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Nas (Rapper)

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Secret Circuit, Large Professor, James Murphy, and More

    As Memorial Day approaches, so does the extended pleasure of a three-day weekend. While it might be tempting to turn off your phone and barbecue straight from Friday to Monday, we strongly urge you to look over this short list before checking out completely. Read on -- your weekend awaits. Friday, ... More >>

  • Music

    May 23, 2012

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

    As Memorial Day approaches, so does the extended pleasure of a three-day weekend. While it might be tempting to turn off your phone and barbecue straight from Friday to Monday, we strongly urge you to look over this short list before checking out completely. Read on -- your weekend awaits. Friday, ... More >>

  • Music

    May 23, 2012

    Large Professor: Show Preview

    As Memorial Day approaches, so does the extended pleasure of a three-day weekend. While it might be tempting to turn off your phone and barbecue straight from Friday to Monday, we strongly urge you to look over this short list before checking out completely. Read on -- your weekend awaits. Friday, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup: Deltron 3030, E-40, and Too $hort Rep the Bay

    Deltron 3030 (the trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala) and the powerhouse duo of E-40 and Too $hort are the local names representing the Bay Area at this year's hip-hop megafest Rock The Bells, which returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre this August 25-26. This year's lin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Six Children of Music Legends Whose Own Music Doesn't Suck

    You may have heard this week that Paul McCartney's son, James, wants to get together with the children of John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr and be a Beatles: Next Generation band. Truthfully, that might be one of the saddest and most desperate concepts for a musical project we've ever he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

    So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

    "What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Stretch Armstrong on the Demise of FM Radio and the Inanity of Celebrity DJs

    One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launch the c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 30, 2011

    It Was All a Dream

    One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launch the c ... More >>

  • Music

    August 31, 2011

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

    One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launch the c ... More >>

  • Music

    August 24, 2011

    Rock the Bells Brings Classic Hip-Hop Debuts to the Stage

    One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launch the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Mochilla's B Plus on Endtroducing, J-Dilla, and the Last Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography

    Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Brian Cross (or B as he's commonly known) has blazed a distinct path through independent media over the past two decades. A native of Limerick, Ireland, Cross moved to L.A. in the early '90s and quickly became a go-to hip-hop photographer starting with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Country Star Eric Church Hates Your Hip-Hop Hat and Sagging Jeans

    On occasion, All Shook Down gives a listen to the music that is to real America what brine is to a cucumber. This is one of those occasions. Eric Church, "Homeboy" There's a fine bit of bullshit in Jay-Z's Decoded, that tony slab of image-sprucing book art in which the man who once bragg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Get Bent with the Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2

    ​This week: Get bent with the Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2 (Explicit)​Behind the buzz: There are weeks when the choice for audio bongload is obvious, and this is one such. The censor-approved "clean" version of the new Beasties' album was prematurely released onto the Internet, leav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Former Record Exec Steve Stoute Trashes the Grammys in Full-Page NYT Ad -- And He's Got a Point

    Gaga at the Grammys​Steve Stoute, an industry executive famous in hip-hop circles for managing Nas and beefing with Diddy, isn't happy with the way the Grammys turned out last week. In fact, he's so mad that he took out a full page ad in the New York Times to air his grievances with the award show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Kanye West on Twitter: Top 8 Things We Want Kanye's Buying Advice On

    Kanye and his crew looking ready to dispense some buying advice.​Dear Kanye,In the approximately thirty-four days, five hours and seventeen minutes since you joined Twitter, you have taught the world great deal -- about yourself, about life, and even sometimes about music. But the rarest wisdom ye ... More >>

  • Music

    August 11, 2010

    Nas and Damian Marley show the wrong way to Africa

    Kanye and his crew looking ready to dispense some buying advice.​Dear Kanye,In the approximately thirty-four days, five hours and seventeen minutes since you joined Twitter, you have taught the world great deal -- about yourself, about life, and even sometimes about music. But the rarest wisdom ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Nas and Damian Marley, Outside Lands' Weak Lineup, and the Unfashionable Mister Loveless

    ​So Nas and Damian Marley set out to make a rap-reggae record. It's not a terribly novel idea, but given the pair's credentials, the disc sounds at least promising, right? Don't spark that spliff just yet: Sean Fennessey writes in our print edition this week that Nas and Marley's finished product, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Cormega Gets Crowd Moving at First-Ever Bay Area Show

    ​Cormega June 17, 2010 The Rockit Room Better Than: South Bronx. South, South Bronx. The latest in Sellassie's on-going hip-hop series We All We Got brought Cormega to the Richmond District for his first Bay Area appearance ever. Rockit Room's upstairs venue was a fragrant hotbox stuffed with par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 heard​Since 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Outside Lands Goes on Sale Today. Behold These Tasty Food and Music Pairings

    Tamara PalmerPica Pica Maize Kitchen's cachapas: Goes great with Colombian rock.​While we're both a music and food writer by trade, we were sent to Outside Lands last year with a specific mission to eat, and it was refreshing to have so many truly good edible distractions that we barely cared ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Good Rappers Who've Made Terrible Actors

    The trend of rappers shifting into acting is nothing new, and in theory it makes sense. Both roles focus on emotive storytelling, right? Unfortunately, that transition isn't always a smooth one--a point hammered home repeatedly by the new film Just Wright, starring Queen Latifah and Common. It's 100 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Straight Outta Fresno: Fashawn Hits Slim's

    ​Plenty of cities you wouldn't normally associate with hip-hop have been producing their fair share of beats and rhymes. That said, it's still surprising to learn that one of rap's brightest young stars is from the same place that just hosted the Future Farmers of America's Leadership Conference. ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2010

    Stretch Armstrong

    ​Plenty of cities you wouldn't normally associate with hip-hop have been producing their fair share of beats and rhymes. That said, it's still surprising to learn that one of rap's brightest young stars is from the same place that just hosted the Future Farmers of America's Leadership Conference. ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2009

    How the Grouch Stole Christmas

    ​Plenty of cities you wouldn't normally associate with hip-hop have been producing their fair share of beats and rhymes. That said, it's still surprising to learn that one of rap's brightest young stars is from the same place that just hosted the Future Farmers of America's Leadership Conference. ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2009

    Rock the Bells

    ​Plenty of cities you wouldn't normally associate with hip-hop have been producing their fair share of beats and rhymes. That said, it's still surprising to learn that one of rap's brightest young stars is from the same place that just hosted the Future Farmers of America's Leadership Conference. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Friday Night: Nas at the Warfield

    NasThe Warfield November 28, 2008 Notes by Jackie Lopez Better Than: The "Untitled" Album (and that album is pretty amazing). Nas has been rocking the hip-hop crowd since 1992; that's saying a lot considering the game has been changing and he's managed to stay on top. In 1998, he joined Lauryn Hil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2008

    Last Night: Rock the Bells at Shoreline Amphitheatre

    NasThe Warfield November 28, 2008 Notes by Jackie Lopez Better Than: The "Untitled" Album (and that album is pretty amazing). Nas has been rocking the hip-hop crowd since 1992; that's saying a lot considering the game has been changing and he's managed to stay on top. In 1998, he joined Lauryn Hil ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2008

    Nas

    Untitled (The Jones Experience/Def Jam/Columbia)

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    New Nas Album in Stores Tuesday - Listen Free Online Today

    Untitled (The Jones Experience/Def Jam/Columbia)

  • Music

    August 29, 2007

    Nothing in Common

    To right-wingers, all rap is the same. It's not.

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    For Whom the Bottom Line Tolls

    Hip hop's big Rock the Bells thinkers break free from industry shackles

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2007

    Grown and Chrisette

    Hip hop's big Rock the Bells thinkers break free from industry shackles

  • Music

    May 2, 2007

    Who Killed It?

    Nas and the right wing vie for the heart of hip hop

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    The Fifth Element

    As mainstream hip hop stalemates in commodities, underground MCs keep old-school aesthetics alive through art

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Nas

    Hip Hop Is Dead (Def Jam)

  • Music

    December 27, 2006

    Misc. Reviews

    Trojan War: Carmen Bryan's blank slate

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    Unagi emerges from the local hip hop underground

    Trojan War: Carmen Bryan's blank slate

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    Diddy

    Press Play (Bad Boy)

  • Music

    November 8, 2006

    Lupe Fiasco

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

  • Music

    September 6, 2006

    Follow the Leader

    Rakim's oft-imitated, never duplicated rap style

  • Music

    January 18, 2006

    My, what big beats you have: Slick Rick, the Mad Professor, and the DJ who brought us "Me So Horny."

    Rakim's oft-imitated, never duplicated rap style

  • 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

    April 20, 2005

    Zion I

    True & Livin'

  • Music

    April 6, 2005

    BeatBox

    Doug E. Fresh brings the beat-boxing revival to the DNA Lounge; 26 Mix hosts the ultimate hip hop feud: "East vs. West."

  • Music

    December 29, 2004

    Nas

    Street's Disciple

  • Music

    November 10, 2004

    BeatBox

    Diplo teaches dancefloors new Hollertron-icks; the EndUp turns 31; rapper Nas makes a rare live appearance

  • Music

    August 28, 1996

    SF Weekly Picks

    Diplo teaches dancefloors new Hollertron-icks; the EndUp turns 31; rapper Nas makes a rare live appearance

  • Music

    November 8, 1995

    Recordings

    Diplo teaches dancefloors new Hollertron-icks; the EndUp turns 31; rapper Nas makes a rare live appearance

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