Supa Dynamite Soul: Raashan Ahmad
What's this? Yes yes y'all, more digital goodies from everyone's favorite Crown City Rocker, Raashan Ahmad . On "Lambada," a banging electro groove with clashing cymbals and pop-lock handclaps provide a template for another of Ahmad's testimonials to b-boy aesthetics and dancefloor sweatiness: "snap your neck, show respect to the disk jock/ it's hip-hop, if you is not/ no matter keep it moving like a cuckoo clock."
The song is lifted from Ahmad's new digital r
EKAphotographyRaashan Ahmad performing with Crown City RockersIf you've been wondering what the hell happened to real hip-hop, you obviously haven't been listening to Raashan Ahmad. The Crown City Rockers' nimble-tongued frontman's debut solo album, The Push, was one of the best recent examples of contemporary true school hip-hop to come out of the Bay (or anywhere, for that matter) in 2008. Raashan's flow is impeccable, and his topics avoid all the clichéd gangsta posturing and trendy commerci
Boom Bapster: Raashan Ahmad
I caught Rashaan Ahmad opening up for Nino Moschella at the Shattuck Down Low last Friday. Got to give it up to Ra--he cannot be accused of keeping it "too real," yet he certainly keeps it 100% true-school hip-hop with his adidas sneakers and Cazal frames. Ra's rapid-fire emcee verses had that 'block party' feel to them, and even though the SDL wasn't as packed as it should have been, Ra's intensity never wavered onstage.
Here's another reason to give Raashan props:
BeatsRhymesandLife.org One of the things I especially love about the Bay Area hip-hop scene is all the progressive organizations using the urban genre as a catalyst for youth development and education. A short list includes Youth Movement Records, Urban Peace Movement (formerly known as Silence the Violence), Cov Records, OneFam, the DJ Project, YProjects, Grind 4 Tha Green, and Beats, Rhymes & Life .
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