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March 28, 2012
How To Not Piss Off Tyga at His S.F. Show
Los Angeles rapper Tyga's March 19 concert in Omaha, Nebraska didn't end well -- after the show, there was a shootout. The rapper told XXL that a local act was mad because Tyga wouldn't let the group open up for him on the spur of the moment, and that the locals started throwing debris on the stage ... More >>
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March 21, 2012
Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music
Los Angeles rapper Tyga's March 19 concert in Omaha, Nebraska didn't end well -- after the show, there was a shootout. The rapper told XXL that a local act was mad because Tyga wouldn't let the group open up for him on the spur of the moment, and that the locals started throwing debris on the stage ... More >>
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March 19, 2012
The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012
The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>
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March 16, 2012
The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012
If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Trombone Shorty on New Orleans Attitude, Growing Up With Hip-Hop, and Covering Lil Wayne
Trombone Shorty plays Friday and Saturday at the Fillmore. "I've been hearing hip-hop music since I was born." So says Trombone Shorty, the brass-playing band leader who grew up in the Tremé district of New Orleans' 6th Ward and has already amassed a Grammy nomination for his debut jazz albu ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Music Links: Drake and Weezy in the Bay, Loud Talkers at Concerts, and More
Drake hangin' with Mistah FAB on the set of his video shoot in Oakland. Photo via SoulCulture. So, Drake and Lil Wayne were in the Bay Area last weekend, shooting a video for "The Motto." [East Bay Express] A worthy screed about awful loud talkers during a Weakerthans show at the Independent ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
It Was All a Dream
Drake hangin' with Mistah FAB on the set of his video shoot in Oakland. Photo via SoulCulture. So, Drake and Lil Wayne were in the Bay Area last weekend, shooting a video for "The Motto." [East Bay Express] A worthy screed about awful loud talkers during a Weakerthans show at the Independent ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Drake's Take Care: A First Listen
Funny thing about Drake: I'm forced to care. This goes beyond my duties as a music writer; rap now is in a state where someone like Drake or Rick Ross becomes the sun and everyone surrounding becomes an orbiting satellite. I'm a huge fan of co-Money Youngins Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, and I ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Friday: Lil Wayne Apologizes for the Swearing at Shoreline
Lil Wayne's family-friendly fun.Lil Wayne Friday, September 2, 2011 @Shoreline Amphitheatre Better than: Rap shows without fireworks and fake gunshots "I apologize to the parents who brought their kids because of the cussing," said Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. at the end of a nearly two-hour ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Lil B's I'm Gay: More Bashful Than Expected
I love the idea of Lil B -- a member of Berkeley one-hit wonders the Pack who wasn't gonna go out like that, and has since thrown anything and everything at the wall via Twitter and Mediafire to keep attention, fans and fame -- yet I've scarcely heard a note of his music. Loved his stint on ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
How To Be a Band's Tour Manager (Without Murdering Anyone)
Casey Schafer is an ex-tour manager with more than a decade of on-the-road experience, working with a variety of artists, including pop-punk bands (MxPx) and rap superstars (Lil Wayne). He now owns and operates the North Beach-based record label Burning House, and manages artists with whom he n ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, and Rick Ross in Oakland: Photos from Last Night's Show
Richard HaickLil Wayne in Oakland! Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Rick Ross April 24, 2011 Oracle Arena, Oakland Lil Wayne! Lil Wayne! Lil Wayne! Weezy himself appeared in Oakland last night for a blowout show with friends Nicki Minaj, Travis Barker, and Rick Ross. Judging by these photos from Richard Ha ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Point/Counterpoint: Is a Sober Lil Wayne a Good Thing?
But are you any good sober? Lil Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's kept kosher. And yet something doesn't quite sit right. For the man wh ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
The Top 5 Most Regrettable Rapper Tattoos
Rappers lead the world when it comes to ridiculous tattoos. But while it's easy to mock Lil Wayne getting the EPSN logo on his arm or Eve's decision to stamp cat paws on her breasts, sometimes rappers themselves have second thoughts about their ink art. So with Gucci Mane recently revealing a freshl ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Two Kanye West Songs For The World Series-Winning SF Giants
In case you were in a soundproof panic room between 8 p.m. and roughly right now, the Giants won the World Series last night. To help you sort out the complex emotions you are no doubt feeling, here are two apropos songs by Kanye West, both from before the whole I'ma-tweet-about-letting-my-phoenix-f ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Stop, Drop and Roll: Justin Bieber is White?
Biebster on the micI think I can still legitimately claim to have never heard a real Justin Bieber song, which doesn't bother me very much. Doesn't keep me from appreciating his cherubic wholesomeness and his unauthorized novelties, such as the Sigur Rós-caliber majesty of "U Smile" slowed down ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Trey Songz: Show Preview
Biebster on the micI think I can still legitimately claim to have never heard a real Justin Bieber song, which doesn't bother me very much. Doesn't keep me from appreciating his cherubic wholesomeness and his unauthorized novelties, such as the Sigur Rós-caliber majesty of "U Smile" slowed down ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Five Bay Area Hip-Hop Stars Who Should Be Really Stinkin' Rich
Is this what it takes?On Tuesday, Forbes published its list of hip-hop's 20 highest earners: Jay-Z at number one, naturally, with $63 million, and Senegalese crooner Akon edging out Lil Wayne by a milli -- Weezy's cash-accruing steez have been impressively unabated by his recent jail sentenc ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
The Most Peculiar Athlete Arrests of All-Time
www.hipsterwave.com Following a police sting operation, epic NFL bust JaMarcus Russell added himself to the list of famous figures, including Lil' Wayne, who've been nailed for possession of codeine cough syrup -- the key ingredient of "purple drank."Russell's Monday arrest on a Nyquil rap got us ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Rap Albums You Probably Don't Know But Should, Part I
Illmatic isn't Nas' only good album, despite what you may have heardSince many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. T ... More >>
Music
June 2, 2010
50 Cent is the last of the millionaire rappers
Illmatic isn't Nas' only good album, despite what you may have heardSince many recent Next Big Things in rap have proven disappointing -- see Wale, Asher Roth and B.o.B. -- it might be time to consider the possibility that hip-hop tastemakers don't know what to look for in the first place. T ... More >>
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February 16, 2010
Will Lil Wayne's Stardom Survive Lockup? Look To 10 Other Jailed Rappers
RJ ShaughnessyLil 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 >>
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September 15, 2009
Fish & Farm's Chad Newton: The SFoodie Interview
C. NewtonChad Newton: Wants Gordon to keep yelling.Growing up in Mountain View, Chad Newton got a taste of restaurant glory via family trips to Stars, Jeremiah Tower's watershed Cali brasserie. "I used to always gravitate toward the regular menu, not the kid's menu," Newton said. He graduated ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
13 Reasons Why Yoga-Hop Is Gonna Be Huge
Doze Green"Kali Dwapar" Big tip o' the ASD hat--hey, do we have hats?--to SF Weekly Clubs Editor John Graham for passing along this tasty tidbit about what could be the Next Big Hip-Hop trend. In JG's words: "Now that MC Chris has agreed to appear at Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Jugg ... More >>
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July 22, 2009
NPR: Rap as Geopolitics
Il(l) like Kim Jong: Lil' Wayne National Public Radio has an interesting take on beef in the rap world: it's essentially a mirror of global politics, according to Marc Lynch, a professor at George Washington University and the director of the Institute of Middle East Studies. ""The way that ... More >>
Music
April 8, 2009
How the crash will reshape the music industry
Il(l) like Kim Jong: Lil' Wayne National Public Radio has an interesting take on beef in the rap world: it's essentially a mirror of global politics, according to Marc Lynch, a professor at George Washington University and the director of the Institute of Middle East Studies. ""The way that ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
10 Music Stars Who'd Make Great Soap Stars
Paula AbdulAs people turn away from soap operas in droves, daytime television continues to pull out the dramatic stops in order to keep afloat in the recession. But if Days of Our Lives or All My Children wants a bit of a buzzy boost that a fictional transsexual rock star just cannot provide, the pr ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
Town Bizness Cancels SF Show
EKAphotographyTown Bizness Too $hort's highly-anticipated supergroup Town Bizness has canceled their scheduled March 27 show at the Grand Ballroom. No official reason was given for the cancellation, and the show has yet to be rescheduled. A representative for $hort's label Up All Nite, reach ... More >>
Music
January 7, 2009
Eight Steps to a Better 2009
EKAphotographyTown Bizness Too $hort's highly-anticipated supergroup Town Bizness has canceled their scheduled March 27 show at the Grand Ballroom. No official reason was given for the cancellation, and the show has yet to be rescheduled. A representative for $hort's label Up All Nite, reach ... More >>
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December 31, 2008
Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers
By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barrier ... More >>
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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 >>
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December 17, 2008
The Year in Music: 2008's Top Ten Pop Songs
By Annie ZaleskiPop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The foll ... More >>
Music
December 17, 2008
Lil Wayne’s crappy performance record
By Annie ZaleskiPop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The foll ... More >>
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December 16, 2008
Listomania: If You've Got a Little Time on Your Hands!
By Meredith Brody We love lists, as it happens, almost as much as magazines and their cover blurb writers do (as in Cosmopolitan's invariable "365 New Sexual Positions!" and O the Oprah Magazine's "53 Ways to Give Your Looks a Lift" and Allure's "52 Tips for Irresistible Hair, Makeup, Skin - and At ... More >>
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December 16, 2008
Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008
By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously ... More >>
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November 17, 2008
Lil Wayne at Oracle in Dec.
It's official -- America loves Lil Wayne. He's come a long way from being the rapper who coined the atrocious term "bling bling," to getting himself parodied on the cover of Mad Magazine and making a superfluous appearance at the Country Music Awards. If all this Weezy fuss isn't enough for you, t ... More >>
Music
November 5, 2008
Border Beats
It's official -- America loves Lil Wayne. He's come a long way from being the rapper who coined the atrocious term "bling bling," to getting himself parodied on the cover of Mad Magazine and making a superfluous appearance at the Country Music Awards. If all this Weezy fuss isn't enough for you, t ... More >>
Music
October 15, 2008
Lavelle’s Yer UNKLE
It's official -- America loves Lil Wayne. He's come a long way from being the rapper who coined the atrocious term "bling bling," to getting himself parodied on the cover of Mad Magazine and making a superfluous appearance at the Country Music Awards. If all this Weezy fuss isn't enough for you, t ... More >>
Music
August 6, 2008
The Cataracs have the fans, lack the lyrics
It's official -- America loves Lil Wayne. He's come a long way from being the rapper who coined the atrocious term "bling bling," to getting himself parodied on the cover of Mad Magazine and making a superfluous appearance at the Country Music Awards. If all this Weezy fuss isn't enough for you, t ... More >>
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July 6, 2008
Saturday: Undisputed Champions [Bored of the Rings] at Muse Photo Studio
It's official -- America loves Lil Wayne. He's come a long way from being the rapper who coined the atrocious term "bling bling," to getting himself parodied on the cover of Mad Magazine and making a superfluous appearance at the Country Music Awards. If all this Weezy fuss isn't enough for you, t ... More >>
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June 25, 2008
Tiny Monsters
It's official -- America loves Lil Wayne. He's come a long way from being the rapper who coined the atrocious term "bling bling," to getting himself parodied on the cover of Mad Magazine and making a superfluous appearance at the Country Music Awards. If all this Weezy fuss isn't enough for you, t ... More >>
Music
June 25, 2008
A brief history of vocal fakery from Zapp to "Lollipop"
It's official -- America loves Lil Wayne. He's come a long way from being the rapper who coined the atrocious term "bling bling," to getting himself parodied on the cover of Mad Magazine and making a superfluous appearance at the Country Music Awards. If all this Weezy fuss isn't enough for you, t ... More >>
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March 5, 2008
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February 12, 2008
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December 5, 2007
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November 8, 2007
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June 27, 2007
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