Chuck D

Reports from the Road: Bun B's "II Trill" release party

MP3 of the Day: N.A.S.A.

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Samples

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Samples

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Slap Shots

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Lost albums that should remain lost

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Long Island Rhymes

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Italians Always Do It Better: Joakim and Glass Candy

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

Goddamned Funny

Space is the place. At least that's still the deal when it comes to N.A.S.A. (North America South America) whose new single, "Money," features a hot-shit guest list. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, and Z-Trip are all part of the clan protesting the almighty dollar as the root of all thi ... More >>

For Whom the Bottom Line Tolls

Hip hop's big Rock the Bells thinkers break free from industry shackles

The Call of Katrina

Dirty Dozen Brass Band gives sonic insight into New Orleans' stormy history

Charting Hits

A year on the Public Enemy roller coaster

Garage punks wryly needle religion; jazz stars skewer Orwellian politics

A year on the Public Enemy roller coaster

Hip hop heroes school the new kids

A year on the Public Enemy roller coaster

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

Public Enemy Featuring Paris

Rebirth of a Nation

A Pack of Mutts

Rebirth of a Nation

Sonic Youth

Goo (Deluxe Edition)

Step Right Up

Running away with the circus

Louder Than Bombs

For MC Immortal Technique, planting the seeds of revolution ain't nothin' but a g-thang

BeatBox

Mr. Lexicon reminds us that rap can be smart and funny; the crew that produces News Breakz brings the jams; the Last Poets deliver classic agitprop -- and a writing workshop

No Bedtime Story

Playwright Mary Zimmerman's next splash

R.I.P. JMJ

A hip hop happening in honor of the late, lamented Jam Master Jay

BeatBox

The DJ that dared to remix Elvis, the man behind the Lazy Dog, and the ninjas that make up Ninja Tune

On Grime

We look beyond the buzz to get to the bottom of British MC Dizzee Rascal's phenomenal rise to fame

Prince Paul

Politics of the Business

Hear This

Legendary DJ Afrika Bambaataa brings his b-boy esoterica to town

Gone to See the River Man

Nick Drake has a skin too few

That's Edutainment

Rico Pabón and the Prophets of Rage find beauty in times of struggle

Rapper's Delight

The history of hip hop, at Yerba Buena Center

Riff Raff

The history of hip hop, at Yerba Buena Center

Reviews

The history of hip hop, at Yerba Buena Center

Nuthin' But a She Thing

The history of hip hop, at Yerba Buena Center

The Books of Rhyme Pages

From Michael Eric Dyson to Darius James, black writers struggle to define hip-hop culture

Night+Day

From Michael Eric Dyson to Darius James, black writers struggle to define hip-hop culture

Recordings

From Michael Eric Dyson to Darius James, black writers struggle to define hip-hop culture

Recordings

From Michael Eric Dyson to Darius James, black writers struggle to define hip-hop culture

Barbarian at the Gate

Heavy-metal titan Glenn Danzig inaugurates his own comic book line with Verotik Publishing

"Claire Fontaine: The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers"

Heavy-metal titan Glenn Danzig inaugurates his own comic book line with Verotik Publishing

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Kool Karlo & Haightin' Clayton

 ​As you'll learn from today's DJ Q&A, Kool Karlo & Haightin' Clayton are quite fond of skate mags, plastic watering cans, and making Tuesdays into the new Fridays. (But they can also keep Fridays as the new Fridays, if you check Clayton out tonight.)The pair pull San Franciscans out ... More >>

The Go! Team

Proof of Youth (Sub Pop)

The Loathsome Campaign Against Pension Reform

An offer he can't refuse? ​When Jeff Adachi enraged every last vestigial limb of the San Francisco political body by pushing his "Smart Reform" pension measure onto the ballot, your humble narrator made a prediction. Labor, acting through beholden politicians and complicit partners in the media, w ... More >>

Public Enemy: Show Preview

An offer he can't refuse? ​When Jeff Adachi enraged every last vestigial limb of the San Francisco political body by pushing his "Smart Reform" pension measure onto the ballot, your humble narrator made a prediction. Labor, acting through beholden politicians and complicit partners in the media, w ... More >>

Six Musicians Who'd Make a Better President Than Donald Trump

So, it turns out that angling to be a presidential nominee turns you into a massive racist. At least, that's all we've been able to glean so far from Donald Trump's ill-informed and bafflingly ignorant behavior over the last few weeks. "I wanna see Obama's birth certificate! I wanna see Obama's ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

So, it turns out that angling to be a presidential nominee turns you into a massive racist. At least, that's all we've been able to glean so far from Donald Trump's ill-informed and bafflingly ignorant behavior over the last few weeks. "I wanna see Obama's birth certificate! I wanna see Obama's ... More >>

The Cool Kids: Cool with Recording for Mountain Dew

So, it turns out that angling to be a presidential nominee turns you into a massive racist. At least, that's all we've been able to glean so far from Donald Trump's ill-informed and bafflingly ignorant behavior over the last few weeks. "I wanna see Obama's birth certificate! I wanna see Obama's ... More >>

Public Enemy: Show Preview

So, it turns out that angling to be a presidential nominee turns you into a massive racist. At least, that's all we've been able to glean so far from Donald Trump's ill-informed and bafflingly ignorant behavior over the last few weeks. "I wanna see Obama's birth certificate! I wanna see Obama's ... More >>

The Antidote to Watch The Throne: Why We Need Chuck D's "Notice -- Know This"

Public Enemy's Chuck D​ The luxurious sheen of Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch The Throne has beamed brilliant over the last couple of weeks of the hip-hop hype cycle. But amongst the chatter marveling at the upscale audacity of it all, there came a sobering and grounded moment just before the al ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Public Enemy's Chuck D​ The luxurious sheen of Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch The Throne has beamed brilliant over the last couple of weeks of the hip-hop hype cycle. But amongst the chatter marveling at the upscale audacity of it all, there came a sobering and grounded moment just before the al ... More >>

Comparing M.I.A.'s Super Bowl Middle Finger to Music's Greatest Bird-Flippers

Juvenile, numbskulled, pointless, banal, outrageous -- M.I.A. flipping the bird at this year's Super Bowl halftime show might have been all or none of those things, depending on whom you ask, but it was one thing above all: A surefire plot to join the ranks of the middle-finger-flashing musical elit ... More >>