Hip-hop Archives - Page 19 of 31

Michael Sneed’s ‘Days We Lost’ claps back at depression, debt

John-Paul Shiver - October 15, 2019

When Oakland artist Michael Sneed returned home in 2017 from graduating college in Washington DC, he didnʻt feel all that celebratory. Trying to sort out the next...

Bumping serious boogie-funk with The Pendletons

John-Paul Shiver - October 10, 2019

E da Boss, one half of Myron and E, aka Eric Boss, and Daniel Meisenheimer aka Trailer Limon, are the root basis, writing, and arrangers of...

Banjos, bandanas, & a Monkee—the scene at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Estefany Gonzalez - October 9, 2019

The weather was gorgeous and the crowd broke records at the 19th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, which seemed to include a lot more roots...

Live Shots: Stars and flash at Rolling Loud, day 2

Estefany Gonzalez - October 3, 2019

Over the weekend, Oakland hip-hop fans were treated to some of the biggest on the business—with plenty of local artists on deck—as the roaming...

Live Shots

Live Shots: Style and surprises at Rolling Loud fest, day 1

Estefany Gonzalez - October 2, 2019

Over the weekend, Oakland hip-hop fans were treated to some of the biggest on the business—with plenty of local artists on deck—as the roaming...

Fall Arts Preview: 37 cool things to do this season

Marke B. - September 4, 2019

FALL ARTS PREVIEW Let's keep this short because there's a lot to do and see, obviously! Proclamations of the SF arts scene's demise—despite the...

Revolution music: What’s soundtracking protests around the globe?

Marke B. - July 26, 2019

ALL EARS "If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution," the old anarchist-feminist saying goes. And it's true, every uprising needs a good soundtrack,...

Onstage

“What does it mean to be a good person?”

Elaine Elinson - July 11, 2019

ONSTAGE Isn’t trampling other people exhausting work? The vein on your forehead bulges from the strain of being greedy. This is the question that Shen Te, a...

Review: Anderson .Paak’s rap showmanship lights up Bill Graham

Daniel Bromfield - July 2, 2019

MUSIC REVIEW More than four decades into rap’s existence, the genre still struggles with how to present itself live. The bulk of rap shows...

Party Radar

Party Radar: ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2019

Marke B. - June 23, 2019

PRIDE Heeeeeeey, Happy GIANT PRODE, everybody! Party Radar's been on a wee hiatus while I finish this crazy book, sorry. I miss getting nuts...

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