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Dom Kennedy

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    March 26, 2013

    Fairfax's Truth Studios Makes More Hip Hop Than Money

    For nearly two years Truth Studios, a recording space in the Fairfax District, has been a haven for West Coast rap talent. On any given night, you might find clothing reps chattering, owner Nick Breton rolling blunts with rappers, and intoxicated laughter absorbed by the muted walls. The combination ... More >>

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    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

    December 25, 2012

    The Five Best Los Angeles Rap Albums of 2012

    As Max Bell noted in his round-up of L.A. rap earlier this month, it was a very good year for hip-hop in our city, with all corners of the varied scene -- from Open Mike Eagle's smart 4NML HSPTL to Odd Future's rambunctious The OF Tape Vol. 2 to Ty$ and Joe Moses' raunchy Whoop! -- well represented ... More >>

  • Music

    November 22, 2012

    Music Picks: No Doubt, Nikki Hill, Alice Cooper

    As Max Bell noted in his round-up of L.A. rap earlier this month, it was a very good year for hip-hop in our city, with all corners of the varied scene -- from Open Mike Eagle's smart 4NML HSPTL to Odd Future's rambunctious The OF Tape Vol. 2 to Ty$ and Joe Moses' raunchy Whoop! -- well represented ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2012

    Dom Kennedy On 'The Yellow Album,' Maybach Music Group Rumors, And Funkmaster Flex's Tupac Comments

    By J. Pablo Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Over the last few years, hip-hop artists who grew up in the hood but wanted to go beyond clichéd gangsterisms have been on the rise; Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, A$AP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T. Hailing from L.A.'s Leimert Park neig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup Announced

    See also: Our review of Rock the Bells 2011 Last night Guerilla Union announced this year's Rock the Bells 2012 dates, headliners and lineup. Beginning in 2010, the hip-hop festival's headliners -- famous acts whose first few albums often outshine their later work -- have performed their classic ... More >>

  • Music

    March 8, 2012

    Music Picks: Guns N' Roses, Nneka, Billy Childs, Willie Nelson & Family

    Also, Slow Club, Kneebody, The Pretty Reckless, Apparat and others

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    OverDoz - The Roxy - 11/22/11

    See also: Meet OverDoz: L.A.'s Freakiest, Cheekiest Collective OverDoz The Roxy 11/22/11 A beat before the curtain dropped on their show last night, OverDoz's de facto leader, Kent, addressed the audience soberly, "We did this shit all by ourselves." He could have been referring to any number of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Meet OverDoz: L.A.'s Freakiest, Cheekiest Collective

    CalmaticOverDoz's core four: Joon, Sleezy, Kent, and Creamie​The small army splayed around a table on the patio of Inglewood's Simply Wholesome is focused on the black Range Rover parked just outside the door. Stevie Wonder's in the passenger seat. The eight members of Los Angeles collective O ... More >>

  • Music

    August 11, 2011

    Music Picks: Linda Perhacs, Joni's Jazz, L.A. Phil, the Go-Go's

    Also, J*DaVey, the Decemberists, Dragon Head, Wye Oak and others

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    BREAKING: MTV Discovers L.A. Still Has a Hip-Hop Scene!

    In the beginning ... ​As announced in a trailer released this morning, MTV will air a weeklong look at L.A.'s hip-hop scene in a segment "we're calling 'The New West: An In-depth Look at L.A. Hip Hop.'" Though we're much obliged to them for referencing N.W.A.'s LA Weekly cover, we think the ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

    Kush, Cartoons and Camaros

    Inside Curren$y's customized culture

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Parlez-vous français? Local Rapper Dom Kennedy's New "Locals Only" Video Does

    ​Ask Dom Kennedy where he came from, and he'll say Leimert Park. Ask him where he's headed, though. Following the lead of his shiny new video for "Locals Only," he'll probably leave the question open-ended. Directed by Bryant Robinson for The Topshelf Company, the video's shot in one of L.A. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    The Continuing Education of Freddie Gibbs: A Follow-Up To This Week's Cover Story

    ​ Thursday's cover story on Gary, Indiana-raised rapper Freddie Gibbs, engendered a substantial response within the hip-hop blogosphere, with prominent sites Rap Radar, Nah Right, Fake Shore Drive, and The Smoking Section, all taking note. Even Wale twittered a congratulations message. Cons ... More >>

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