Mixtape Reviews
New Music: Dayvid Michael: Frienemy
January 3rd, 2013 | by Rayana | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music
After months of reoccuring features, performances, and single releases, the Dayvid Michael has finally released his debut album.
Music Video: Bambu feat. Rocky Rivera: “Rent Money”
October 9th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music
Hip-hop is a family business for Frisco girl Rocky Rivera and Watts native Bambu. The couple recently moved to Oakland after several years in LA, and it is here where Bam has put the finishing touches on his final album, …One Rifle Per Family. Though [...]
Berkeley Rapper 100s Drops Debut Album, Ice Cold Perm
September 21st, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music
You can tell from 100s debut album, Ice Cold Perm, that he’s got a penchant for old school player culture. There’s the Doggfather-inspired cover art, his raunchy affinity for Juvenile, his Suga Free-esque pimp insight, and a slick talkin’ snarl that you [...]
Rebels On The Mic: 5 Hip-Hop Albums You Should Bump This Fall
September 10th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music
Hip-Hop has lost it’s way in the eyes of many, but it still exists as a voice of truth and rebellion for many artists in Oakland and beyond. Bay Area writer Josh Healey speaks on five albums dropping this year that you need to check out for a little dose of reality and activist spirit.
Mixtape Review: Kool John: Live From The New Bay
August 6th, 2012 | by Rayana | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music
36 tracks loaded with 90s samples, more than 3 features on almost every song, and a run time of almost 3 hours? Let’s just say that such a collaborative marathon isn’t par for the course in hip-hop, but it’s quite fitting for Kool John. The Richmond [...]
Darondo & Happy Mayfield present Silver Cloud Time Machine
July 10th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, History, Mixtape Reviews, Music
From the legendary Sly & The Family Stone and Tower of Power to the lesser known The Lumpen and Darondo, Funk has long been a significant counter-cultural musical tradition in the Bay Area. That cultural movement has definitely lost some momentum [...]
Mixtape Review: IamSu!: KILT
May 15th, 2012 | by Rayana | published in 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.
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 Park’s Nate Mercereau Brings The Twang
April 11th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Mixtape Reviews, Music
$1,000,000 Worth of Twang is a brooding country opus from guitarist Nate Mercereau of Bay Area band, The Park. The instrumental themes were recorded in Mercereau’s bedroom and mixed in SF, but they might just as well have been recorded in a ghost town [...]
