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Mike Huguenor on December 4, 2019
From the 17th floor of the KQED building downtown, San Jose is an impressive sight. The city of more than a million sprawls, unfurling against mountain ranges to the east and south and against an equally sublime range of suburbs to the north.
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Avi Salem on November 18, 2016
“What makes this night so special is that it’s about y’all and the way you feel: This is a representation of that feeling.” Feelings were indeed front and center at Kanye West’s Saint Pablo Tour in San Jose last night, an emotional, visual, aural rollercoaster ride that lasted nearly three hours and…
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Jeffrey Edalatpour, Taylor Jones, Justin Tonel, Nick Veronin on November 16, 2016
It’s been more than a decade since Kanye West first burst into the mainstream with his triumphant, soul-sampling debut, “The College Dropout.” He’s come a long way since his early days, spinning up beats for Roc-A-Fella Records. In 2016, Ye is everywhere—from fashion, to producing, to creating his own unapologetic, boundary-pushing tunes.…
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For the past six years, Kayvon has been spinning cutting edge indie, electronic and alternative tunes on his KSCU program “The Modern Things.” With an emphasis on new music, it’s safe to say that Kayvon has his pulse on today’s musical landscape.
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Rod Bastanmehr on October 15, 2013
Somewhere Between ego and anxiousness lies Kanye West, the self-appointed rock star of modern hip-hop. His Yeezus Tour, stopping at San Jose’s SAP Center on Oct. 22, is his first solo tour in five years, and in a way this feels like the most appropriate time for him to revisit his favorite…
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Just a few days after Jay Z announced a tour stop at SAP Center, Kanye West is following suit with his own solo show in San Jose.
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While Spin Master J—the nom de scratch for 22-year-old South Bay DJ Jerry Huizar—was in Fahrenheit’s Wheels of Steel battle last year, he told me he saw his sets as 20 minutes to tell the audience a story.
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So it turned out that crazy rumor about Kanye West is true. No, not the one about Kim Kardashian, but the even more unbelievable one that the guy has actually been having fun on this tour with Jay-Z. In fact, he was full-on clowning at their HP Pavilion show last night
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One of the biggest rap shows of the year lands in San Jose tonight with the latest tour stop for The Throne, a.k.a. Jay Z and Kanye West. With the cheapest tickets hovering around $70, the “luxury rap” duo shouldn’t have a problem financing more Bentleys, designer clothes and exotic trips. What…
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