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Snoop Dogg

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    How to Deal With Airport Security When You're a Famous Musician

    The problem with being famous and getting special treatment everywhere you go is that you sometimes forget that rules actually apply to you. Yes, music stars, we know you think you're more important than the rest of us plebeians, but make no mistake about it: In the eyes of airport security, you're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Watch E-40 as Puppet Pimp in Funny or Die's "Bitches" Video

    Just a week after Bay Area emcee E-40 dropped three brand-new albums under the series name The Block Brochure, he now pops up as a pimping puppet named Vladimir Checkabitch in a Funny or Die video called "Bitches." The video depicts the "biggest rap group in the world," the Dummiez, a felted posse ... More >>

  • Music

    March 21, 2012

    Kendrick Lamar: Show Preview

    Just a week after Bay Area emcee E-40 dropped three brand-new albums under the series name The Block Brochure, he now pops up as a pimping puppet named Vladimir Checkabitch in a Funny or Die video called "Bitches." The video depicts the "biggest rap group in the world," the Dummiez, a felted posse ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 21, 2012

    Kendrick Lamar

    Snoop and Dre's Protégé

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Beloved Bay Area Hip-Hop Photographer D-Ray Needs Help Paying for Surgery

    D-Ray Archer (right) and hip-hop star Drake.​D-Ray Archer needs no last name in the West Coast rap world; she's widely known as one of the few female photojournalists with a street stamp of approval up and down the state. Her deep love for the local Bay Area scene is apparent to anyone who tal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    R.I.P. Rapper Special One, of Oakland Duo Conscious Daughters

    Special One (left) and CMJ​Special One, a rapper in the East Oakland hip-hop duo the Conscious Daughters, passed away on Saturday. Initial reports say the woman born Karryl Smith was found dead at her apartment by her rhyming partner CMJ (Carla Green); according to Green, the cause of Smith's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Justin BUA's Top Five Illustrated Hip-Hop Album Covers

    "Historically, artists painted the court and the aristocracy. I'm the court painter of hip-hop -- the artists are that important." So says Justin BUA, the hip-hop generation artist who celebrates the release of his new book The Legends Of Hip-Hop with a signing session at Booksmith this Friday start ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Weekend Party Preview: Thundercat at Low End Theory, Creep at 120 Minutes, A Month of Funk, and More

    Creep performs at 120 Minutes on Friday.​ Halloween might be over, but did you know there's a much more subtle holiday on the way? No, not Thanksgiving -- I'm referring to the end of daylight savings time this Sunday. It's the only time of the year when Californians are allowed an extra hour o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    How Your Favorite Musicians Will Die

    Monte "M-Dog" Talbert-- the "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy-- was recently gunned down in a drive-by in South Central L.A.. The "Teach Me How To Dougie" guy! Shot and killed! That's crazy. How many famous musicians have we lost to unusual deaths? A lot. Biggie and Tupac. John Lennon. Dimebag Darrell. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Remembering Biggie, Who Died 14 Years Ago Today

    Happier times for the whole country​Christopher Wallace, better known to posterity as the Notorious B.I.G., died fourteen years ago today in Los Angeles. (Obligatory S.F. cameo: a few days before, he did a radio interview here on WiLD 107 where he said he'd hired a security detail because he feare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    An Incredibly Misleading Halloween Party Poster From Wild 94.9

    Now, say you saw this:​What would you think? If you're like most people, you'd probably think, "Hell yeah! I'm about to go see Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre headline Wild 94.9's Halloween party!"That's certainly what the designer of this poster wants you to think. But that's not what this poster is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Last Night: Frightened Rabbit at the Fillmore

    ​Frightened Rabbit Wednesday, May 19, 2010 The Fillmore Better Than: Snoop Dog, Dr. Dre, and Lil Wayne. In a recent blog entry, Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit lamented his own "certain brand of self-deprecation," and joked that becoming a professional rapper would allow him to exp ... 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

    April 23, 2010

    Richie Rich's Top 5 Collabs: Rick James, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, E-40, Too $hort

    ​Richie Rich's credentials as a Bay Area rap pioneer are surpassed by perhaps only Too $hort. When Rich hit the scene back in the late-'80s as a member of the Oakland-based quintet 415, they scored big with the regional classic "41Fivin." Since then, he's journeyed a career arc that's taken in a s ... More >>

  • Music

    January 27, 2010

    Souls of Mischief embrace the Prince Paul regime

    ​Richie Rich's credentials as a Bay Area rap pioneer are surpassed by perhaps only Too $hort. When Rich hit the scene back in the late-'80s as a member of the Oakland-based quintet 415, they scored big with the regional classic "41Fivin." Since then, he's journeyed a career arc that's taken in a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Eight Places to Satisfy your Chicken and Waffle Cravings

    ​A favorite of stoners and soul food lovers alike, chicken and waffles is the ultimate combination of dinner and breakfast. Wondering where to find the best spots that dish up this sweet and savory combination? We've compiled a coast-to-coast list of favorites. 1. Little SkilletLocated right here ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    P-Funk Tribute Tonight at PST

    Let Me Ride: George Clinton on the Mothership Attention funkateers, freak-a-zoids, and motor-booty-aficionados. Tonight at 330 Ritch's Pacific Standard Time, DJ Sake One dons his Mr. Wiggles suit and plays a very special 4-hour tribute to Parliament-Funkadelic, and, no doubt, its associated artists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Bonnaroo Lineup Announced

    BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    SF Weekly Interview: E-40

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    Katt Williams at the Paramount Theatre - Today's Calendar Pick

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • Music

    January 16, 2008

    Major-Label Misfit: Mistah F.A.B.

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007

    Texas spitter Scarface Tells SF Weekly His Top '07 Albums

    By Tamara Palmer It's now been more than 20 years since Earl Stevens (aka E-40) put his first independent record out on the streets of the Bay Area and set out on a mission to put his hometown of Vallejo on the international rap map and his colorful phraseology into the mouths of society at large ... More >>

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    My Tunes: Lyrics Born

    Quannum projects star and alt-rap icon

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    The Hustler

    Quannum projects star and alt-rap icon

  • Home Entertainment

    September 12, 2007

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    Quannum projects star and alt-rap icon

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    Beat Box

    Esteemed Norwegian remixer Todd Terje knows "You Should Be Dancin'"

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    Get Blunted With Snoop Dogg's Boy in SF Tonight

    Esteemed Norwegian remixer Todd Terje knows "You Should Be Dancin'"

  • Music

    July 25, 2007

    French robots rule! Daft Punk takes the lead at the summer's biggest dance party

    Esteemed Norwegian remixer Todd Terje knows "You Should Be Dancin'"

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    SF Weekly Previews Jazz Fest of North Beach

    Esteemed Norwegian remixer Todd Terje knows "You Should Be Dancin'"

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    Last Night: Mos Def at Mezzanine

    Esteemed Norwegian remixer Todd Terje knows "You Should Be Dancin'"

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Yo Ho Ho and a Cup o' Cocoa

    Salty dogs and beached hipsters revel in sea chanteys together

  • Music

    June 28, 2006

    Two bitches and a beer

    Salty dogs and beached hipsters revel in sea chanteys together

  • Music

    March 1, 2006

    Off your Gourd and into the StereoLab: A little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' electro

    Salty dogs and beached hipsters revel in sea chanteys together

  • Music

    February 22, 2006

    San Quinn

    The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds

  • Music

    February 15, 2006

    Aceyalone and RJD2 team up for hip hop sweetness; Joaquin Joe Claussell brings soulful house from NYC

    The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds

  • Music

    January 18, 2006

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

    The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds

  • Film

    November 9, 2005

    Bum Rap

    50 Cent wants to be an actor ... but he's not

  • Music

    September 28, 2005

    T. Raumschmiere's punk rock techno and Tha Alkaholiks' boisterous hip hop

    50 Cent wants to be an actor ... but he's not

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Classic Music Venues

    50 Cent wants to be an actor ... but he's not

  • Music

    January 12, 2005

    BeatBox

    AlphaZeta fuses two of the city's best hip hop talents; Monolake and Deadbeat return to the Recombinant Labs Compound

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Imposter Impersonator

    Things get ugly when Infiltrator is unmasked at a celebrity impersonator convention, but all ends well when fake Arnold Schwarzenegger marries faux Shania Twain

  • Music

    July 14, 2004

    Angie Stone

    Stone Love

  • Music

    April 21, 2004

    Hear This

    Back with a new album, Wu Tang Clan's Method Man stops in San Francisco before taking over Hollywood.

  • Music

    February 21, 2001

    Tudor's House

    The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

  • Calendar

    December 9, 1998

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

  • Music

    November 11, 1998

    Riff Raff

    The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

  • Music

    July 1, 1998

    House of Tudor

    The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

  • News

    November 15, 1995

    Letters

    The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

  • Music

    June 7, 1995

    Samples

    The Gourds; Brian Kenny Fresno; Guitar God-A-Thon and Wet Sweatpants Competition

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