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The Game (Rapper)

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    Top Five Musician-Based Video Games You Can Play In Your Browser Right Now

    2012 has seen a bumper batch of musician-helmed video games hitting the Internet. They're ostensibly meant to promote an artist's latest release, but also act as snappy diversions to play in your browser while you should be concentrating on something far more important. Here are five of the best rec ... More >>

  • Film

    November 7, 2012

    Arthouse Movie Listings November 7-13, 2012

    2012 has seen a bumper batch of musician-helmed video games hitting the Internet. They're ostensibly meant to promote an artist's latest release, but also act as snappy diversions to play in your browser while you should be concentrating on something far more important. Here are five of the best rec ... More >>

  • Film

    August 15, 2012

    "Sparkle": Whitney Houston Shines in Lackluster Remake

    2012 has seen a bumper batch of musician-helmed video games hitting the Internet. They're ostensibly meant to promote an artist's latest release, but also act as snappy diversions to play in your browser while you should be concentrating on something far more important. Here are five of the best rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Before Rufus Wainwright's "Out of the Game": Top Five Music Videos Where Celebrities Lip-Synch

    Rufus Wainwright, dapper dandy and San Francisco favorite, just released a music video for the title track of his forthcoming album, Out of the Game, which is slated for release April 23. The video features a prim and surprisingly ordinary (dare we say, boring and predictable) Helena Bonham Carter a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    In Defense of the Game -- Our Last Honest Gangsta Rapper

    The Game performs at Regency Ballroom this week.​ Lately, The Game, who performs at the Regency Ballroom on Thursday (Oct. 27), has been psychoanalyzed as some sort of rapping mentalist. Armchair critics are quick to characterize him as an artist constantly putting out desperate cries for atte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    The Game's The R.E.D. Album: A First Listen

    ​ The Game needs no introduction. The man who was kicked out of G-Unit and made a whole album about whinily stalking ex-benefactor Dr. Dre has most recently performed two actions: 1) Releasing a diss track called "Uncle Otis," whose targets include Tyler, the Creator; and 2) releasing a collab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    David Banner Takes Aim at Fake Rap Culture, Lil B, and Kreayshawn with "Swag"

    ​On his new song "Swag," rapper, producer, and Mississippi native David Banner mocks a criminally overused word and the cultural practices that fall under it. Banner affects a sneering tone and an uncharacteristically simple, whoop-punctuated beat for "Swag." Both are reminiscent of Berkeley s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    All Shook Down: Battlehooch Tells Us to Do Weird Things, Plus Con Brio and Richie Cunning

    Joseph SchellBattlehooch's Pat Smith unleashes the fury at All Shook Down.​SF Weekly's All Shook Down Fest: Battlehooch, Richie Cunning, and Con Brio August 6, 2011 Regency Ballroom [See Part II of our ASD Fest roundup, featuring Crystal Castles, Mistah F.A.B., and more] Better than: A compan ... 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

    November 3, 2010

    Please Don't Hurt 'Em: Hammer Beefs With Jay-Z

    Now that we've made short work of Texas, it's apparently time to revive that age-old rap rivalry between the East and the West. So who's bringing the vitriol for the Left Coast? The Game? Ice Cube? Lil B? 2Pac's stepbrother Mopreme? Nope! It's Oakland rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, reality TV star, ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    Marlena Shaw is often sampled, but she sounds great on her own

    Now that we've made short work of Texas, it's apparently time to revive that age-old rap rivalry between the East and the West. So who's bringing the vitriol for the Left Coast? The Game? Ice Cube? Lil B? 2Pac's stepbrother Mopreme? Nope! It's Oakland rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, reality TV star, ... More >>

  • Music

    August 11, 2010

    Nas and Damian Marley show the wrong way to Africa

    Now that we've made short work of Texas, it's apparently time to revive that age-old rap rivalry between the East and the West. So who's bringing the vitriol for the Left Coast? The Game? Ice Cube? Lil B? 2Pac's stepbrother Mopreme? Nope! It's Oakland rapper, dancer, entrepreneur, reality TV star, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Review and Download: Curtains' 'The Dissertaion (The Wu Thesis)'

    ​The past month has been a pretty great one for rap. New Orleans weed aficionado and sometime Lil Wayne sidekick Curren$y released Pilot Talk, featuring a terrific single, "The Day," where Jay Electronica waxes "young, black, intelligent, elegant, blasé," and Mos Def sounds like his jaw is still ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2010

    So Soulful

    Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings do retro right

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    NPR: Rap as Geopolitics

    Il(l) like Kim Jong: Lil' Wayne National Public Radio has an interesting take  on beef in the rap world: it's essentially a mirror of global politics, according to Marc Lynch, a professor at George Washington University and the director of the Institute of Middle East Studies. ""The way that ... More >>

  • Film

    March 14, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    Il(l) like Kim Jong: Lil' Wayne National Public Radio has an interesting take  on beef in the rap world: it's essentially a mirror of global politics, according to Marc Lynch, a professor at George Washington University and the director of the Institute of Middle East Studies. ""The way that ... More >>

  • Film

    March 7, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    Il(l) like Kim Jong: Lil' Wayne National Public Radio has an interesting take  on beef in the rap world: it's essentially a mirror of global politics, according to Marc Lynch, a professor at George Washington University and the director of the Institute of Middle East Studies. ""The way that ... More >>

  • Music

    March 7, 2007

    New Coke

    Clipse reinforces the power of powder

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    Bunny-hoppin' beats: Oxy Cottontail bounces clubbers onto the dance floor

    Clipse reinforces the power of powder

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Nas

    Hip Hop Is Dead (Def Jam)

  • Home Entertainment

    January 3, 2007

    A Legendary Outing

    Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever.

  • Music

    October 18, 2006

    Misc. Reviews

    Philip Glass' opera rises above tragedy

  • Film

    June 21, 2006

    Deep Doo-Doo

    A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are after your money again

  • Film

    June 14, 2006

    Slam Dunk

    How the story of a high school basketball team ended up much more

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    Hip Hop's International Overflow

    The world according to Tigarah

  • Listen Up

    March 15, 2006

    Readers, Writers, Arithmetic-ers,

    The world according to Tigarah

  • Music

    December 21, 2005

    Department of What the Fuck?

    Beef, it's what's for dinner: Hip hop feuds we'd like to see

  • Summer Guide

    June 29, 2005

    Bang Thy Head Carefully

    A survival guide for the summer's more vigorous music festivals

  • Music

    May 4, 2005

    The Game

    West Coast Resurrection

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    Wall Street Playaz

    JT the Bigga Figga has turned years of street hustlin' experience into one of the most inspiring new local hip hop labels

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    Consequence

    Take 'Em to the Cleaners

  • Music

    May 26, 2004

    Jerry Garcia

    All Good Things (Rhino)

  • Music

    February 11, 2004

    David Banner

    MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water

  • Music

    December 31, 2003

    T.Raumschmiere

    Radio Blackout

  • News

    July 2, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of July 2, 2003

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Muni's Mack Daddy

    James Robinson used to be a pimp. Now he's a transit union bigwig. And he's got higher ambitions.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Local Spirit Caught on DVD

    Gold Chains

  • Film

    March 5, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Gold Chains

  • Music

    March 8, 2000

    Hear This

    Douglas Ewart's "3 on 3 Music Is the Game"

  • Film

    December 29, 1999

    A Quality Year

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Culture

    March 17, 1999

    Stage

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Calendar

    March 10, 1999

    Night + Day

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Calendar

    July 15, 1998

    Night + Day

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Music

    January 7, 1998

    Reviews

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Culture

    October 29, 1997

    Stage

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Calendar

    October 15, 1997

    Night+Day

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Calendar

    July 23, 1997

    Night+Day

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Calendar

    April 30, 1997

    Night+Day

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Music

    December 25, 1996

    The House of Tudor

    After years of creative drought, inspiration was again in long supply

  • Music

    October 11, 1995

    It's All in the Game

    Fillmore rapper J.T. the Bigga Figga and his Get Low Records

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