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Fugees

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    CopperWire: How Jam Sessions in Ethiopia Became a Hip-Hop Space Opera

    CopperWire is a new hip-hop trio featuring S.F. R&B singer and prodigy Meklit Hadero, rapper Gabriel Teodros, and producer-rapper Burntface (government name: Ellias Fullmore). The group comes with its own mythology: Its debut album, Earthbound, tells the story of three renegades in the year 2089 who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Live Review, 2/16/12: Lauryn Hill Leads a Rollercoaster of a Night at the Warfield

    Lauryn Hill Feb. 16, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Almost anyone else who had a hit record in 1998 performing it in 2012, probably. For the last decade, loving Lauryn Hill has been a little like being in an emotionally abusive relationship. You forgive her when she's bratty or messy or mean, you ... More >>

  • Music

    August 31, 2011

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

    Lauryn Hill Feb. 16, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Almost anyone else who had a hit record in 1998 performing it in 2012, probably. For the last decade, loving Lauryn Hill has been a little like being in an emotionally abusive relationship. You forgive her when she's bratty or messy or mean, you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle Drop a Surprise Late-Night Show on Oakland

    Lauryn Hill at the New Parish last night.​Lauryn HillDave ChappelleApril 13, 2011 (Actually April 14)@ The New Parish, OaklandBetter than: A good night's sleepWhen the news hit Twitter Wednesday afternoon, it seemed like a prank: Lauryn Hill and Dave Chappelle had announced a last-minute show at t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    The Top 10 Bay Area Hip-Hop Albums of 2010

    2010 has been a pretty good year for Bay Area hip-hop, if only because it saw the next generation of local rappers come into its own, eager (and maybe even ready) to put the Bay back on the national radar once again. Even after the death of hyphy, rappers here just continue to get weirder and weirde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Will Lil Wayne's Stardom Survive Lockup? Look To 10 Other Jailed Rappers

    RJ Shaughnessy​Lil Wayne, perhaps the most commercially successful and critically-lauded rapper of the past few years, was recently granted a reprieve from his date with destiny. Due to be sentenced on February 9th after pleading guilty to gun possession, the proceedings have been delayed until Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Last Night: DJ Krush at Mighty

    ​DJ Krush Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 Mighty Better Than: Staying home to watch Blade. DJ Krush came all the way from Japan and all he got was the caprice of San Francisco's fans. The pioneering figure in Japanese hip-hop, Krush is now nearly 50. Last night he spun out ambient noise patterns and sampl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    Wyclef Collaborates with USF for "If I Was President" Viral Video Tonight

    ​DJ Krush Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 Mighty Better Than: Staying home to watch Blade. DJ Krush came all the way from Japan and all he got was the caprice of San Francisco's fans. The pioneering figure in Japanese hip-hop, Krush is now nearly 50. Last night he spun out ambient noise patterns and sampl ... More >>

  • Music

    June 27, 2007

    French electro-rock luminary Richard Pinhas graces the States

    ​DJ Krush Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 Mighty Better Than: Staying home to watch Blade. DJ Krush came all the way from Japan and all he got was the caprice of San Francisco's fans. The pioneering figure in Japanese hip-hop, Krush is now nearly 50. Last night he spun out ambient noise patterns and sampl ... More >>

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Oneida vs. Raconteurs: one big riff deserves another

    ​DJ Krush Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 Mighty Better Than: Staying home to watch Blade. DJ Krush came all the way from Japan and all he got was the caprice of San Francisco's fans. The pioneering figure in Japanese hip-hop, Krush is now nearly 50. Last night he spun out ambient noise patterns and sampl ... More >>

  • Film

    March 1, 2006

    Get Down With Dave

    Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Cardinal Sin

    DJ Kevvy Kev hosts the longest-running hip hop radio show in the world on Stanford's KZSU -- sans recognition

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2004

    Musical Theater

    A striking performance

  • 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 19, 2004

    Return of the Jedi

    Once hailed as the savior of instrumental hip hop, RJD2 is back with his sophomore release

  • Music

    February 25, 2004

    House of Tudor

    Black Panthers, the "Time of the Season," and a little British dude named Goldie

  • Music

    December 24, 2003

    Various Artists

    Songs From the Street: 35 Years of Music

  • News

    February 19, 2003

    Laugh, or We Kill the Lobster

    Ben Westhoff gets inside the odd mix of cerebral and naughty humor that's taken S.F. comedy troupe Killing My Lobster to the edge of national fame

  • Calendar

    September 6, 2000

    Playing to the Crowd

    The word is not dead

  • Music

    January 13, 1999

    Beats, Rhymes, and Laughs

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    November 4, 1998

    Reviews

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Calendar

    September 9, 1998

    Night + Day

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    May 6, 1998

    Reviews

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    April 29, 1998

    Nuthin' But a She Thing

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    April 22, 1998

    Reviews

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    February 11, 1998

    Reviews

    A failed record deal hasn't dampened the Mountain Brothers' sense of humor

  • Music

    December 31, 1997

    Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    October 29, 1997

    Reviews

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    October 22, 1997

    Reviews

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    August 20, 1997

    Reviews

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    July 23, 1997

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    March 26, 1997

    Recordings

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    February 12, 1997

    Riff Raff

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    December 25, 1996

    Roots System

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Calendar

    August 28, 1996

    Night+Day

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    May 29, 1996

    The Beastie Connection

    How Adam Yauch and Erin Potts conceived the all-star Tibetan Freedom Concert

  • Music

    May 15, 1996

    Tabla Manners

    Cornershop at the intersection of indie and Indian

  • Music

    May 8, 1996

    The Books of Rhyme Pages

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

  • Music

    March 27, 1996

    Redemption Song

    The Fugees mark a return to righteousness in hip hop

  • Music

    March 20, 1996

    Samples

    The Fugees mark a return to righteousness in hip hop

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