Jay Smooth is the best vlogger in the game and he comes through again here. He’s makin the point that a ridiculous Diddy blog (that I refuse to post) was. And that is: Don’t get fooled by this “Obama’s ahead bullshit.” The Repulicans are banking on [...]

So Mistah FAB is easy to to deride for many a reason, but I’m feelin these two joints. “Mmm Hmm” is just a koo little slap to cruise to. Subdued production courtesy of Traxxamillion. The other is a tribute to Oakland’s Godfather Too $heezy, off the [...]

Keak continues his longtime collaboration with a gang of Newport Menthols. Oh, San Quinn comes along for the ride too. This is apprently off their Welcome to Scokland duet album. The beat isn’t bad in that it sounds like every other lowkey Bay anthem [...]

http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swfSee more Ron Howard videos at Funny or DieRon Howard takes it back to push us forward. He revisits his old classics to help remind us of a simpler time, and hopefully a simpler future. The Fonz even [...]

Niema “Renaissance” Jordan is an Oakland grown writer with a love for the arts and a passion for building healthy communities. A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she did a short stint in New York after escaping Chicago [...]

A little East and West Oakland collabo off of Beeda’s 2008 album Da Thizzness. Unfortunately I don’t have an mp3 of this, but enjoy the whack ass slide show that accompanies it! lol. Is it just me or does Beeda look like the Bay’s Chamillionaire? Loving [...]

40 just makes talkin seem way more fun than normal. I’m pretty sure that if I tried to conversate like Unc tho, folks would look at me dumb ass sideways. So Ima keep it prim and proper and let Uncle Earl handle the Bayanese.”I caint stop/play me foul, [...]

Lets just say that Brett Favre and the New York Jets couldn’t return fire as Jay-Z suggested in the above quote. THE RAIDERS WON! THE RAIDERS WON! Granted, they did everything they could to try to lose it at the end again, but thanks to Seabass’s meaty [...]

On Sunday against San Diego, Oakland Tech’s Marshawn Lynch ran 19 times for 70 yards and a TD for the Buffalo Bills. He also caught 4 passes for 22 yards. Marshawn has yet to break 100 yards in a game this season, but due to Trent Edwards’s great passing [...]

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Article by Eric K. Arnold for the SF WeeklyExcerpt:If you were looking for a short description of [Tom] Shimura’s more famous alter ego, Lyrics Born, this oughta do it: high-performance, low-key. Shimura always rises to the occasion onstage, whether he’s [...]

Contributed by VernacularWhen I officially decided on attending San Jose State, I was bummed that I wouldn’t be in the same town as the A’s, Warriors, and Raiders because those were the teams that I had grown up following. But last Tuesday night I [...]