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  • Blogs

    January 17, 2013

    Smoking Wax Weed With Rapper Demrick

    [Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with Demrick, aka Young De, a rapper and songwriter who has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Kurupt and Xzibit. Als ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2013

    DJ Muggs Does Dubstep. Prepare For Your Head to Explode

    DJ Muggs at 44 still rocks his skull cap and looks not unlike the 20-something hip-hop head who first appeared in Cypress Hill's video for "How I Could Just Kill a Man." He sits at a laptop in his Burbank studio, playing a track he recently produced featuring a pair of hit Queens rappers, Action Bro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, August 3 Rusko AVALON Quite possibly the most honest man in dubstep, Leeds-born, L.A.-dwelling producer Rusko has taken responsibility for the existence of the much-maligned "brostep" trend -- which is to say, injecting the dark atmospherics and effects of the original genre with a distinct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2012

    Cypress Hill's "Pigs" Is Now a Lullaby

    See also: *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time Not long ago, Rob Getzschman decided to turn Cypress Hills' 1991 ode-to-police "Pigs" into a lullaby. Or, as he would say, "back into a lullaby." (You can hear the song below.) Under the auspices of his folk pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Everlast Was High on 'Shrooms With Cypress Hill When He Found Out About the Riots

    [Editor's note: In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the L.A. riots late last month West Coast Sound spoke with rappers and writers whose work has been influenced by them. Here's one more.] See also: *L.A. Rappers Speak On The Riots: Our Complete Coverage *Don't Call Him Country. Everlast i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Psycho Realm's 
Message Resonates As Strongly As Ever

    [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Sick Jacken sees the gas mask wherever he goes. That's the iconic emblem of Psycho Realm, the underground rap familia that he and his brother, Gustavo "B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Ice Cube - KDAY Krush Groove - April 28, 2012

    Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Mystikal and others KDAY Krush Groove Gibson Amphitheater April 28, 2012 An invitation to Ice Cube's gangsta nation is tough to decline, even for those on the right side of the law. Which is why at one point during the Krush Groove hip-hop concert on Saturday a yellow-shirte ... More >>

  • Music

    April 26, 2012

    Music Picks: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Esperanza Spalding, Jack White

    Also, the Crystelles, Arturo Sandoval, Backbiter and others

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Ten Rap-Rock Songs That Are Actually Awesome

    See also: Crazy Town's Shifty Shellshock Is Out of His Coma! Here's Everything You Need To Know About Him Rap-rock remains the coolest idea ever. You've just been scared off of it by the mountain of terrible rap-rock in existence. Here are ten songs that prove the Woodstock '99-tainted genre could ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival - NOS Events Center - 3/3/12

    See also: Cypress Hill Rallies Medical Marijuana Advocates for Smokeout at City Hall (With Photos) Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival with Rusko, Wiz Khalifa, Korn, Sublime with Rome, Thievery Corporation NOS Events Center, San Bernardino 3/3/12 Love was in the San Bernardino air Saturday. Well, that, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Fashawn Wanted to Be Pastor, But His Destiny Was Rapping

    In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, a young shepherd, Santiago, attends seminary but longs to travel. He embarks on a quest to find a hidden treasure and ends up meeting an alchemist, who teaches him that the treasure really is the journey itself. Fashawn once lived in a trailer behind a church and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Cypress Hill Rallies Medical Marijuana Advocates for SmokeOut at City Hall (With Photos)

    SmokeOut for Safe Access Rally Los Angeles City Hall 3-1-12 See also our rally slideshow Around 4:20 yesterday afternoon about 150 people marched in protest to recent federal threats to medicinal marijuana. The event was organized by Americans for Safe Access, the Music & Medicine Project and B-Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Marijuana Supporters, Cypress Hill, Tommy Chong to Hit Downtown Streets for 'SmokeOut' Protest Today

    Downtown L.A. will be smelling quite skunky this afternoon. That's because the "Smokeout For Safe Access Rally" featuring Cypress Hill, Tommy Chong, Kottonmouth Kings and more is set to hit the area (and we do mean "hit") starting at 4 p.m. The event aims to protest both a proposed L.A. city ban o ... More >>

  • Music

    February 16, 2012

    Gangrene Get High, So High

    Alchemist and Oh No's label gave them a weed budget

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Marijuana Makes You Crazy, Says New Study (Yeah, Tell us Something we Don't Know)

    Marijuana might be medicine of sorts in California, but a growing body of research suggests that it ultimately might make you crazy. (Not that other prescriptions drugs can't do their own voodoo on your head). A study analyzing the MRI scans of a small sample of weed users unleashed this week concl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Remember Our Top 20 L.A. Rap Albums? Here Are The Worst Records By Those Artists

    ​[Editor's note: Haterade Monday continues! Earlier in the day we told brought you the five dopiest Beach Boys songs (including one where Brian Wilson raps). And now, on the heels of our top 20 greatest L.A. rap albums of all time here's some more drivel from classic artists.] Hip-hop doesn' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Everlast's Top Five Most Influential West Coast Rap Albums

    ​See also: *Don't Call Him Country. Everlast is Hip-Hop, Dammit. *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List As a teenager, Everlast was a graf writer. He made a couple tapes with his buddies, and the next thing he knew he was part of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate crew. He, Dan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List

    ​Editor's note: In conjunction with our music issue we rolled out the top 20 L.A. rap albums of all time this week, as picked by Ian Cohen, Rebecca Haithcoat, Jeff Weiss and Ben Westhoff. But the list was broken up into four posts, which can get a bit unwieldy, so we've compiled the full list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: 10-6

    ​See also Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums of All Time: 20-16 Editor's note: For our music issue, out on Thursday, Ian Cohen, Rebecca Haithcoat, Jeff Weiss and Ben Westhoff run down the top 20 L.A. rap albums of all time. We're unveiling the list all this week on West Coast Sound. 10. Freesty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Top Five Most Tired Rap Cliches

    ​Last week we brought you the 60 worst Lil Wayne lines on Tha Carter IV. Those lyrics are bad mainly because Wayne has stopped exerting effort; he clearly used the first thing that came into his head, even if said thing was, "Nothing standing in my way/ Like nothing's my security." But give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Marijuana Nestled in Hot Sauce Shipment Gets Nabbed at California Border: $1.4 Million Worth of Spicy Weed Seized

    Not the actual hot sauce in question.​They say salsa is the number one condiment in the United States. Marijuana is often believed to be California's biggest cash crop. Put them together and what do you have? No, not a Cypress Hill house party. You have an all-American drug bust, according ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Cypress Hill - Troubadour - 8-6-11

    Lainna Fader​Cypress Hill Troubadour 8-6-11 Better than . . . smoking at home. "This is our first time rockin' the Troubadour," said B-Real of Cypress Hill, speaking from the fabled club on the twentieth anniversary of the legendary rap group's multi-platinum self-titled debut. "It took us 2 ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Music Picks: Katy Perry, Phish, Deerhunter, Sia, Warped Tour

    Also, Big Audio Dynamite, Jill Scott, Cypress Hill and others

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Carmageddon Playlist: 7 Songs that Namecheck the 405 Freeway

    ​ By Sheila Dichoso Carmageddon is coming! We thought we'd remind you again about the three-day 405 shutdown. The media warns that chaos will ensue, so stay at home and smoke weed or something. The San Diego freeway is notoriously loathed. Because of its congestion, we put up with way too ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    UPDATE: More Artists Added to Rock the Bells 2011 Lineup

    ​ Originally published May 24, 2011, 8:18 p.m. New artists were just announced on the Rock the Bells 2011 lineup:

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Urban Nomad: Aldo from Maldita Vecindad Talks Collectivism, Jane's Addiction at SmokeOut Festival

    Urban Nomad, the gregarious Jeremiah Alexis, will be shooting exclusive video for LA Weekly. Make sure you check out the previous installments here. The URBAN NOMAD returns to Cypress Hill's SmokeOut Festival 2010 to commune with '80s rock en español collective Maldita Vecindad. Bassist Aldo talks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Urban Nomad: Gettin' High with B-Real at SmokeOut Festival (Video Interview Exclusive Performance!)

    Urban Nomad, the gregarious Jeremiah Alexis, will be shooting exclusive video for LA Weekly. Make sure you check out the previous installments here. The URBAN NOMAD gets smoked out by B-Real of Cypress Hill's SmokeOut Fest. B-Real talks about medical marijuana and the certification needed to make s ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2010

    Dance Club Pick: OAKYLIFT + DUBQUAKE

    Urban Nomad, the gregarious Jeremiah Alexis, will be shooting exclusive video for LA Weekly. Make sure you check out the previous installments here. The URBAN NOMAD gets smoked out by B-Real of Cypress Hill's SmokeOut Fest. B-Real talks about medical marijuana and the certification needed to make s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    This weekend: The Swell Season, MGMT, One Day as a Lion, Die Antwoord, Shelby Lynne

    Piper FergusonThe Swell Season​Boy, girl. Boy, girl. Boy, girl. It's a bill made for date night on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl as some of music's favorite collaborative couples team up to provide a soundtrack for your wine and cheese. Of course, the Swell Season -- Glen Hansard of Irish r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Rage Against the Machine, Sonic Youth, Massive Attack and Many Others Push for Boycott Against Arizona Law

    ​(Via Billboard) A number of influential musicians and other artists have now joined their voices to the organized repudiation of the recent immigration legislation in Arizona. The following names have been posted on the website thesoundstrike.net endorsing a boycott of Arizona, most likely b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    "Gay Hawkwind Tribute Band" Are the Most Awesome Four Words in the English Language: Meet Cockwind, Tonight @ Pehrspace

    Oh yes they did: Lemmy would not have approved of Hawkwind's 1978 makeover​Tribute bands are so a dime a dozen in LA that there even was a whole festival of them last weekend (Tributefest in Santa Clarita, which you knew about thanks to a glossy band covering up half of our awesome Cypress Hil ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2010

    The Pot Shop Boys

    Returning with a new album, Cypress Hill discusses legalization, where you can get the best strains, and how great it feels to work for a stoner boss

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Happy April 15!: Soul Cover of The Beatles' 'Taxman'

    The idiotic, possibly racist Tea Partiers are not the first (or last) people to complain about big government and big taxation. Back in 1966 notoriously mystical hippie George Harrison was so pissed off at the British government taking 90% of the Beatles' money (no, really, they did, before the Beat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Sona Patel To Drop Fantastic New Album!

    ​Is there anything Sona Patel can't do? The legendary LA medical marijuana pinup physician is about to release a new album through the boutique Silver Lake label Drama of the Gifted Childd (rumored to be secretly owned by a couple of minor Strokes, the rhythm section of Ozomatli, and nightlif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Guest Blogger Jason Reitman on 14 Perfect Musical Moments

    ​Editor's note. This week director Jason Reitman is guest blogging at West Coast Sound. Reitman, whose new film, Up in the Air, was nominated for five Golden Globes this morning (including Best Director and Best Screenplay nominations for Reitman ... congrats!), is also a pretty big music head ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    SXSW Announces First Batch of Bands, Including a Dozen-Odd LA Entries

    South by Southwest already? Yes, it's a little under four months away, and earlier this week the annual Austin festival announced the first round of showcase participants. It's a small list, this first batch, and mostly comprises international bands who need to start making visa arrangements, etc. i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2009

    Sunset Strip Music Festival Street Fest

    South by Southwest already? Yes, it's a little under four months away, and earlier this week the annual Austin festival announced the first round of showcase participants. It's a small list, this first batch, and mostly comprises international bands who need to start making visa arrangements, etc. i ... More >>

  • Music

    February 26, 2009

    B-Real of Cypress Hill: Smoking "The Birthday Cake" With a Master

    Rapper, stoned, is tired of being typecast as "stoner rapper"

  • Music

    July 3, 2008

    Sunset Strip Music Festival

    Rapper, stoned, is tired of being typecast as "stoner rapper"

  • Music

    November 1, 2007

    Greetings from Suburbia

    The Vegoose Music Festival pleases some of the people some of the time

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2007

    Vegoose, Day 1

    Vegoose Music Festival, Las Vegas, Saturday, October 27. By Randall Roberts Back and forth we walk, through fairway-cut grass, soft and padded on practice fields, the kind that feels really good beneath bare feet. Vegoose day one, and everything is neat and tidy near UNLV. We flow in early, a gentl ... More >>

  • Music

    June 1, 2006

    Totally Ozz-some

    Vegoose Music Festival, Las Vegas, Saturday, October 27. By Randall Roberts Back and forth we walk, through fairway-cut grass, soft and padded on practice fields, the kind that feels really good beneath bare feet. Vegoose day one, and everything is neat and tidy near UNLV. We flow in early, a gentl ... More >>

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Festivus Maximus

    Do you enjoy crowds, music and exhaustion?

  • Music

    March 2, 2006

    Housequake!

    DILATED PEOPLES at House of Blues, February 22

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2005

    Strip Standard

    DILATED PEOPLES at House of Blues, February 22

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Rock The Bells!

    Summer love-in for underground hip-hop fans

  • Music

    April 3, 2003

    Side Tripping

    DJ Muggs smokes alone

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Thugs on Film

    Suspect Entertainment helps Hollywood keep it real

  • Music

    February 1, 2001

    Check Your Bazooka at the Door

    Suspect Entertainment helps Hollywood keep it real

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    Generation XX

    20 years of covering the unheard music

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