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Mike Huguenor on January 5, 2022
The first time Demone Carter hung with Sultan Banks was at a high school backyard battle rap. By the time Banks walked in, Carter was already waist-deep in a slow-moving rap battle that had long since become a war of attrition.
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
Taking their name from one of the most harrowing manga series known to man, San Jose hip hop collective Barefoot Gen are like the South Bay’s answer to Odd Future. And after a slew of Bandcamp one-offs and EPs, the group swings big on their startling new LP .Wav Clube Zen. Informed…
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Mike Huguenor on June 4, 2021
San Jose rapper Trauma Fresh, “the Human Typhoon,” has been promising a lot from new album Crime Spree, and based on lead single “What About You,” it sounds like he might be right. Released in April, the track bounces to the post-hyphy production of legendary local Traxamillion, bobbing with an audible Bay…
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Mike Huguenor on June 4, 2021
So far there is exactly one great San Jose anthem of the new millennium: “The Hometown” by Rey Resurreccion. Spitting on top of a heartstring-tugging banda beat from DJ Cutso, Rey makes the case for all the golden grains of the Valley of the Heart’s Delight: “Barbeques, fairgrounds, go karts, taquerias /…
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