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The Malcolm X Jazz Fest Represents the Best of Oakland
May 21st, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Events, Featured
Yesterday’s 12th annual Malcolm X Jazz Festival encapsulated what I love most about Oakland. A diverse gathering of families, youth and young professionals celebrated Malcolm X’s birthday and legacy of protest and community spirit with music, art [...]
Alonzo “Turf” Jones Wows At America’s Got Talent Auditions
May 17th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Featured
Many heads in the Bay know contortionist hip-hop dancer Alonzo Jones as Retro. At the San Francisco auditions for America’s Got Talent, Jones introduced himself as Turf, but what he calls himself is largely irrelevant. The 21 year-old wowed the judges, [...]
Oakland Love: The Morcom Rose Garden
May 16th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in 38th Notables, Featured, History
Oakland is for lovers. Nothing affirms this more than spring in the Morcom Rose Garden. Sunken in a valley-like amphitheater at 700 Jean st. off of Grand Avenue, the rose garden is a floral oasis amidst the buzz of the city. This past Saturday, while [...]
Mixtape Review: IamSu!: KILT
May 15th, 2012 | by Rayana | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music
“Same pack, same crew. Your boy stay true.” This line from Richmond’s own IamSu! is more than true and can be proven by the work put into his newest mixtape KILT.
Happy Mothers Day from Tupac Shakur & Jennah Bell
May 13th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Music
Mothers may not be perfect, but if they raised you, you owe something priceless to them. And if they didn’t, as is often the case in Oakland, let this day be a celebration of whoever it was who has guided you through this trying world.
Music Video: The Jealous Guys: Love and Other Drugs
May 12th, 2012 | by Rayana | published in Featured, Music
Casa and Ayinde, of San Francisco’s The Jealous Guys, are known for their deep, poetic lyrics accompanied by some chill visuals; but with their new release, Love and Other Drugs, it’s obvious that these two are trying to venture away from their usual formula.
38thnotes.com’s Bay Abridged Mixtape Is Back!!
May 11th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music, The Bay Abridged
This spring we are relaunching The Bay Abridged mixtape series with local luminaries Oaklandish. The end product is a tape that sums up the eclectic nature of our dynamic hip-hop and R&B scene here in the Bay Area. DL and Listen!
“THE NEW KBLX” SAYS GOODBYE TO BELOVED RADIO HOST KEVIN BROWN AFTER 22 YEARS
May 10th, 2012 | by Rayana | published in Featured, History
If you’re like me and most Bay Area natives, you’ve spent your early morning car rides listening to your “cousin” Kevin Brown and the rest of the Kevin Brown in the Morning crew on KBLX.
IAMSU! “Cancelled Plans,” New Mixtape Release Date, and 106 and Park Debut
May 6th, 2012 | by niema | published in Featured, Music
The plan was to download KILT on May 5th, but the link never surfaced. Can you delay a mixtape when you’re already having a mixtape release party? Yes, you can. If you’re going to be on BET’s 106 and Park on May 7th, then pushing the release to new music [...]
Happy 160th Birthday to Oakland, Cali
May 5th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, History, Thursday Throwbacks
I propose a toast to the city that raised me along with so many others. There has been fame and fortune in this town; Struggle and triumph; Grief and grace. There is a toughness to Oakland too. You had to be a little crazy or desperate to leave it all [...]
Best Weekend Ever: Wallpaper At Coachella
May 3rd, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Music
By all accounts Oakland party outfit ripped Coachella. No surprise there. Ricky Reed’s lead vocals are sometimes a tad shaky, but his wit and overall epicness always overshadow the fact. The video below chronicles the crew’s Coachella journey, the offbeat [...]
Michael Miller’s West Coast Hip-Hop: A History in Pictures
May 2nd, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Featured, History, Music
You ever hear the phrase, “Shut up when grown folks is talkin”? Well that’s exactly what we did when Zsa Zsa from Fusicology sent us this video of legendary Bay Area journalist Davey D interviewing long time hip-hop head Paul Stewart. Stewart has been [...]
