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April 3, 2013
Here's What I Listened To While I Underwent Incomprehensible Dentist Torture
"You're going to bleed, ok?" There were a lot of things said to me Monday afternoon, but that was the only thing I heard. It was said to me by Teresa, an otherwise perfectly pleasant dental assistant. Big as Barack Obama becoming the first Black President, big as Thomas Edison coming up with the ... More >>
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April 3, 2013
Here Are All 80 Horrible Similes on Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being II
Lil Wayne has just released his tenth studio album, I Am Not a Human Being II. Nowadays he sometimes feels like an old man playing catch-up in a style he practically invented. Whereas as recently as 2007 we were getting vivid gems like "I'm so motherfuckin' high, I could eat a star," now we're just ... More >>
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March 28, 2013
Ghost-Writing Allegation Rocks the Rap Battle World
In the decade since 8 Mile, the art of battling has become mainstream and big business. But recently it's faced controversy, with one rapper accusing another of paying for his rhymes. In the world of competitive battling, this is strictly verboten. A January bout for Canadian battle league King of ... More >>
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March 27, 2013
Dawn Richard - Roxy Theatre - 3/26/13
Dawn Richard The Roxy Theatre 3-26-13 Sure, the line was small outside the Roxy, but they were a faithful few. Once inside they got what they came for, as Dawn Richard (formerly of Danity Kane and Diddy - Dirty Money) took her loyal fans on a musical journey from grimy hip-hop to fist pumping EDM.
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February 20, 2013
LOLing At Rappers and Basketball Players at the NBA All-Star Game
This past weekend, Houston was host city of the NBA All-Star Game, which means that Houston was the center of the rap and basketball universe. I live in Houston, and I was able to go to some of the things. Plenty of smarter people have already written about the terribleness of Ne-Yo's performance ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2013
Yung Jake, a Recent CalArts Grad, Could Be the Breakout Art Star of Sundance
Although half of Los Angeles will decamp this weekend to the snowy hillsides of Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival, not everyone is going for the movies. Starry-eyed attendees relish access to the suits, the skiing and the swag, but what about the art? Shari Frilot has curated Sundance ... More >>
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January 4, 2013
This Is What It Feels Like In My Stomach Right Now
There is an evil inside of me. It is brooding and malevolent and vicious. It is absolute darkness. It is rotting my body on a cellular level. And it is there because I thought a bad idea (getting a burrito at the mall right before it closed) was a good idea ("HEY, LET'S GET A BURRITO FROM THE MALL B ... More >>
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January 2, 2013
Here's What Didn't Suck About B.E.T.'s Top 100 Videos Of 2012
On December 31, BET showed their Top 100 videos of the year. It was a block of television that ended at 10 p.m. and began, if I'm remembering accurately, around 48 BC. I'd planned on watching all of it, absorbing the videos and then using that information to reach some grand, great point about rap ... More >>
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December 14, 2012
The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend
Friday, December 14 Thrill Jockey 20th-anniversary party with Wooden Shjips, Liturgy, Trans Am, Kid Millions THE ECHOPLEX Back in the '90s, arty Chicago alt/indie warhorse label Thrill Jockey basically drew the map for marginalized music's move into the mainstream, with a roster including Tortoise, ... More >>
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December 6, 2012
Clyde Carson Finally Has a Big Hit with "Slow Down"
Last December, Bay Area rapper Clyde Carson recorded "Slow Down." Within a couple months, a DJ named J-12 had invented a dance specifically for the song, inspiring dozens of kids to upload their own versions to YouTube. A year later, it's inescapable, with Power 106 playing it every hour on the hour ... More >>
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November 30, 2012
Jhene Aiko Wins with the Hand She's Dealt
Singer Jhené Aiko has had more than her share of setbacks and misfortune. When she was in second grade, her family's house in South L.A. burned down. She says that as a preteen no cliques accepted her because of her mixed ethnicity -- she's a blend including Japanese, Native American, Dominican, bl ... More >>
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October 3, 2012
DJ Mustard and the Story of Ratchet
[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Hip hop is constantly inventing new slang for getting down and dirty. You could get buck, crunk, and freaky. Wild out or act a fool. This summer was the ... More >>
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September 5, 2012
French Montana Tells Us How to Win the Ass-Shaking Competition He's Hosting Tonight
See also: Popping That Ass: The Ladies Who Won Diplo's Contest Tonight rapper French Montana is hosting a party at a strip club, L.A.'s King of Diamonds Sin City. More specifically, it's a "'Pop That' Event," during which dancers will compete by twerking to Montana's wildly catchy summer anthem "Po ... More >>
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August 2, 2012
Let's Play 'Guess the Rapper'
See also: KDAY, the Gangsta Rap Oldies Station, Breaks New Ground by Playing Music From the Bad Old Days Below are some illustrations of rappers. (The top is an example.) They also contain hints to help you guess who they are. There are 15 total. If you miss more than three, you lose and everyone ... More >>
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July 27, 2012
Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens
LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>
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July 18, 2012
Frank Ocean - The Wiltern - 7/17/12
Frank Ocean The Wiltern 7/17/12 See Also: Why Is Frank Ocean's Coming Out a Big Deal, But Not Syd the Kyd's? Since nobody's talking about much else on the internet right now, we won't bore you with too much background on Frank Ocean. He's a 24-year-old R&B singer aligned with Odd Future who lives ... More >>
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July 12, 2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Frank Ocean The Wiltern 7/17/12 See Also: Why Is Frank Ocean's Coming Out a Big Deal, But Not Syd the Kyd's? Since nobody's talking about much else on the internet right now, we won't bore you with too much background on Frank Ocean. He's a 24-year-old R&B singer aligned with Odd Future who lives ... More >>
Music
June 28, 2012
Music Picks: Cedric Gervais, Van Hunt, Jonathan Richman
Frank Ocean The Wiltern 7/17/12 See Also: Why Is Frank Ocean's Coming Out a Big Deal, But Not Syd the Kyd's? Since nobody's talking about much else on the internet right now, we won't bore you with too much background on Frank Ocean. He's a 24-year-old R&B singer aligned with Odd Future who lives ... More >>
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June 7, 2012
Here Are the Songs They Play at a Middle School Dance
1:04 pm: In about 25 minutes, I'm going to be chaperoning a middle school dance. The dance is for the school's graduating 8th graders, of which there are several hundred. I've probably chaperoned fifteen of these things already. It's like being a bouncer at a night club, except this party will take ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
Music Picks: The Dickies, Rufus Wainwright, Jack DeJohnette
Also, Calle 13, Andre Nickatina
Blogs
March 16, 2012
The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012
If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>
Music
February 16, 2012
Music Picks: Sinead O'Connor, Ryan Adams, Busdriver, Matthew Dear
Also, Wye Oak, Jeff Lorber Band, Hiromi and others
Blogs
February 13, 2012
2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest
Rebecca HaithcoatDrake's after-partySee also: *Why The Grammys Stink *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" Adele won everything. Kanye didn't show. Nicki Minaj out-Gaga'ed Gaga by showing up with a Pope imitator as her e ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
"Niggas in Paris," Clean or Uncensored: Which Does My Kids More Injustice?
See also: *"Niggas in Paris": Jay-Z and Kanye Will Perform It 13 Times When They're Here. Seriously. *There's a 5-Year-Old Girl Who Looks Like Adele on My Sons' YMCA Basketball Team. I Hate Her The conversation eventually became about music, and maybe that was the intended point anyway, but it sta ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Battle of the Barbies: Who's Better, Lil' Kim or Nicki Minaj?
See also: The Boss Vs. The Bawse: Who's Better, Bruce Springsteen or Rick Ross? [Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the printed word!] Lil' Kim ... More >>
Music
December 15, 2011
Music Picks: The Descendents, Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Show,, Princess Pangolin, Brian Setzer
Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Rap Industry Fan Fiction: Here Are Some Freestyled Stories About Tyga And Tyler, the Creator
Sure, you have your cosplay and your Star Trek, but Rap Industry Fan Fiction takes the genre to a place that it isn't know for going -- hip-hop. The brainchild of UNC history major Kate Davis Jones and grad Drew Millard, the site makes good on titles like "Ice Cube Shows Ice-T His Model Train Set" a ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Drake, Maroon 5 and Busta Rhymes - Google Music Launch Party - 11/16/11
Lina Lecaro See also: *Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Drake Is An Incredible Lyricist *Funky Homosapiens: The Best Rapper Names Of All Time "Today the climate changes!" proclaimed Busta Rhymes to a horde of Hollywood hipsteratti and actor/model types inside the gaudy, graffiti-swathed walls of stre ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Ghostface Killah Changes Mind About Online Impersonator Ghostfase: 'Shout Out to My Mini Muse.... Funny Ass Ninja'
Internet junkies earned a new respect for Ghostface Killah back in March, under the illusion it was he who had conjured the brilliant and hysterical (to the point of tears) "Top 10 Softest Rappers In The Game." But when West Coast darling Wiz Khalifa and the other teddy bears on the list sta ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Drake Is An Incredible Lyricist
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilt Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] At least on wax, Drake isn't a sympathetic, relatable or even very likeable guy. And everyone seems to have an opin ... More >>
Music
November 10, 2011
Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Also, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lucy Woodward, Chromeo and others
Blogs
October 31, 2011
The Hip-Hop World's Bizarre Co-Sign Of Justin Bieber
Hip-hop fanatic Justin BieberSee also: What Will Be The Most Popular Music-Related Halloween Costumes This Year? And How Can They Be Made Slutty? Rivaling his teenie fans' feelings for him, Justin Bieber has a big case of hip-hop fever. Despite being known for unabashedly poppy tunes, the Bi ... 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 >>
Music
August 25, 2011
Compton Rapper Game Returns to an Industry That's Gone Soft
Will his old tricks still work?
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Kiss and Pay Up: Drake Settles with Playboy
He's got money to blow, right?Playboy gets (Young) Money. Last June, Playboy Enterprises Inc. sued rapper Drake for copyright infringement. The Hefner empire claimed that The Young Money/Cash Money Records artist's breakthrough song "Best I Ever Had" used samples from the 1975 song "Fallin' ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Who Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present
Who Really Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present
Music
July 1, 2010
Nightranger: Mo BET-ta Booze?
Who Really Cares About Bieber, Gaga, or the VMA's? You Do! Winner Recaps Past and Present
Music
June 10, 2010
Free the Robots, Dr. John. Alex Cuba and Merle Haggard
Also, Bestial Mouths, The Dreaming, Echo Lush and Elevaters
Blogs
May 25, 2010
Music to Dagger to: Major Lazer and La Roux Team Up for Free Mixtape
Music To Dagger To: Major Lazer and La Roux Team Up for Free Mixtape

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