You can't bring up neo-soul without bringing up Raphael Saadiq. He's definitely earned a reputation as one of the best R&B/soul artists of our time, having produced classic tracks with Tony! Toni! Tone!, the Roots, Erykah Badu, and Joss Stone, to name a few. Saadiq's latest album, The Way I See It, takes out the "neo" and leaves nothing but classic soul. Catch Saadiq's funky basslines and throwback sounds when he plays the Fillmore Feb. 3. Tickets go on sale Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. --Oscar Pascu
This Thursday SF Weekly will be hosting Artopia, an art show at Project One featuring the 10 finalists in our annual Masterminds contest. That night, we'll award $2,500 grants to three lucky artists. In the meantime, we'll be previewing the works of the works of the finalists here on All Shook Down.
Jasmin Zorlu's hats are famous: Erykah Badu has three.
Using fur felt and -- seriously -- fish leather, Zorlu makes hats that recall flappers, freedom fighters, and femmes fatales. Convertible c
Baduizm: Erykah Badu If you missed your first chance to see hip-hop take over the normally-staid Davies Hall--home of the San Francisco Symphony, don't fret. Ankh Marketing and Guerilla Union (promoters of Rock the Bells) has just announced an upcoming performance by the mighty Mos Def and the divine Erykah Badu at the hallowed hall, on Thursday, September 3 (up-and-comer Jay Electronica opens). And though official ticketing doesn't begin until tomorrow, August 1, click on this link and enter
Tickets are almost gone for the September 3 Mos Def/ Erykah Badu show at Davies Symphony Hall--they sold like the proverbial hotcakes. But fear not, O fans of the Mighty Mos. A second date, September 4, has been added at Oakland's historic Paramount Theater, giving Def disciples an additional opportunity to catch the man about whom Esquire raved "there is no better lyricist... in music. Not hip-hop. Music." Preview tracks from Mos' new album The Ecstatic can be heard here and more info is h
EKAphotographyBoots Riley at Outside Lands, 2009
It's been a minute since Oakland's legendary hip-hop group the Coup last played its hometown - nine years in fact, according to frontman and primary songwriter Boots Riley. In that time, the group has played SF and Berkeley -"We did a kind of rehearsal at Black New World 2 years ago," Boots recalls -but Friday's gig at the New Parish is their first "legitimate" O-Town gig since 2000, he says. In that time, Boots has busied himself by going
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