This year, Kendrick Lamar ran away with the title of best rapper alive. Drake may be richer, Young Thug may be bolder and the Migos may better reflect the modern sound of the genre. But since Kanye West cut his show short in Sacramento, no hip-hop artist feels more important than Lamar, a…
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In a sense, Los Angeles-based jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington had it all. At just 19, he began touring with Snoop Dogg, which led to gigs backing up greats like the “Queen of Funk” Chaka Khan and jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. More recently, his resume landed him a credit on Kendrick Lamar’s…
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When B. Lewis isn’t busy producing best instrumental hip-hip/electro tracks in the Bay Area or DJing at local parties, he’s also producing bands. Just this year, he produced Boston indie-funk band Bad Rabbit’s latest record, American Love, which earned a 7.5 rating on Pitchfork.
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Thousands of hip hop fans showed up to Shoreline Amphitheatre for two days of Rock the Bells music festival, headlined by Wu-Tang Clan and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing alongside holograms of deceased rappers Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E, respectively.
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One of the biggest hip-hop shows of the weekend arrived at an unlikely venue yesterday as Bay Area rap legend E-40 headlined Stanford’s BlackFest with one of L.A.’s hottest new MCs, Kendrick Lamar.
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Stanford is known for their labs, clinics, sports teams and ubiquitous sweatshirts—not hip-hop. And certainly not two huge West Coast rappers, the legendary E-40 and rookie-of-the-year lyricist, Kendrick Lamar. Bother perform at the university Sunday, May 20.
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On November 10, 1891, Arthur Rimbaud died. On November 10, 2011, on the 130th anniversary of the hapless French poet’s death, Drake’s album “Take Care” was leaked. And for the last four months, he’s unknowingly embarked on a tour to resurrect Rimbaud’s central thesis of maddening love – in packed arenas across…
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