Mixtape Reviews

Album Review: Daveed Diggs: Small Things To A Giant

January 26th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music

Album Review: Daveed Diggs: Small Things To A Giant

Daveed Diggs is a soft-spoken maniacal motherfucker. He’s a quiet fellow when you first meet him–no rapper braggadocio or traces of ‘too cool for school’ bravado to speak of. He does stand out though. Aesthetically, Diggs fuses hyphy fashion sensibilities [...]

Mixtape: The Team Is Back!

January 6th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music

Mixtape: The Team Is Back!

The Team is one of my favorite groups of all time. They’ll never be compared to A Tribe Called Quest, Run DMC or the Wu Tang Clan, but for an Oakland boy coming up in the height of hyphy, no one else compared. Their sound was uptempo enough to get you [...]

Mixtape: The Free Experience presents: Free Jazz Vol.1

December 20th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Featured, History, Mixtape Reviews, Music

Mixtape: The Free Experience presents: Free Jazz Vol.1

All the cool kids fancy themselves music aficionados. We all want to be on the new dopeness first and be steeped in crates of rare old school vinyl that no one this side of Medicare has ever heard. Even the most well versed music heads tend to [...]

Mixtape: iamsu!: The Miseducation of IamSu!

December 14th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music

Mixtape: iamsu!: The Miseducation of IamSu!

The Miseducation of IamSu! might as well be called the Misrepresentation of IamSu! On the mixtape’s opening interlude Su says as much, and then goes on to present a tape that stands in stark contrast to what you may have heard from him on the radio. “(I [...]

Mixtape: GQ: Trouble Man EP

December 11th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music

Mixtape: GQ: Trouble Man EP

GQ has been on the radar of those in the know for a while now. His storied days on Oakland’s blacktop and Chapel Hill’s hardwood behind him, the Oakland emcee returned home and sequestered himself in the booth with the E-Team and some good tree. The result? [...]

Mixtape: Beejus: In the Mind of Beejus 2

November 22nd, 2011  |  by  |  published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music

Mixtape: Beejus: In the Mind of Beejus 2

West Oakland emcee Beejus has been buzzing around The Bay this past year, but with his latest mixtape, his reach is expanding. His last project, Bee Smoove, was an audio love letter to music. This tribute resonated with many, but left others yearning [...]

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 [...]

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Needed Perspective on Occupy Oakland from Kazu Haga

Needed Perspective on Occupy Oakland from Kazu Haga

In 1968 Armory Douglass wrote a book entitled, Oakland's Not For Burning. Douglass himself was no re[...]

Straight Outta B-Town: The Evolution of The Cataracs

Straight Outta B-Town: The Evolution of The Cataracs

When I was in college at UCLA, my roommate Garrett put me up on The Cataracs via their CD Technohop [...]

Opinion: The New York Times Doesn’t Understand Oakland

Opinion: The New York Times Doesn't Understand Oakland

Oakland is that muhfucka, jack! While folks as near as Pleasanton and San Jo are still afraid to set[...]

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