Q-Tip (Rapper)

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

Whats Shakin at Epicenter?

The Mission's punk collective turns 5

Ladies' Night

The Mission's punk collective turns 5

The Roots

Rising Down (Def Jam)

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

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.

Slap Shot

Spank Rock scores one for the B’More club scene

Zion I

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

The Chemical Brothers

Push the Button

Hear This

The "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" may be long behind us, but De La Soul's hip hop still smells like roses

Slum Village

Fantastic, Vol. 2
(GoodVibe)

Hear This

Fantastic, Vol. 2
(GoodVibe)

Reviews

Fantastic, Vol. 2
(GoodVibe)

Live

Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

Reviews

Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

Reviews

Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

Reviews

Q: What do Tori Amos, Nick Cave, and Lyricist Lounge have in common? A: Nothing.

Dub Warriors

Macro Dub Infection relays a genre where nothing is true, and everything is permitted

Q-Tip and Trentemoller

Macro Dub Infection relays a genre where nothing is true, and everything is permitted

Outside Lands Day Two: Street Sweeper Social Club, Trombone Shorty, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta

EKAphotography​Outside Lands Day 2: Street Sweeper Social Club, Trombone Shorty, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, & more, Saturday, August 20, 2009.Better Than: sitting in the park, waiting for you.The first day of Outside Lands was a huge freakin' success, especially if you stayed at the Twin ... More >>

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Mayyors by Andrew Scott (via Fecal Face)There's so much to do this weekend, now that all the crap things you had to do are done. On this week's list, we have art in a van, gallery shows in retail outlets (with beer), bass music in the basement, the art of turntablism, and tunes to blow out the tubes ... More >>

Rock the Bells 2010: Classic performances of hip-hop albums

Mayyors by Andrew Scott (via Fecal Face)There's so much to do this weekend, now that all the crap things you had to do are done. On this week's list, we have art in a van, gallery shows in retail outlets (with beer), bass music in the basement, the art of turntablism, and tunes to blow out the tubes ... More >>

Saturday Night: Mayer Hawthorne, White Mike, Riche Panic, and Others Soundtrack A Santa-Filled Night in the Mission

The Saturday night crowd at SOM Bar​Meyer Hawthorne, Richie Panic, White Mike and othersDecember 4, 2010@ Public Works, SOM Bar, and Beauty BarBetter than: Being forced to sit in Santa's lap at your mandatory company holiday party. Jingle bells, confusion, and offensive party smells! Such was th ... More >>

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 >>

The Top Ten Hip-Hop Drinking Anthems

​Hip-hop's reliance on marijuana as a creative conduit and lifestyle accessory is well documented. But beyond the genre's top tokers, there's also a bubbling batch of rappers who've rhymed about not so much getting a little tipsy as daily dalliances with the dark world of being black-out drunk ... More >>

"Beats, Rhymes, and Life": Michael Rapaport's "Love Letter" to A Tribe Called Quest

​Hip-hop's reliance on marijuana as a creative conduit and lifestyle accessory is well documented. But beyond the genre's top tokers, there's also a bubbling batch of rappers who've rhymed about not so much getting a little tipsy as daily dalliances with the dark world of being black-out drunk ... More >>

In Print: A Tribe Called Quest Finally Gets its Documentary

Andrew Roberts​Beats, Rhymes, and Life: So much petty drama has clouded the release of Michael Rapaport's a Tribe Called Quest documentary. One version of the backstory casts the first-time director as a doofus actor wannabe (arguably best known for his role as Phoebe's boyfriend in Friends) w ... More >>

J Dilla's 10 Greatest Remixes

J Dilla​ Deceased hip-hop producer J Dilla, nĂ©e Jay Dee, first asserted himself on the rap radar with his group Slum Village. Lauded by luminaries Q-Tip and ?uestlove, the Detroit-based trio of Dilla, T3, and Baatin (also sadly deceased) are held in cult esteem today, and tonight, remaining g ... More >>

Five Great Jimi Hendrix Samples in Hip-Hop Songs

​ Today is officially Jimi Hendrix-Winterland Day in San Francisco, which is a fine excuse to soundtrack the rest of your afternoon with a dose of Hendrix's classic guitar grooves. But beyond the deceased guitarist's own oeuvre, his music has received a second life as the sample source for a f ... More >>

R.I.P. R.E.M., Masters of a Beautiful, Eclectic Rock 'n' Roll

Farewell, then.​ In case you still needed to know the difference between R.E.M. and U2, R.E.M. just broke up and U2 dies only when Bono is put in the ground. Whatever today's (honestly shocking) announcement means about R.E.M.'s 31-year-career, well, what did anything ever mean with this ban ... More >>