Lil B and his pops keep it real #BASED on this joint. Slow-mo jabbering about the likes of Jaws, Tiger Balm, life sentences, Haitian relief efforts, banana clips and the deterioration of earth’s crust in dirty Vans and garish grizzly furs is the movement, [...]

Big Dan is an educator, activist and emcee all rolled into one. He is ¼ of Oakland-based Chicano rap crew BRWN BFLO, a quartet not known to mince words. Here Big Dan weighs in on the issue of gang injunctions, a hot-button issue these days in Oakland. [...]

“Reach the Top” is somewhat of a memoir. A little bit about the life of Erk now and a bit about how he came up. Same things can be said about the new visual. Flexing his directing skills again (peep London’s “ACTION” for a reminder), Erk teamed up with [...]

Before the official release of Bee Smoove, Beejus had a small listening session. Immediately “Ima BeeSmoove” jumped out. It was different from what we were used to and we wondered if the entire album would have the same sound. During that same session [...]

Photo by Mark Chua Mara Hruby piqued a lot of people’s interest with her debut project From Her Eyes, a cover of songs originally sung by men, from the perspective of a woman. Her sound struck folks as soft, soothing and refined. During 38thnotes and [...]

Last night two-thirds of the 38th Notes crew danced the night away at the People Party. Maya Songbird hit the stage and I made a note in my phone to find her music and check out her Kickstarter profile. Post performance the singer made her way through [...]

Game and Clyde CarsonClyde Carson has been on a bit of a hiatus, but he’s got a new project brewing, so wake up and tune in kids. The former Teammate is back with the Game-assisted “Something to Speak About” and the slick-talking “Save Me.”"Something [...]

Silence DemAll and DrazticOakland/San Jose emcee Silence DemAll (of The Swap Meet Ensemble) has kept his BLACWATER project on hush mode for a minute, but with “Rebel Come Down” we get our first glimpse at an unprecedented musical alliance. BLACWATER [...]