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Hardcore Rap

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Hard Truth Soldiers Tour Takes Over SF, Major American Cities

    dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    The Worst Lyrics of 2008: NCAA-Style Showdown

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2008

    The Worst Lyrics of 2008

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas Headline Annual Rock the Bells Festival

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

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

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2008

    GZA: Going Back in Wu-Tang Time

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    RZA Leaves Wu-Tang Tour

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Best Albums of 2007 — SF Weekly's David Downs

    And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

  • Music

    December 5, 2007

    Wu-Tang Clan

    8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Talib Kweli To Justify ICER AIR Douche Fest

    8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2007

    Led Zepp, Meg White and 50 Cent: The 'All Shook Down' Week in Review

    8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    Last Night: Mos Def at Mezzanine

    8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

  • Music

    March 7, 2007

    New Coke

    Clipse reinforces the power of powder

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

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

    Clipse reinforces the power of powder

  • Music

    December 6, 2006

    Clipse

    Hell Hath No Fury (Jive)

  • Home Entertainment

    November 8, 2006

    Coke Dreams

    In Scarface, slinging yayo is the name of the game.

  • Music

    May 24, 2006

    Thug life with Mobb Deep

    In Scarface, slinging yayo is the name of the game.

  • Home Entertainment

    March 29, 2006

    Spray-On Soul

    Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti 's early years.

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    San Quinn

    The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Hot Chip

    Coming on Strong

  • Music

    December 21, 2005

    Department of What the Fuck?

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    What the Fuck, 2005

    The 10 most head-scratching, insulting, crass, craven, and weird musical moments of the year

  • Film

    November 9, 2005

    Bum Rap

    50 Cent wants to be an actor ... but he's not

  • Music

    November 9, 2005

    Mixtape Shmixtape

    Wherein we review Yay Area hip hop mixes of the day

  • Music

    August 10, 2005

    ODB

    A Son Unique

  • Calendar

    August 3, 2005

    School of Life

    Daara J takes hip hop back

  • Music

    July 27, 2005

    BeatBox

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

  • Summer Guide

    June 29, 2005

    Bang Thy Head Carefully

    A survival guide for the summer's more vigorous music festivals

  • Music

    April 27, 2005

    Louder Than Bombs

    For MC Immortal Technique, planting the seeds of revolution ain't nothin' but a g-thang

  • Music

    December 8, 2004

    Snoop Dogg

    R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece

  • Music

    November 3, 2004

    Prince Po

    The Slickness

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    J-Zone

    A Job Ain't Nuthin' But Work

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Wall Street Playaz

    JT the Bigga Figga has turned years of street hustlin' experience into one of the most inspiring new local hip hop labels

  • Music

    August 4, 2004

    Lloyd Banks

    The Hunger for More

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Sneering Sports Guy

    Gary Radnich

  • Music

    December 3, 2003

    Money, Power, Day Care

    Andre Nickatina raps about being one of the Fillmore's hardest MCs, so what's he doing driving a Toyota?

  • Music

    October 8, 2003

    Yukmouth

    Godzilla

  • Music

    June 11, 2003

    Freddie Foxxx/Bumpy Knuckles

    Konexion

  • Music

    February 13, 2002

    Scratch Attack

    How a white punk from Ireland helped jump-start the Bay Area hip hop and turntablist scenes

  • 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

    January 12, 2000

    Wu-Tang Forever?

    U-God comments on the state of the Wu nation after a tumultuous year for its members

  • Music

    August 18, 1999

    New School Session

    After big labels beat on its door for years, Lootpack found a home on a small San Francisco imprint and an original approach to modern hip hop

  • Music

    January 21, 1998

    Stakes Is High

    Bay Area hip-hop artists and the art of the hustle

  • Music

    January 8, 1997

    Recordings

    Bay Area hip-hop artists and the art of the hustle

  • 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

    February 14, 1996

    Recordings

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

  • News

    November 15, 1995

    Letters

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

  • Music

    September 20, 1995

    Jazzoetry

    The return of the legendary Last Poets

  • Music

    June 14, 1995

    Samples

    The return of the legendary Last Poets

  • Music

    March 29, 1995

    Samples

    The return of the legendary Last Poets

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