Youth UpRising is presenting a big Saturday extravaganza in conjunction with the Mayor and the Oakland Police this Saturday at Verdese Carter (Sunnyside) Park on 98th Ave & Bancroft. Come out for free food, fun, employment opportunities, and entertainment [...]

Raphael Saadiq and Sly Stone are two of my favorite Bay Area native sons, and it just so happens that they’re energies converged on stage in Mejeriet Lund, Sweden last week. Ray Ray & Co. performed a cover of “Underdog,” a fairly obscure and underrated [...]

Forever Be Hip-Hop has been on my i-Pod for months, and finally Clif Soulo is unleashing the beast! The collection of beats from Be and Finding Forever were meant as an homage to Common, but Soulo’s versions are stand outs in their own right. The Oakland [...]

Here are a few tracks for that Bay Area sweet tooth-The first song is “Running Wild” by the CunninLynguists featuring E-40 & Evidence. The CunninLynguists are a trio of rappers from the south, Evidence is a member of the LA collective Dilated Peoples, [...]

These Icon cats crack me up with their shirtless early-90s aesthetic. Their music isn’t bad, but I’m having a hard time believing this picture is of a present day R&Bay; group, and not a vain Jodeci cover-band.Their first single, “Sexy and Hood,” featured [...]

Rafael Casal of The Getback Crew is putting the finishing touches on his Monster LP and has just released the first video for the project. “Monster” is an interesting take on the effects of institutionalization and how that process cages our creativity. [...]

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The Bear Flag Republic returns with this posse cut featuring Glasses Malone, Mistah FAB, Crooked I, Damani, Roscoe Umali, Stylez and Silky Slim. Enjoihttp://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=8975000-6df&new_design=trueDL: “Cal-i-for-ni-a”- The Golden [...]

Reputed Bay Area writer Dave Eggers has penned a novelization of the new hit movie Where the Wild Things Are. He worked closely with director Spike Jonz on the film and ended up writing a book that fills in a lot of back story and additional details. [...]