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Jurassic 5

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    R.I.P. Solomon Kahn, DJ for the Golden State Warriors, 1977-2012

    Solomon Kahn, a beloved local DJ who performed at such diverse venues as Oracle Arena, AT&T Park, and every major club in San Francisco, was tragically killed Tuesday, Jan. 31, in Bangkok, Thailand, in a car accident. He was 34. Kahn, known to clubgoers as DJ Solomon, was in Thailand as a part of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Chali 2na on How To Travel in Poor Man's First Class, and Getting Pelted with Bottles by Green Day Fans

    Chali 2na​At six-foot five-inches tall, traveling the touring circuit can be far from comfortable for the rapper and ex-Jurassic 5 member Chali 2na -- not least when it comes to squeezing himself into airplane seats intended for those of a markedly smaller stature. So as he prepares to kick off a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    After 20 Years, the Vinyl Still Spins -- And Sells -- at Groove Merchant Records

    Ian S. PortGroove Merchant owner Chris Veltri with a rare record.​Chris Veltri stands behind the cluttered wood counter at Groove Merchant record store. Dressed in a navy peacoat and Levis, with sandy blond bangs draped over his blue eyes, he watches three customers browse his small Lower Haight s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    What's With All The Misspelled Names in Hip-Hop?: An Examination

    Chali 2na​So Chali 2na's coming to Yoshi's tonight. Dude may be the most likeable member of Jurassic 5, with his booming voice and salaam-to-that-ass demeanor, but he's also the one whose name mounts the most nihilistic assault on orthographic sensibility (distant second: Mark 7even). Not that th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Q&A w/ Joyo Velarde of Quannum Projects

    ​Joyo Velarde is taking a break from being everybody's back-up singer. After incessant touring with Jurassic 5, the Living Legend Crew, Blackalicious, Michael Franti, Zion I, Ozomatli, and husband Lyrics Born, among many others, the classically-trained, Pleasanton-based, Quannum Projects vocalist ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2009

    Gift of Gab’s talent sidetracks his solo missions

    ​Joyo Velarde is taking a break from being everybody's back-up singer. After incessant touring with Jurassic 5, the Living Legend Crew, Blackalicious, Michael Franti, Zion I, Ozomatli, and husband Lyrics Born, among many others, the classically-trained, Pleasanton-based, Quannum Projects vocalist ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2009

    Rock the Bells

    ​Joyo Velarde is taking a break from being everybody's back-up singer. After incessant touring with Jurassic 5, the Living Legend Crew, Blackalicious, Michael Franti, Zion I, Ozomatli, and husband Lyrics Born, among many others, the classically-trained, Pleasanton-based, Quannum Projects vocalist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Lyricist Lounge Hits Mighty

      Western Conference: Pacific Division If you were an East Coast head who listened to underground hip-hop in the '90s, you're probably familiar with the Lyricist Lounge. The open mic/live performance event, which began in a small apartment on the Lower East Side, introduced folks to su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2008

    Children’s music aims for the sophisticated tykes

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

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

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Music

    March 19, 2008

    Medusa: The Stone-Cold Rapper Is L.A.'s Best-Kept Secret

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Music

    March 5, 2008

    Bay Area Picks for SXSW

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    Winehouse Cancels on SF: We have rehabs here too, Amy!

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Music

    December 20, 2006

    It Was a Year Of ...

    Well, lots of things, actually

  • Music

    November 29, 2006

    Dan the Automator's video addictions

    Well, lots of things, actually

  • Music

    November 8, 2006

    Lupe Fiasco

    Food & Liquor (1st and 15th/Atlantic Records)

  • Music

    October 18, 2006

    Cut Chemist puts a new spin on the art of the sonic collage

    Food & Liquor (1st and 15th/Atlantic Records)

  • Music

    September 20, 2006

    Automatic Weapon

    Dan The Automator Presents 2K7 (Decon)

  • Music

    August 16, 2006

    The Chop Shop

    Cut Chemist The Audience's Listening

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Z-Trip's second-homecoming

    Cut Chemist The Audience's Listening

  • Music

    May 24, 2006

    Thug life with Mobb Deep

    Cut Chemist The Audience's Listening

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Rock out with your Goblin Cock out!

    Cut Chemist The Audience's Listening

  • Music

    December 14, 2005

    Holy beat-bevy Batman: Cut Chemist, Z-Trip, Radar, Faust, Romanowski, dead prez, Marques Wyatt, Lisa Shaw, and "The Rootdown SF."

    Cut Chemist The Audience's Listening

  • Music

    November 2, 2005

    Rapper Fatlip, industrial innovators Front 242, and the dancehall star who brought us "No, No, No."

    Cut Chemist The Audience's Listening

  • Music

    August 10, 2005

    BeatBox

    Enjoy beats and bites at "Scratch: Dinner, Beats, & B-Boxing"; catch Cut Chemist cooking up crazy turntable concoctions

  • Music

    April 13, 2005

    Hello Nasty

    After 25 years, R&B crooner Lord Nasty is finally getting his message heard: Everything's better with a big, fat dick in your mouth

  • Music

    August 4, 2004

    Approach

    Ultra Proteus

  • Summer Guide

    June 25, 2003

    Summer Events a Go Go!

    What to do, all summer long

  • Music

    February 26, 2003

    Air Apparent

    The Justice League and Cafe Du Nord survive the winds of change

  • Music

    October 30, 2002

    Jurassic 5 Skhool Yard

    Jurassic 5
    Power in Numbers (Interscope)
    Skool Yard
    A New Way of Thinking (Threshold)

  • Music

    August 28, 2002

    What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

    Can Live 105 become a kool thing again?

  • Summer Guide

    June 19, 2002

    Music

    Can Live 105 become a kool thing again?

  • Music

    June 5, 2002

    DJ Shadow

    The Private Press (MCA)

  • Music

    September 19, 2001

    Roots Manuva

    Run Come Save Me (Big Dada)

  • Music

    October 18, 2000

    Beat Scientist

    Experimental rapper Doseone is too weird for the hip hop faithful -- but indie rockers love him

  • 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

    March 15, 2000

    Fiona Apple

    When the Pawn...

  • Music

    September 1, 1999

    Riff Raff

    Tuvans! Everywhere!, (Insert Carnegie Hall Joke Here), and There Are No Current Plans to Change the Name to Club Y2K

  • Music

    July 21, 1999

    Quannum Leap

    Growing out of Oakland's Solesides label, the rappers and producers of Quannum Projects look to expand even further

  • Music

    July 1, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Growing out of Oakland's Solesides label, the rappers and producers of Quannum Projects look to expand even further

  • Music

    June 3, 1998

    Reviews

    Growing out of Oakland's Solesides label, the rappers and producers of Quannum Projects look to expand even further

  • Music

    December 31, 1997

    Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Music

    October 8, 1997

    Riff Raff

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

  • Calendar

    September 13, 1995

    Night+Day

    What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997

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