Footage just surfaced this week of a speech Mistah FAB gave a couple of months ago at an event honoring Mumia Abu Jamal’s 55th birthday. In it, FAB speaks on Mumia, the 432 years his brother is serving in prison and his efforts at bridging the gap between [...]

Check out Raashan Ahmad’s new video for “Mob Star Life” shot in the DTO (Downtown Oakland for the sponge bobs in attendance). It’s a nice ode to The Town and is a cut off his new solo effort Soul Power. Listen to the album and/or buy it HERE.Daps to OaklandLove [...]

The Oakland, Calif., “renaissance” has been touted for so long that one might become incredulous. (Then again, didn’t the Italian version last 200 years?) But after a trip to Cafe Van Kleef, the dirty-but-dapper cafe-bar at the epicenter of the [...]

I became a fan of The Cataracs back when they were rappers, but since they’ve transformed into electro/hip-pop stars they have created a lane all their own. The Berkeley boys are only 20 years old but already have an impressive body of work to their name. [...]

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This has nothing to do with the Bay, but this shit is HILARIOUS! Some cat named Lil Dez remade this Nike commercial and made it like 100x better than the original. Tell me you don’t agree.via Rap Radar [...]

Check out this new joint from Taje, Balance, Glasses Malone and Chevy Jones. Just in case you needed another Cali record to cruise Sunset or MacArthur to.Propers to West Coast Rydazhttp://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=7637462-490″Only In California”- [...]

Chops isn’t from the Bay, but he has done some quality work with Quinn and Keak recently, so he’s getting a pass. Here he remixes the most popular record out right now, Drake’s “Best I Ever Had.” I swear every time this song comes on it feels like it’s [...]

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