Kneak Da Sneak

DJ Shadow Goes Shopping for Inspiration at Amoeba

DJ Shadow Reviews His Own Discography

DJ Shadow​This week, DJ Shadow released his fourth solo studio album, The Less You Know, The Better. Featuring cameos from Little Dragon, De La Soul, Talib Kweli and Tom Vek, Shadow insists that the album isn't just a snapshot of where he's at as a musician in 2011, but also something that wil ... More >>

Insurgent Hip-Hop: Kreayshawn, Lil B, and Bay Area Rappers Throw Out the Rules

DJ Shadow​This week, DJ Shadow released his fourth solo studio album, The Less You Know, The Better. Featuring cameos from Little Dragon, De La Soul, Talib Kweli and Tom Vek, Shadow insists that the album isn't just a snapshot of where he's at as a musician in 2011, but also something that wil ... More >>

Hear Mistah Fab Attempt to Explain Why Hyphy Died

Diwang ValdezMistah Fab​Back in the mid-aughts, hyphy -- a Bay Area rap movement probably best known for its lines about "going dumb," and its proponents' fondness for standing atop slow-moving cars -- was poised to become the Next Big Thing. Bay Area rappers like Mistah Fab, Keak Da Sneak, and E- ... More >>

Can new Bay Area rappers step out of hyphy's shadow?

Diwang ValdezMistah Fab​Back in the mid-aughts, hyphy -- a Bay Area rap movement probably best known for its lines about "going dumb," and its proponents' fondness for standing atop slow-moving cars -- was poised to become the Next Big Thing. Bay Area rappers like Mistah Fab, Keak Da Sneak, and E- ... More >>

F.N.M At We All We Got Tonight

www.OneShotMediaProductions.comHe'll Slapp You: Traxxamillion​​ South Bay producer Traxamillion was arguably as big a force in the hyphy movement as any artist. His hot-shit beats backed everyone from Keak Da Sneak to Mistah F.A.B. to Dem Hoodstarz to Too $hort to 41Fever. He even produced MC L ... More >>

Art & Soul Downsizes, Ignores Local Rappers

EKAphotographyMissing in Action: the Kev Choice Ensemble​ The big news with Oakland's annual Art & Soul festival this year is that it's now two days, instead of three, and the date has been moved up to August 15 and 16, instead of the traditional Labor Day. A&S has a bunch of ads giving ... More >>

Rick Lee Launches New Bay Area Music Magazine

Sucka Free: Rick LeeIf you like hardcore Bay Area/West Coast rappers like Keak Da Sneak and The Jacka, or get titillated by industry gossip about Suge Knight allegedly getting a beatdown by a member of Akon's entourage, there's a new magazine just for you: Go Der (urban slang for "go there"). The m ... More >>

Oakland's High on Fire to Release Next Album on Koch

Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

Keak Da Sneak Arrested?

Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

Mobbin' Thru the Industry

How SMC Recordings built an indie rap empire

The Bus Stops Here

Mistah F.A.B. picks up where hyphy left off

The War Emcee

Messy Marv keeps it gutter

Producer, Remixer, MC

Oakland triple-threat Trackademicks does it all

Misc. Reviews

Hyphy Hitz: dumb and dumber

Live Wires

The high and lowlights of 2006 performances

Hip Hop 101: the Underdogs/Alt-Rock 101: the Secret of Their Overseas Success/ DJ Culture 101: the Critical Mash Honors Club

The high and lowlights of 2006 performances

Out of the Shadow

The DJ who works out of S.F. has crafted both exquisite beats and a carefully cultivated mystique. Find out from him why the lush trip hop is being replaced by a local hyphy sound.

Traxamillion

The Slapp Addict

Bubble, Toil, and Trouble

Bay Area hip hop ponders a Cristal boycott

My Name Is Earl

E-40 blows up, and takes the rest of the Bay Area with him

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

Mixtape Shmixtape

In which we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

Department of What the Fuck?

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

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area hip hop mixes of the day

Zion I

Hip hop's hope for uniting the underground and the streets