It is finally time to honor the mastermind of the Get:Live Sessions, Mr. Rafael Casal. Rafa is a gifted poet, director, writer, and creative force who just also happens to be a really dope emcee. His work has been showcased on 38thnotes many time before, [...]

NPR just compiled a mix of California songs that explore the musical terrain beyond the cheesy classics we’ve come to know and love. It turns out there is music as diverse as the terrain and temperatures we have out here. Granted, because it’s an NPR [...]

George Watsky of San Francisco, CA is like the Energizer Bunny, if the bunny was actually a cheetah… with a great sense of humor. The self-proclaimed Backtalk Champion has long had an underground following in the Bay Area and Boston (where he attended [...]

On Monday night folks from all over the Bay Area gathered at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater for an amazing evening of spoken word in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some teens took a Youth Speaks stage for the first time, while others returned to [...]

Boy meets Girl. They click instantly on some “I think I know you from another lifetime” type ish. It’s beautiful. All smiles. Tons of flirting. Visions of walking down the aisle. Or at least waking up to the person consistently. Classic.Michelangelo’s [...]

Salutations beautiful people and appreciators of good music. We are back with the latest installment of the Get:Live Sessions, this time with Fillmoe thorobred DaVinci. The San Francisco emcee took many by surprise with his debut album The Day The Turf [...]

Mara Hruby’s From Her Eyes has been met with lots of praise and today she released the first video from the EP. “Is This Love,” shows Mara exploring the streets of and falling in love with NYC. Watch, enjoy, and comment.  [...]

Trackademicks has long been a leader of the new school in the Bay Area music scene. The Honor Roll General has been behind the boards for years, but with his debut album State Of The Arts he’s taking to the booth. On the first video from the project [...]

  You’ve heard The Love, Pain & Music Mixtape and watched the Get:Live session, but have you seen Netta Brielle’s latest video “Screamin”? Directed by Terrance Banks, the video for the Traxamillion-produced song shows Netta in her hometown of Berkeley, [...]

Erk Tha Jerk released one of the hottest hip-hop albums of 2010. You heard it right? No? Get on that. We’re still playing Nerd’s Eye View around these parts, so when Erk released two tracks via Twitter last week, we had to click. While “Luv Song” is [...]

Is it an amazing song or video? Maybe not, but 1st Place (aka Stressmatic aka TJ) has a way about him that makes him seem like the shit. Although he comes from Hyphy beginnings, he is 1/4 of The Federation, he has transitioned into a whole different [...]