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Bay Area Rappers Remake 50 Cent's "How to Rob" With a Misogynist Twist

San Francisco-bred rapper Messy Marv and J-Diggs, president of Vallejo's embattled Thizz Entertainment, have just released "211 on a Industry Nigga," a remake of 50 Cent's 2002 debut single "How to Rob." Both call out specific rap and R&B stars -- many of the same names, in fact -- and detail how th ... More >>

Friends of Nicki?: Five Black Musicians Who Supported Republicans

You've probably already heard about Nicki Minaj's Mitt Romney-related lyrics, in which she claimed she was going to vote for the Republican presidential candidate. So, did she mean it? Was she being ironic? Is this a publicity stunt? The only thing we know for sure is that the online furor over this ... More >>

IamSu! on KILT, Getting an Invite From E-40, and Why He Wants Lil B to do an "Up" Remix

E-40's "Function" is blowing up the Bay. It's a slap-happy track that also happens to feature a cameo verse from Richmond rapper IamSu!, who dropped his freebie KILT mixtape last week. So with Iamsu!'s buzz building, we checked in with the 22-year-old to talk about learning to produce under Trackade ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Friday 3/16/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music editors have selected t ... More >>

Watch: S.F.'s LoveRance and 50 Cent Smack Invisible Booties in 'Up!'

The most played local song on KMEL in the past year is "Up," an ode to licking and sticking girls by San Francisco's LoveRance that is consistent with a growing national trend of rappers declaring that they actually engage in oral sex as givers. Chris Brown did a remix for the song earlier this yea ... More >>

Strong Second Act

The Top Five Rap Cameos on The Simpsons

Kid Rock!​The squeaky-pitched funk of "Do The Bartman" might not come up often when rap nerds talk about hip-hop's golden era, but during The Simpsons' near 500-episode reign, the show has proved more than willing to spoof the rap world's biggest stars. So with the somewhat curious news that N ... More >>

DJ Prince Aries Talks Bay Area Rap, Loving Too $hort, and Why Busta Rhymes Is a Jerk

Prince Aries​Prince Aries has been a presence in the Bay Area's hip-hop scene for more than a decade now, holding down VJ duties on the Distortion 2 Static show, throwing local rap parties, and now releasing a mixtape that combines exclusive tracks from the Bay's bright new stars like DaVinci ... More >>

Chris Brown Japan Tsunami = Most Stupidest TV News Story We Could Possibly Imagine

Ummm:​Is local TV news in Sacramento really this bad?

Rocky's Swag: Roach Gigz Rides His Cocky Charm Toward Rap's Big Ring

In Print: Roach Gigz's Big-Ring Ambition, the Sway Machinery's African Adventure, and More

Roach Gigz​Roach Gigz: In 2008, the San-Francisco-born rapper Roach Gigz visited New York City. He went out to Southside Jamaica, Queens, the area 50 Cent and his G-Unit crew mythologized in rhyme. He visited Harlem, where he bought two small pet turtles for $10. And he fueled his trip by wolfing ... More >>

Funny Pic: Meet 50 Winfrey, a Mutant Cross Between Oprah and 50 Cent

Meet the mutant, 50 Winfrey​Now this is just wrong -- but it's so, so right. Here are four reasons why:1. This is a great photoshop job, duh. Love that they kept Fitty's 'stache.2. Back in '06, if you're old enough to remember, 50 Cent beefed with Oprah, telling Elle magazine:She started out with ... More >>

The Top 5 Most Regrettable Rapper Tattoos

Rappers lead the world when it comes to ridiculous tattoos. But while it's easy to mock Lil Wayne getting the EPSN logo on his arm or Eve's decision to stamp cat paws on her breasts, sometimes rappers themselves have second thoughts about their ink art. So with Gucci Mane recently revealing a freshl ... More >>

Dear Famous Musicians, Stop Trying to Fleece Us With Your Overpriced 'Signature' Headphones

You trust this guy's opinion about headphones?​It's CES time again, that once-a-year event when every consumer tech company that you have (and haven't) heard of flocks to Las Vegas to reveal this year's lineup of middling products they're sure will drive profit margins up. And, building on re ... More >>

Richmond rapper Erk Tha Jerk says melody is key to mainstream success

How To Understand Rap (the Book!)

Rapping paper -- by rappingpaper.co.uk​Just what does 50 Cent mean when he raps "I done come up and I ain't changed" in "In Da Club"? What is Eminem talking about when he says he's "on a search to crush up a milkbone?" And to what is 2Pac referring with the term "paper"? We can help.

Gay Teen Suicide an Epidemic

Men who 50 Cent deems should kill themselvs for failing to 'eat pu**y' may be helped along by 50 himself​The Week in GaySome weeks are driven by stories about politicians and legislation or courtroom drama. This is not one of those weeks. Personality and persecution are the themes this week. Fall ... More >>

The Top Five Songs About Pregnancy That'll Make You Celibate

As we all know, there are entire genres of music that exist solely for the purpose of getting you in the mood for humping; soundtracking said humping when humpage commences; or for reminiscing about the humping after the humping is over. But every now and again, the universe throws us some tunes to ... More >>

Freddie Gibbs shows gangsta rap's limitations

Another Word for Pirate Treasure

Why The Critics Are Wrong: Rap Albums You Probably Don't Know But Should, Part II

​Since many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. Here's an alternative to the critical consensus on rap. Yesterday, we ... More >>

Last Night: 50 Cent brings E-40 and Too Short onstage at the Warfield

​50 Cent @The Warfield June 3, 2010 Better than: Any sideshow in the Bay Area Hanging behind the stage at 50 Cent's show last night at the Warfield was a monstrous self-portrait of 50 emerging from a cityscape, with lava pouring out of his mouth and eyes. This apocalyptic stage setup mirror ... More >>

50 Cent is the last of the millionaire rappers

Crown City Rockers Sign to K7

Boom Bapster: Raashan Ahmad I caught Rashaan Ahmad opening up for Nino Moschella at the Shattuck Down Low last Friday. Got to give it up to Ra--he cannot be accused of keeping it "too real," yet he certainly keeps it 100% true-school hip-hop with his adidas sneakers and Cazal frames. Ra's rapid-fir ... More >>

The Jacka reprises hyphy with a gangsta twist

Hard Truth Soldiers Tour Takes Over SF, Major American Cities

dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

Obama and Hip-hop: Better than "Beef"?

EKAphotography copyright 2007. all rights reservedOur shoulder-brushin', fist-bumpin' POTUS in Oakland, 2007 For a long time, hip hop debates have tended toward the tawdry and tabloidesque--i.e., Is Kanye Gay?; Is Alicia Keys creepin' with Swizz Beats?; Joe Budden vs. Saigon, T.I. vs. Mysonne, Cha ... More >>

Top 10 Albums That We Hope Will Actually Come Out in 2009 (But Probably Won't)

(Dr. Dre might need an intervention in order to release his long-awaited Detox album)With the music industry in a continued state of shambles, even the average consumer is starting to understand that it's a risky venture to release an album and that this holds true for newcomers as well as those who ... More >>

The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

The Worst Lyrics of 2008

TOTC Fucks with Your Downloaded Album Leaks

E-40 Celebrates 20-Year Career by Starting Hip-Hop Water Wars

Loud Car Stereos Unite and Annoy the Fuck Out of People

CD Review: 50 Cent -- Curtis

CD Review: Kanye West -- Graduation

Led Zepp, Meg White and 50 Cent: The 'All Shook Down' Week in Review

Kanye West

Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

The 50 Cent Interview with SF Weekly

Serious hip-hop's for the birds: Pigeon John's goofy humor

Plaid & Bob Jaroc

Greedy Baby

Department of What the Fuck?

Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

What the Fuck, 2005

The 10 most head-scratching, insulting, crass, craven, and weird musical moments of the year

Bum Rap

50 Cent wants to be an actor ... but he's not

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area hip hop mixes of the day

Bang Thy Head Carefully

A survival guide for the summer's more vigorous music festivals

Snoop Dogg

R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece

Lloyd Banks

The Hunger for More

To the Lighthouse

Not too long ago, in a studio far, far away, Iceland's múm developed a transcendental brand of indie-electronic music

Freddie Foxxx/Bumpy Knuckles

Konexion

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