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Eminem

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    R.I.P. Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys' Visual and Humanitarian Genius

    Adam Yauch, the musician and filmmaker best known as Beastie Boys member MCA, died today of the cancer he was diagnosed with in 2009. Yauch was 47.It's so easy to underrate the Beastie Boys, in part because nobody did what they did, and for so long. From fighting for their right to party to fighting ... 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

    February 7, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Weekend Parties: Patrice Scott, Alan Braxe, Wonder-Full, and More

    DJ Spinna plays Wonder-Full this Saturday at Mezzanine​ Following in the fashion of every other weekend for the past couple months, this weekend offers a diverse and excellent grouping of parties that ought to cater to just about everyone's tastes. Read on, your weekend awaits. Friday, Dec. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Live Review: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Gets Revenge for the Nerds at the Fox Theater

    Jamie Soja"Weird" Al Yankovic at the Fox Theater on Sunday.​ "Weird Al" Yankovic Nov. 6, 2011 Fox Theater, Oakland Better than: Being a nerd in high school. First, "Weird Al" Yankovic turned Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" into a pop-skewering polka. Then, he ribbed Taylor Swift with a song called ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Yelawolf's 'No Hands' Video Drives the Streets of San Francisco

    ​Calling Karl Malden: the streets of San Francisco have been taken over by a rapper! Yelawolf, the Alabama-bred emcee signed to Eminem's Shady label, has released a video in support of Driver San Francisco, a new game from Ubisoft that's set to be released on Sept. 6. The video for "No Hands, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Anderson Cooper Calls Out Chris Brown; Ladies Everywhere Swoon

    ​So, remember that thing that happened at the 2009 Grammys? That thing where Chris Brown  and Rihanna both no-showed on account of the fact that he'd beaten the crap out of her? Then shortly afterwards, photos emerged online of a decidedly broken-looking Rihanna, sporting a swollen eye, a spl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    MTV at 30: The Top 10 Most Controversial Music Videos (NSFW)

    via Flickr​As MTV celebrates its 30th birthday, it seems poised for a calm middle-aged life in a nice neighborhood, where it can safely raise Jersey Shore and Teen Mom into even more reliable moneymakers. But it wasn't always that way: Before it gave up on music, MTV swept through American hou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Train Releases a Signature Wine, Becomes Instantly More Irritating

    ​ Prepare to be hit by a tsunami of nausea as we inform you that Train -- probably the most insipid band from the Bay Area -- is bringing out a wine (called "Drops Of Jupiter" -- after one of its biggest songs -- just to annoy us that little bit more), apparently aided by San Francisco Wine Co. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Tyler, the Creator's Goblin: A First Listen

    ​ Last year, Tyler, the Creator's arresting album Bastard won the then 19-year-old rapper and his vast, motley Odd Future collective attention and praise from sources including Pitchfork andBillboard. His second solo album, Goblin drops next week, the first physical product anyone from this gr ... 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 >>

  • Music

    March 9, 2011

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

    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 9, 2011

    Top 5 Rappers Who Are Obsessed With Phil Collins (And Will Be Sad That He's Retiring!)

    Phil Collins, the Genesis drummer turned solo artist, has retired from making music. This is sad news for his army of worldwide fans, most of whom presumably have sizable classic rock collections. But it's also news that will devastate a demographic one might not automatically associate with songs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Arcade Fire's Grammy Upset: Indie Kids Win the Big Award

    ​When Arcade Fire, led by gregarious frontman Win Butler, won Album Of The Year at the 53rd Grammys in an upset last night, it sparked a firestorm of online discussion and sent the indie community, led by tastemaker publication Pitchfork, into a virtual priapism. The Best Album Grammy usually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    The Grammys Are Coming. Here's a Drinking Game to Get You Through Them

    ​Yes, the Grammys are nothing more than a promo summit for what remains of our broken conglomerate record labels of yore. Columbia, EMI, Warner Bros., Capitol, Atlantic, Interscope, et al. like to believe they still hold some influence over the masses, and as long as we can sit here comfortably an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Watch: Hieroglyphics' DJ Toure Steps Out with Nio Tha Gift and Tajai from Souls of Mischief

    ​Sometimes it's nice to see musicians focus on doing one thing well, instead of trying to do everything well. So we happily can forgive the basic production of this black-and-white video, as well as the track's lack of song-ness. This isn't really a song, afterall -- it's Nio Tha Gift and Souls of ... More >>

  • Music

    January 26, 2011

    The Blow: Show Preview

    ​Sometimes it's nice to see musicians focus on doing one thing well, instead of trying to do everything well. So we happily can forgive the basic production of this black-and-white video, as well as the track's lack of song-ness. This isn't really a song, afterall -- it's Nio Tha Gift and Souls of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    The Billboard Social 50 Proves Internet Fame Can Only Get You So Far

    Bieber: Fame via YouTube​In early December, Billboard launched a new chart called The Social 50. It factors in all the times an artist is mentioned across various social media outlets and ranks them accordingly. When I heard about this, I was expecting to see a mix of both big name artists and a ... More >>

  • Music

    October 20, 2010

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

    Bieber: Fame via YouTube​In early December, Billboard launched a new chart called The Social 50. It factors in all the times an artist is mentioned across various social media outlets and ranks them accordingly. When I heard about this, I was expecting to see a mix of both big name artists and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Top 10 Weirdest Recent Couples in Music

    We found out last week, from a variety of tabloidy sources, that 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler are currently -- well, not exactly hooking up, but having intimate conversations in a bar and talking about maybe hooking up. W.T.F. people? We'd like to take this opportunity to pat Chelsea on the back for ... More >>

  • Music

    January 27, 2010

    Souls of Mischief embrace the Prince Paul regime

    We found out last week, from a variety of tabloidy sources, that 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler are currently -- well, not exactly hooking up, but having intimate conversations in a bar and talking about maybe hooking up. W.T.F. people? We'd like to take this opportunity to pat Chelsea on the back for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2010

    Listomania: Top Hip-Hop Picks For 2009

    While year-end, catch-all wrap-ups are common to every musical genre, in no other style of music do they turn into the hand-wringing, "state of the game" examinations that hip-hop seems to provoke. (I've certainly written a few.) We worry because we care, of course. But at some point, like a thirty- ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2009

    Listomania 2009: Unintentional Lyrical Hilarity

    While year-end, catch-all wrap-ups are common to every musical genre, in no other style of music do they turn into the hand-wringing, "state of the game" examinations that hip-hop seems to provoke. (I've certainly written a few.) We worry because we care, of course. But at some point, like a thirty- ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2009

    Local tech companies remove the music middleman

    While year-end, catch-all wrap-ups are common to every musical genre, in no other style of music do they turn into the hand-wringing, "state of the game" examinations that hip-hop seems to provoke. (I've certainly written a few.) We worry because we care, of course. But at some point, like a thirty- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2008

    The Knux: From street warfare to soirées with socialites

    (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

    September 14, 2007

    CD Review: Aesop Rock -- None Shall Pass

    (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

    August 29, 2007

    T.I.

    T.I. vs. T.I.P. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

  • Music

    August 8, 2007

    Subtle: hip-hop collagists of the artiest caliber

    T.I. vs. T.I.P. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

  • Music

    July 4, 2007

    Scribble Jam, Zeph & Azeem, Steve Lawler

    T.I. vs. T.I.P. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

  • Music

    May 2, 2007

    Plan B

    Who Needs Actions When You Got Words (Cordless Recordings)

  • Music

    April 26, 2006

    The Revolution Will Be Digitized

    TV on the Radio keeps a social conscience

  • Home Entertainment

    November 9, 2005

    Street Fighters

    The Warriors nicely complements the bloody cult classic that inspired it

  • Film

    October 5, 2005

    Goy Gevalt

    In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    Her Space Holiday

    The Past Presents the Future

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2005

    Megawestern

    The Heaven's Gate boondoggle, revisited

  • Music

    January 19, 2005

    Hyooj in '05

    Behold! A handful of bands to keep an eye on in the coming year

  • Music

    November 3, 2004

    Prince Po

    The Slickness

  • Music

    October 13, 2004

    BeatBox

    Buck 65 is not a rapper, or is he? MCs Azeem and Nac One pull a double CD-release.

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    Turner's Death, Taxes, & Prozack

    Oakland MC Prozack was headed for the big time. Then his major-label deal fell apart.

  • Music

    November 19, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Get the scoop on SF's Emperor Norton

  • Music

    June 11, 2003

    Freddie Foxxx/Bumpy Knuckles

    Konexion

  • Music

    April 9, 2003

    Cex Education

    Rjyan Kidwell enters the school of hard rocks, leaving his electronica stardom behind

  • Calendar

    March 12, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Rjyan Kidwell enters the school of hard rocks, leaving his electronica stardom behind

  • Culture

    December 24, 2002

    Fear Factor

    But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

  • News

    November 13, 2002

    What Becomes a Legend Most

    A modest proposal for commercializing S.F. neighborhoods.

  • Music

    August 28, 2002

    What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

    Can Live 105 become a kool thing again?

  • Music

    July 12, 2000

    For Love and Money

    Cali Agents' Rasco and Planet Asia are underground rappers who want to go platinum. You got a problem with that?

  • 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?

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