Subject: Droop-E

• SF Weekly Interview: Nelly

  September 10, 2008

• SF Weekly Interview: E-40

  By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large, you smell me? On the eve of his 11th studio album Ball Street Journal, which will be released on Tuesday (and features guest stars like Snoop Dogg, Bun B, Game, Akon and T-Pain), we spoke with the

  November 21, 2008

• Yay Area Grammar

  September 10, 2008

• The War Emcee

  March 14, 2007

• It Was a Year Of ...

  Well, lots of things, actually

  December 20, 2006

• Traxamillion

  The Slapp Addict

  August 16, 2006

• My Name Is Earl

  E-40 blows up, and takes the rest of the Bay Area with him

  March 15, 2006

• The Sick Wid It Umbrella/Various Artists

  May 25, 2005

• Sayonara, Vibe

  Shawn MortensenVibe's First Cover Hang on to those back issues of Vibe, folks. As of today, they're officially collectors items. As reported by Daily Finance, the New York Times, and RapRadar, Vibe is ceasing publication effective June 30. According to a letter from Vibe CEO Steve Aaron, the magazine is shutting down because of the following factors: "the collapse of the capital markets" (translation: we're in debt big-time); "the print advertising collapse" (translation: fashion companies and c

  July 1, 2009