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OutKast

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    CopperWire: How Jam Sessions in Ethiopia Became a Hip-Hop Space Opera

    CopperWire is a new hip-hop trio featuring S.F. R&B singer and prodigy Meklit Hadero, rapper Gabriel Teodros, and producer-rapper Burntface (government name: Ellias Fullmore). The group comes with its own mythology: Its debut album, Earthbound, tells the story of three renegades in the year 2089 who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Five EDM Tours that Paved the Way for Identity Festival

    Colin Young-WolffWe've seen this before...​ The good folks of Identity Festival, which comes to Shoreline this Saturday, don't want to lie to you. Yet despite what they've claimed, they're not the first-ever electronic touring festival ever seen in America. It's merely the first electronic-onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Six Child Musicians It's Okay To Like. No, Really.

    ​Remember that guy in OutKast that isn't Andre 3000? Big Boi is his name. Well, he's just announced some musical news that will probably make you frown, curl up your top lip and ask a bemused: "But why?" That's right! Try not to recoil at the fact that Big Boi has started a record la ... More >>

  • Music

    April 6, 2011

    Killer Mike's Fury Blends Southern and Conscious Rap

    ​Remember that guy in OutKast that isn't Andre 3000? Big Boi is his name. Well, he's just announced some musical news that will probably make you frown, curl up your top lip and ask a bemused: "But why?" That's right! Try not to recoil at the fact that Big Boi has started a record la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    In Print: Papercuts' Stunning Sub Pop Debut, Killer Mike's Righteous Fury, and More

    Papercuts' Jason QueverFrom ​SF Weekly's latest print music section:S.F.'s Papercuts Make a Stunning, Dreamy Sub Pop Debut: On Papercuts' Sub Pop debut, Fading Parade, Quever's vision of atmospheric, world-weary indie-pop is expanded to a stunning degree. Not only is it by far the best thing Paper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    How To Manage Your iPod Without Looking Like an Idiot or a Crazy Person

    Note: Nelly Furtado not required to maintain respectability​iPod gigs don't grow on trees, as much as we've tried to plant lesser MP3 devices in the ground (in hopes of a bountiful Apple product harvest). And until somebody makes an infinite-RAM MP3 player, or we're capable of streaming music from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    The RedBull DJ Contest Takes Over DNA Lounge

    Red Bull contest winner Goldenchyld ​The Red Bull DJ Contest, featuring Solomon, Max Kane, Natalie Nuxx, DJ Dials, Platurn, Eric Sharp, Goldenchyld, and Jeffrey Paradise February 24, 2011 @ DNA Lounge Better than: Throwing your hands up in the air because Fatman Scoop says so In a city ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and lows from the last week in S.F. music

    Red Bull contest winner Goldenchyld ​The Red Bull DJ Contest, featuring Solomon, Max Kane, Natalie Nuxx, DJ Dials, Platurn, Eric Sharp, Goldenchyld, and Jeffrey Paradise February 24, 2011 @ DNA Lounge Better than: Throwing your hands up in the air because Fatman Scoop says so In a city ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Killer Mike Is Still "Burn"-ing Over the Oscar Grant Shooting

    ​ The Oscar Grant saga was an awful event in Bay Area history -- and, uh, we'll leave it at that. But more than two years after the tragedy, Outkast affiliate and overall Dirty South badass Killer Mike still has much more to say on the matter. Over four minutes worth, in fact.

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Download a Free 8-Song Mashup of Big Boi and The Black Keys

    ​If you like a little juxtaposition with your year-in-review jawns, we've got just the thing for you: The Brothers of Chico Dusty, an unbidden and inspired pileup of two very well-liked 2010 albums by The Black Keys and Big Boi, respectively. Why? Ah, but why not?

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Exclusive: DJ White Mike's 'Lights and Sounds' Mix

    'Lights and Sounds Mixtape' Artwork​San Francisco's DJ White Mike is the man behind this 40-minute mixtape of club-ready sonics, which he calls Lights and Sounds. We've certainly featured Mike and his Get Loose! shindig before, but this upbeat DJ set is something a tad different from the mixm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Who Needs Andre? Big Boi's Tour of Hits Gets Regency Bouncing

    ​Big Boi The Knux Camp-Lo September 23, 2010 @ The Regency Ballroom Better than: Having no members of OutKast show up.The question is: Big Boi or Andre 3000? It's a fun question, at least -- and perhaps an impossible one, because even though both members of the h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Pick a Rhyme and Win Free Tickets to See Big Boi Thursday at Regency Ballroom

    So what'll it be?​What's the best Big Boi rhyme of all time? Pick an answer we like, and you could win tickets to see one half of OutKast Thursday (that's tomorrow, people) at Regency Ballroom. Your favorite line could be from an OutKast song, or from Big Boi's recent, exhaustively titled solo alb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Freed Willy: A Musical Tribute to the Ocean Beach Whale

    ​It's been a rough summer for whales in the Bay Area. A humpback died near the Farallon Islands in July, a cargo ship killed a minke whale near the Port of Oakland last week, and yesterday a dead 35-footer washed up on Ocean Beach between Kirkham and Lawton. Leviathan, we hardly knew ye! Let's o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Stream This Now: Big Boi's New Album Puts Him Ahead of Andre 3000

    ​ If you're as old as I am, which isn't very old at all, you remember 2003 quite well. If you have a decent memory, you'll also remember that "Hey Ya!" by OutKast's Andre 3000 dominated the airwaves for that year and then some. Andre's album The Love Below was  released at the same time as hi ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    Acrobatic Funk

    The nimble artistry of Janelle Monáe.

  • Music

    March 17, 2010

    The nimble funkistry of Janelle Monáe

    The nimble artistry of Janelle Monáe.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    What to Do? Tuesday's Pick:

    ​Late Night Live w/ Black Quarterback @ Yoshi's A few months ago the Examiner quoted a restaurant consultant's report decrying the music at Yoshi's: "No soul, no funk, no personality." Ouch. Had none of those surveyed been to Yoshi's Fillmore outpost on a Tuesday? That's when Bay Vibes hosts its ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2009

    Rock the Bells

    ​Late Night Live w/ Black Quarterback @ Yoshi's A few months ago the Examiner quoted a restaurant consultant's report decrying the music at Yoshi's: "No soul, no funk, no personality." Ouch. Had none of those surveyed been to Yoshi's Fillmore outpost on a Tuesday? That's when Bay Vibes hosts its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Hey DJ! (Monday) Q&A: DJ RasCue

    DJ RasCue has been hitting the decks longer than most of the kids in the clubs these days have been alive. For the past 26 years, he's spun a mix of everything from Latin to hip-hop to house and rock for little kids and big stars (William H. Macy). Now the local music community is giving something b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2009

    Friday Night: Booker T and Bettye LaVette at the Independent

    Booker TBooker T and Bettye LaVette The Independent Friday, May 8, 2009 Last night I saw Booker T. Jones, one of the titans of American music, and it really hit me how much he has contributed to Western pop culture. I was also digging his performance, as was everyone else at the sold-out show. Whe ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2008

    When ATLiens Attack

    Booker TBooker T and Bettye LaVette The Independent Friday, May 8, 2009 Last night I saw Booker T. Jones, one of the titans of American music, and it really hit me how much he has contributed to Western pop culture. I was also digging his performance, as was everyone else at the sold-out show. Whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Kids in the Hall Tribute: LastNight

    Booker TBooker T and Bettye LaVette The Independent Friday, May 8, 2009 Last night I saw Booker T. Jones, one of the titans of American music, and it really hit me how much he has contributed to Western pop culture. I was also digging his performance, as was everyone else at the sold-out show. Whe ... More >>

  • Music

    January 23, 2008

    hey willpower

    P.D.A. (Tomlab)

  • Music

    September 12, 2007

    MC Lyte brings the club bangers

    P.D.A. (Tomlab)

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Last Night: Whild Peach with Bayonics at Red Devil Lounge

    P.D.A. (Tomlab)

  • Music

    June 13, 2007

    Modern R&B balladeer Ne-Yo slides into S.F.

    P.D.A. (Tomlab)

  • Music

    May 23, 2007

    They coulda been OutKasts: Kentucky's CunninLynguists

    P.D.A. (Tomlab)

  • Music

    May 2, 2007

    Betty Davis

    Betty Davis

  • Music

    September 6, 2006

    OutKast

    Idlewild

  • Film

    August 23, 2006

    About a Boi

    OutKast's Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the Old South

  • Music

    July 12, 2006

    Future-Funk Overlords

    Gnarls Barkley test the One Ring theory

  • Music

    January 18, 2006

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

    Gnarls Barkley test the One Ring theory

  • Music

    January 4, 2006

    A Pack of Mutts

    Gnarls Barkley test the One Ring theory

  • Music

    October 26, 2005

    Diplo brings along DJ Marlboro for a wild night at the Rickshaw; Bingo is your name-o at the Knockout's "BingoTopia"

    Gnarls Barkley test the One Ring theory

  • Film

    August 10, 2005

    Funky Bunch

    Mark Wahlberg stars in an odd remake that, oddly, isn't so bad

  • Music

    June 8, 2005

    Gorillaz

    Demon Days

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2004

    The Gospel Truth

    Exquisite noise at Slim's

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    On the Down-Low

    Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Rock-Music Club DJ

    Neil Martinson

  • Music

    March 17, 2004

    Cee-Lo

    Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    BeatBox

    "White Out!" promises frivolity, "Guilty" assures bastard electro, and the Pound Boys exhibit their "Devotion"

  • Music

    December 17, 2003

    2003: Year of the Wonka Record

    For the year's 10 best records, go somewhere else. For the year's 10 best "Wonka Records," you've come to the right place.

  • Music

    November 5, 2003

    Rechenzentrum

    Director's Cut

  • Music

    October 8, 2003

    OutKast

    Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

  • Music

    July 10, 2002

    Various Artists

    Africa Raps: Senegal, Mali, and the Gambia (Trikont)

  • Music

    May 30, 2001

    Mission:

    One (Insiduous Urban)

  • Music

    January 3, 2001

    Peace Out

    The members of gay act Rainbow Flava don't want to change hip hop -- they just want some respect

  • Music

    May 6, 1998

    Reviews

    The members of gay act Rainbow Flava don't want to change hip hop -- they just want some respect

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