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Dr. Dre

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Before Hip-Hop Squares: Eight Links Between Rap Music and TV Game Shows

    A game show that people have ever cared about -- even a little bit -- can go down, but it will never truly be out. Know the Dick Clark version of Pyramid that started in the 1970s and continued throughout the decade? No? Well, you've probably encountered the Bill Cullen version (also from the '70s), ... More >>

  • Music

    April 25, 2012

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

    A game show that people have ever cared about -- even a little bit -- can go down, but it will never truly be out. Know the Dick Clark version of Pyramid that started in the 1970s and continued throughout the decade? No? Well, you've probably encountered the Bill Cullen version (also from the '70s), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Best of Coachella Weekend Two: Sunday, April 22

    See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event. F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Tupac Hologram Is Terrifying and Distasteful. Let's Stop This Madness Now.

    On Sunday, April 15, 2012, the world officially entered science fiction-land. Sure, iPods are pretty futuristic, GPS is spy magic from space, and we all have stupidly intelligent phones now, but nothing has felt quite as much like living in a Buck Rogers episode than when Tupac got resurrected in ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Best of Coachella Weekend One: Sunday, April 15

    See also: *The Best Of Coachella: Saturday, April 14 *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs Wow, that was fast! In a whirlwind of top-notch performances from legends and buzz bands alike, pool parties, and rain, Coachella's first weekend is over. Here are our scribes' favorite moments from Sund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Roach Gigz's Producer CLoz Used to Sell Beats for $10

    CLoz sold his first beat for $10. That less-than-whopping fee came about as the East Bay producer was clawing his way up into the local hip-hop scene. Since then, Cloz has steadily built up an impressive body of beats, most of them hooked around rousing synth lines and synapse-sizzling snares; he's ... More >>

  • Music

    March 21, 2012

    Kendrick Lamar: Show Preview

    CLoz sold his first beat for $10. That less-than-whopping fee came about as the East Bay producer was clawing his way up into the local hip-hop scene. Since then, Cloz has steadily built up an impressive body of beats, most of them hooked around rousing synth lines and synapse-sizzling snares; he's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 21, 2012

    Kendrick Lamar

    Snoop and Dre's Protégé

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

    "What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Matthew Dear at Public Works, Frankie Knuckles at Mighty, Glass Candy at Mezzanine, and More

    You've seen the headlines: Noise Pop is finally here. As you can imagine, that means your options for entertainment for this weekend are dramatically expanded. We've got big parties on the horizon with performances by heavy hitting artists like Matthew Dear, Glass Candy, and Frankie Knuckles. That s ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

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

    You've seen the headlines: Noise Pop is finally here. As you can imagine, that means your options for entertainment for this weekend are dramatically expanded. We've got big parties on the horizon with performances by heavy hitting artists like Matthew Dear, Glass Candy, and Frankie Knuckles. That s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Coachella 2012 Lineup: Radiohead, The Black Keys, Dr. Dre and Snoop, Pulp, The Weeknd, and More

    See also: * Fauxchella: How to See Your Favorite Coachella Bands Without Leaving S.F. It's here: The lineup for the biggest music festival in the west, Coachella, and the first year in which the festival will span two weekends, April 13-15 and 20-22. The billing is a blockbuster even by Coachella ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Beavis and Butt-Head Return Tonight. Here Are Six of Their Greatest Musical Insights

    They're back! The horror!​The world-at-large is bound to associate a few things with Beavis and Butt-Head: the '90s, a ballsier MTV, low-grade animation, juvenile delinquency, crude sex talk, and two idiots who loved fire, cappuccinos, and causing mayhem. Another major B&B element that should ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    The Game's The R.E.D. Album: A First Listen

    ​ The Game needs no introduction. The man who was kicked out of G-Unit and made a whole album about whinily stalking ex-benefactor Dr. Dre has most recently performed two actions: 1) Releasing a diss track called "Uncle Otis," whose targets include Tyler, the Creator; and 2) releasing a collab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Lil B's I'm Gay: More Bashful Than Expected

    ​ I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    The Top Five Utterly Embarrassing White Girl Rap Songs

    Kreashawyn's "Gucci Gucci" is blowing up. The video to the song from the Bay Area-raised female rapper, which features cameos from members of Odd Future, is on track to top over a million YouTube views since its release last week. It's a high point in Kreashawyn's short career so far, as she attempt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    The Top Ten Hip-Hop Drinking Anthems

    ​Hip-hop's reliance on marijuana as a creative conduit and lifestyle accessory is well documented. But beyond the genre's top tokers, there's also a bubbling batch of rappers who've rhymed about not so much getting a little tipsy as daily dalliances with the dark world of being black-out drunk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Dear Dr. Dre, Please Stop Trying to Sell Us Things Other Than Detox

    Coming soon to your dad's new car.​Is it greed? Does he need the money? Or does Dr. Dre really not know that the world would much rather receive Detox -- the album he's been promising us since 2004 -- than his endorsement of the speakers in luxurious new Chrysler sedans?For those of you new to Dre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    R.I.P. Nate Dogg, Hip-Hop's Greatest Purveyor of Hooks and Choruses (With Bonus Videos!)

    Nate Dogg R.I.P.​ If you came of age between 1995 and 2005, it's hard to imagine you're unfamiliar with the late, great Nate Dogg (government name Nathaniel Hale), who passed away yesterday at the age of 41 after struggling with strokes suffered in 2007 and 2008. In his prime, he cornered the mar ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 9, 2011

    Drink 2011: Party Like It's 1999 -- Or Earlier

    Nate Dogg R.I.P.​ If you came of age between 1995 and 2005, it's hard to imagine you're unfamiliar with the late, great Nate Dogg (government name Nathaniel Hale), who passed away yesterday at the age of 41 after struggling with strokes suffered in 2007 and 2008. In his prime, he cornered the mar ... More >>

  • Music

    March 9, 2011

    Drink 2011: Party Like It's 1999 -- Or Earlier

    Nate Dogg R.I.P.​ If you came of age between 1995 and 2005, it's hard to imagine you're unfamiliar with the late, great Nate Dogg (government name Nathaniel Hale), who passed away yesterday at the age of 41 after struggling with strokes suffered in 2007 and 2008. In his prime, he cornered the mar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    An Incredibly Misleading Halloween Party Poster From Wild 94.9

    Now, say you saw this:​What would you think? If you're like most people, you'd probably think, "Hell yeah! I'm about to go see Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre headline Wild 94.9's Halloween party!"That's certainly what the designer of this poster wants you to think. But that's not what this poster is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Five Bay Area Hip-Hop Stars Who Should Be Really Stinkin' Rich

    Is this what it takes?​On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out Lil Wayne by a milli -- Weezy's cash-accruing steez have been impressively unabated by his recent jail sentenc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2010

    Another Word for Pirate Treasure

    Is this what it takes?​On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out Lil Wayne by a milli -- Weezy's cash-accruing steez have been impressively unabated by his recent jail sentenc ... More >>

  • Music

    June 16, 2010

    Herbal Melodies

    Choice moments in the surprising history of medical marijuana and music

  • Music

    June 10, 2009

    DJ Quik and Kurupt

    Choice moments in the surprising history of medical marijuana and music

  • Music

    June 3, 2009

    Eminem

    Relapse (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: DJ Staypuft

    (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 >>

  • Music

    June 25, 2008

    A brief history of vocal fakery from Zapp to "Lollipop"

    (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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    Dr. Pepper Promises Soda Pop For All...If Guns 'N Roses Get Their Shit Together

    (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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Del and Devin

    (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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    Journalist Murder News: Black Muslims Hated, Hunted Chris Thompson

    (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 >>

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    Bunny-hoppin' beats: Oxy Cottontail bounces clubbers onto the dance floor

    (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 >>

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Nas

    Hip Hop Is Dead (Def Jam)

  • Music

    September 6, 2006

    Follow the Leader

    Rakim's oft-imitated, never duplicated rap style

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Rock out with your Goblin Cock out!

    Rakim's oft-imitated, never duplicated rap style

  • Music

    November 2, 2005

    Don't Ask Why?

    Yoni Wolf's Elephant Eyelash announces a new direction for the hip hop innovator

  • Music

    July 27, 2005

    BeatBox

    Mu brings the techno stompdown to Rx; Mighty hosts a hip hop jammy-jam block party

  • Film

    July 20, 2005

    Boyz N the Studio

    Hustle & Flow is short on action, long on scenes of recording

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    BeatBox

    "White Out!" promises frivolity, "Guilty" assures bastard electro, and the Pound Boys exhibit their "Devotion"

  • Music

    August 13, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Comic Neil Hamburger tells lame, awkward anti-jokes. What's so funny about that?

  • News

    August 14, 2002

    California Loved

    Roger Troutman and his family brought funk to West Coast hip hop and influenced everyone from Ice Cube to Tupac Shakur. Then his older brother put four bullets in him.

  • Music

    June 28, 2000

    Personality Crisis

    As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

  • Music

    December 3, 1997

    Reviews

    As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

  • Music

    December 11, 1996

    Recordings

    As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

  • Music

    August 28, 1996

    SF Weekly Picks

    As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

  • Music

    February 14, 1996

    Recordings

    As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

  • Music

    March 29, 1995

    Samples

    As commercial hip hop radio becomes tired, turf wars flicker out, and the underground diversifies, does the Bay Area have its own identity anymore?

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