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Jodeci

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    February 27, 2013

    Grasping At The Past Through Pandora's Blackstreet Station

    I sent shirtless cell phone shots of myself to, like, I'd guess 300 people in 2010. I was 29, and in the best shape I'd ever been in. In the morning, I would literally roll out of bed and onto the floor into push-up position. I could do more than 100 without stopping. I installed a pull-up bar in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Fiona Apple and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

    ​See also: Five Attractive Strange People Working for Tips at SXSW 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 ... More >>

  • 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

    November 18, 2011

    Mary J. Blige - Club Nokia - 11-17-11

    Timothy Norris​Mary J. Blige Club Nokia 11/17/11 Better than ... eating ice cream after a breakup. Dressed in an aquamarine silk shirt, black leggings, lace-up knee-high boots and a fedora, Mary J. Blige belted the final chorus of a song from her upcoming album, the clumsily titled My Life ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    The Outlawz Speak on Tupac and His Ink, Dispute The Meaning of "Thug Life"

    ​Editor's Note: Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death. To commemorate, West Coast Sound is featuring Tupac stories all week. See also: *Bruce Hornsby on Tupac: "The original 'Changes' was a lot dirtier, had a lot of the n-word." *African Rebel Soldiers and Their Eerie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Top Ten Rap Remixes Of '90s R&B Songs

    Take that​This Friday, the Stokely Williams-fronted Mint Condition will be taking the stage at Club Nokia. The group came to prominence in the '90s with the huge hit ballad "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" But beyond Mint Condition's slick soul moments, the band also embraced the mid-'90s trend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Top 10 Least Sexy Sex Stunts in Rap Songs

    ​Rappers aren't known for their ability to make our toes curl at the merest suggestion of sex--they leave that to Jill Scott, or Jodeci, or J*Davey. No, they're likely to get us all twisted up in our bedsheets for a different reason--confusion. Hearing one too many lines that made us go, "Hu ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    MUSIC PICKS: Ruben Guevara, Buika, Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers

    Also, Combichrist, Papercranes, Simone White and others

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Tupac's 'All Eyez on Me': The LA Weekly Word Cloud [NSFW]

    West Coast Sound has been analyzing classic Los Angeles albums for the past six months by creating word clouds from the lyrics. We've tackled Black Flag's Damaged, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton, Guns 'n Roses' Appetite for Destruction and, most recently, just for kicks, ... More >>

  • Music

    April 3, 2008

    Guy Groups: Five Men, One Dish

    What exactly are Hot Chip, the Temptations or Pretty Ricky implying when they sing about a singular love?

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Boyz II Men: A Philadelphia Story

    The only thing these guys didn't do was cater

  • Music

    June 15, 2006

    Young / Gifted / Beautiful / Black

    L.A.’s Murs just wants to be your favorite rapper. Is that so wrong?

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Quik As F**k

    The violent life, tumultuous career and fundamental goodness of DJ Quik

  • Music

    August 5, 1999

    Soul Stirrer

    The gospel according to Bobby Womack

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