http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshh0965vnfQixWCf85BWatch the North Pole native chop it up with NBA bad boy Ron Artest in the immediate aftermath of his Laker signing. They talk about his “feud” with Kobe, his rap career and his Queensbridge [...]

When I saw this collabo I almost tinkled in my draws, because it features one of the dopest and most diverse Bay Area line-ups you could conceive. You have the OG back-packer in Lyrics Born, the indie-pop producer in Trackademicks and the smoothed out [...]

Tammerlin Drummond made some compelling points in the Tribune yesterday about how the city fails to reach out to East Oakland. While areas like the Dimond and Laurel are experiencing mini-renaissances, Deep East Oakland (DEO) doesn’t even have a decent [...]

Check out the teaser for the Regime ring leader’s latest solo effort. The Oakland Tech grad also appears on the latest cover of Murder Dog magazine. [...]

Check out Ms Netta B’s remix of Pleasure P’s “Boyfriend #2″ along with some flicks from her latest photo shoot. Also be sure to cop her album Electrik Rebel Sounds at Rasputins and read Rachel Swan’s profile on her in the East Bay Express. [...]

I’m not a Giant fan by any stretch of the imagination, BUT I have to acknowledge greatness when it happens. Book ended by Cy Young award winners Barry Zito and Randy Johnson and 2009 All-Stars Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez is widely known [...]

I was going to wait to post this until I had listened to it, but I’ve been a bit busy and have no right to hog it. In addition to this joint with DJ Scream, it sounds like Fabby’s got tapes with DJ Skee and Clinton Sparks in the works as well. I’d tell [...]

Oakland’s favorite daughter swoons her way over a smoothed out new-age jump-off track on her latest offering, “Milk & Honey.” The song is as smooth as the title infers, but is beautifully layered with more electronic elements too thanks to Bedrock’s solid [...]

Come out tonight for some dancing, drinking, fun and positive vibes as we party the night away for a great cause. DJ Aebl Dee will be spinning and playing the hottest Hip Hop and Reggae cuts with a special live performance from local band, The Hot Pockets [...]

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5420145&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=23c253&fullscreen=1If you’re like me, you’re tired of all these hood “documentaries” that glorify rappers and act like life is one big smoke-fest. [...]

Zennie62 recently wrote a piece over at City Brights about the possibility of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency entering the fray over the Parkway. It would definitely be great to keep the theater open, yet I can’t imagine the ORA’s pockets are too fat [...]

Check out Willie Joe’s new mixtape, Fresh Prince. The Vallejo native has been hustlin’ in the ATL for awhile, but is currently holding court with Erk Tha Jerk, Traxamillion and Nio The Gift in The Bay as they work on their anticipated FNM project. Make [...]