Music Video: E-40 feat. Droop-E & Kendrick Lamar: “Catch a Fade”
May 26th, 2012 | by niema | published in Music
Could we be experiencing Hyphy Movement 2.0? I’m not sure. What I do know is that The Bay is in the media in a major way, just peep the Rock The Bells lineup and all of the damn remixes to “Function” and “Up.” Not to mention the mimicry of our sound… [...]
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!
E-40 & Busta Rhymes are Muppet Macks in Funny Or Die’s new “Bitches” video
April 3rd, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Music
This song was just a run of the mill stripper/pimp anthem until E-40, Busta Rhymes and co. took the form of muppets for the video. A muppet pimp anthem is like a nun twerk video, so wrong, but so amazing. In Funny Or Die’s new video, Busta Rhymes, E-40, [...]
Too $hort Releases Hella New Videos
February 25th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Featured, Music
Too $hort has come under fire for some inappropriate comments he made to XXL regarding advice he’d supposedly give to young boys this month, and while 38th Notes does not endorse such behavior, it’s not all that surprising. Too $hort has actually worked [...]
Thursday Throwback: E-40, 2Pac & Boots Riley: “Practice Looking Hard”
September 16th, 2010 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Music
Enjoy the old school funk as Tupac and Boots Riley join the ballatician for the “Practice Lookin Hard” music video. The site of 40, Boots and Pac pulling out little princess mirrors to mug in is awesome, but of course, 40 also lends his sicwitit mouthpiece [...]
History: E-40 Set Up The Notorious B.I.G. To Be Killed
April 8th, 2009 | by Coolhand Luke | published in 38th Notables, History, Music
Despite the understandable hoopla that surrounded the 2Pac/Biggie feud, Pac wasn’t the only Bay beast to mix it up with Mr. Smalls. After BIG made some unflattering comments about Uncle 40 in the press, the above situation transpired.In his old age [...]
