marry A Musician is an exploration of love and strife. It’s the story of falling hard, issuing warnings and breaking hearts. It’s also a tribute to the struggle of trying to balance passions with pocketbooks. Sonically [...]

Video: Erin Paula Ft. Summer Breeze: Acoustic R&B Session

February 18th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

Video: Erin Paula Ft. Summer Breeze: Acoustic R&B Session

I am a fan of musicians making a song their own. Some choose to repurpose an instrumental for a mixtape, but others opt to get a bit more interpretive. Here, Erin Paula and Summer Breeze fuse “What’s My Name,” “Say Ahh,” “Pretty Girl Rock” [...]

Mixtape: The Jealous Guys: The Love Mixtape

February 14th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

The Love Mixtape is a musical translation of the fog, pea coats and searching spirit so representative of The Jealous Guys’ native San Francisco. Group members Ayinde and BizYcasa are dropping The Love Mixtape on a day emblematic of cheesy romance, but [...]

Video: Raphael Saadiq: “Good Man”

February 11th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

Discussions about what constitutes a good man or a good woman run rampant these days. It keeps the blogosphere ablaze with viral arguments about what to look for and whether such a thing even exists. Unfortunately we often end up talking more about how [...]

Video: Los Rakas: “Kalle”

February 10th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

Video: Los Rakas: "Kalle"

This time around Los Rakas are claiming the street with “Kalle.” Whereas past videos have been more nuanced, this one seeks to capture the vibrant Afro-Latino street life of New York City. Shot primarily on the Brooklyn Bridge and in The Bronx, the PanaBaynian [...]

Mixtape: Clap City Volume 2

February 10th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

As the discussion about New Bay and Old Bay continues, I decided to give you a better representation of what moves the New Bay is making. Clap City 2 is a mixtape that Mike Dash-E and DJ Amen recently collaborated on featuring a plethora of young up [...]

Video: Catching Up with iLL-Literacy

February 7th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

For the uninitiated, iLL-Literacy is a creative cadre of artist activists who fuse funk, hip-hop, spoken word, campus organizing and viral know-how to challenge the status quo. They explain below:For us, that means rethinking how music is produced and [...]
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Video: Super Sic Wit It E-40 Impression

February 7th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Music, Uncategorized

Video: Super Sic Wit It E-40 Impression

This isn’t new music or particularly newsworthy, but we stumbled across this video the other day and think Mr. Tai Saki does an excellent 40 Water impression. He is more believable when talking than rapping, but it’s his laugh that is most spot on. 38thnotes [...]

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Marshawn Lynch Talks About Growing Up In Oakland on ESPN’s E:60

Marshawn Lynch Talks About Growing Up In Oakland on ESPN's E:60

I've loved Oakland since I was old enough to begin to understand it. And when you're from an underdo[...]

Introducing “East of the Lake” Restaurant Chronicles

Introducing "East of the Lake" Restaurant Chronicles

Over the past five years Oakland's culinary reputation has skyrocketed, but The Town has always had [...]

Kill A Hipster, Save Your Hood

Kill A Hipster, Save Your Hood

It's been several years since Oakland's DJ Treat-U-Nice first dropped his infamous "Kill a hipster, [...]

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