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Lil' Wayne

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2013

    Yeah She Raps, But Don't Call iLLCamille a "Female Emcee"

    On a Friday night, West Pico bar The Mint was host to a small, hardcore crowd of hip hop purists donning hi-top fades and African medallions. On stage, a woman dressed in a vintage Nike windbreaker, silver leggings, and gold bamboo earrings grabbed the mic and introduced herself to the crowd. "I lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2013

    Cochon 555, 2013 Edition: Exhaustion, Excess Victory for Fig's Ray Garcia

    Cochon 555 is a feast for the senses. From the piggy small plates to oysters, to cheese cubes, to tartare, to ice cream, there are irresponsibly epic mountains of food. Some of it is really good. And from Anchor Steam bottles to wine tastings to single-barrel Four Roses Manhattans, there's enough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2013

    Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge - The Mayan - 3/28/13

    Ghostface Killah with Adrian Younge The Mayan 3/28/13 Somewhere between a classic film score and an adventurous concept album is where Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge meet on their upcoming album "Twelve Reasons to Die. Inspired by Tarantino and the RZA, the album is heavy in genre specific homa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2013

    Somehow, "Gangnam Style (Diplo Remix)" With 2 Chainz And Tyga Ain't So Great

    If, for the next few moments, we may be entirely liberal with the application of the term, I've remixed a fair amount of things in my short, trivial life. When I was a pup, several friends and I remixed the skateboard. We made something called a MEGA SKATEBOARD, wherein we took two four-foot-by-fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2013

    Amigo the Devil Sings About Serial Killers and Spousal Abuse, With a Sense of Humor

    [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] If you never met him, you might mistake Amigo the Devil for a monster. The 25-year-old murderfolk maudit's most popular song is called "Perfect Wife." Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2013

    The Worst Traffic Jam In The History Of The Man And Maybe Even The Universe

    Here's what this is: It takes EXACTLY 17 minutes for me to get from the entrance ramp of the freeway near my house to the machine at my work where employees swipe in. I know this because I have made the drive roughly 1,400 times during my seven years of employment. I also know this because I have, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

    Tuesday, December 25 Cody Bryant VIVA CANTINA Believe it or not, there are actually a few clubs open on Christmas. Over at Liquid Kitty in West Los Angeles, DJ Charlie X is spinning a no-cover mix of punk rock and various hits from that lost decade, the 1980s. Across town, at Viva Cantina in Burban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    The Best Rap Singles of 2012

    Let's be honest: It's been a great year for hip-hop. Mainstream and underground MCs made some of the most refreshing and innovative work in years. It's been a good year for albums, for sure, but also a dynamite one for singles. Here are our picks for the five best five, from artists around the count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2012

    I Gave My Grandma Master P's 1995 Album Ice Cream Man. It Didn't End How I'd Hoped

    First there was this, the video of DMX, a man who built a career being scarier than nuclear war, charming everyone's pants off with a Christmas carol about a reindeer with a nose that is both excellent (Kids: "Yay! Red nose! You're adorable, Rudolph!") and terrible (Doctors: "Oh no. Red nose. You're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2012

    This Is the Mixtape I Made For the Guys Who Keep Breaking Into My Car

    Three, maybe four times in the last month, my car has been broken into. I suppose at least a portion of that is my fault, both macro and micro. Macro: I mean, if I'd have maybe paid more attention in school, I'd probably make more money than I do today, which means I wouldn't have to live across t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2012

    Greydon Square Is the Atheist Rapper

    Midway through an interview with Greydon Square, I sneeze. "Bless you," the 31-year-old rapper born Eddie Collins says instinctively. He catches himself. "I know, an atheist that says, 'Bless you.' Habits, man." Greydon Square is the atheist rapper. In hip-hop, a genre in which where rappers thank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2012

    The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Weekend: Nov 9-11

    Friday, November 9 Ute Lemper SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS Ute Lemper is already a masterful interpreter of sad/romantic/tragic balladry, whether she's bringing to life "Mack the Knife" and other cabaret chansons by Kurt Weill or transmuting the surly poetry of Charles Bukowski into song form. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2012

    Los Rakas: Rappers From Panama, Proudly Hood

    Oakland hip-hop duo Los Rakas spent the early years of their lives in Panama City, Panama before settling in the Bay Area and immersing themselves in hip-hop culture. Joining forces in 2006, Raka Rich and Raka Dun coined the term "PanaBay" to describe their music, a mix of the Latin rhythms of Pan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2012

    Suburban White Fake Rapping Dads Are the Worst

    Gangsta rap jokes are almost as old as gangsta rap itself, with seminal hip-hop comedies CB4 and Fear of a Black Hat dropping in 1994. There are probably earlier examples in song; indeed, short of hair metal, few musical genres are more ripe for parody. Since then gangsta rap gags have not abated, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2012

    Hodgy Beats On the New MellowHype Album, and Why He Dislikes Reporters

    Between all the madcap happenings surrounding the Odd Future crew -- Tyler's maniacal musings, Frank Ocean's R&B ruminations, the occasion palm tree burned down by one of their fans -- sometimes folks forget about MellowHype, the two-man outfit comprised of caustic spitter Hodgy Beats and producer e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2012

    The Five Best Shows in Los Angeles This Week: Garbage, Nick Lowe, Culture Collide

    Tuesday, October 2 Garbage WILTERN When they formed in 1994, future chart fixtures Garbage had the makings of a sterile vanity project. Created by veteran studio rats (including Butch Vig, producer of Nirvana's Nevermind), with a grafted-on unknown vocalist, their formula appeared better suited to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2012

    Odd Future's Carnival and Show (With Lil Wayne) - Club Nokia - 9/30/12

    The Odd Future Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival & Show Club Nokia 9/30/12 See also: *Our slideshow of Odd Future's Carnival and Show *Odd Future and Streetwear Employees Resent Fairfax Avenue Tourist Influx *My Brother Smoked A Blunt With Lil Wayne; That's When Things Got Weird Who needs the L.A. County F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, September 14 Fiona Apple, Blake Mills GREEK THEATRE Before Blake Mills joins Fiona Apple's backup band for the headlining set tonight, he'll open with a set of tunes from his recent album, Break Mirrors. The Venice singer has produced albums by Jesca Hoop and Sara Watkins, and his subtle, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, August 31 Mark de Clive-Lowe BLUE WHALE As one might expect from a hapa Japanese-New Zealander who arrived in L.A. via Boston, New York and London, this keyboardist/DJ/music producer is a complex synthesis of musical styles and cultures. Mark de Clive-Lowe honed his craft in the United King ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2012

    A Brief History of the Blowjob in Pop Music

    Currently dominating charts, Flo Rida's "Whistle" recycles the wholesome Disney chorus "whistle while you work" as a blowjob instructional. Like many before him, Flo Rida enjoys receiving oral sex, and like almost as many, he has turned the practice into a popular song. Over the years, tracks discu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

    Monday, August 27 Summer Twins THE SATELLITE Summer's here and the time is right for a pure-pop escape. Sisters Chelsea (lead vocals and guitar) and Justine Brown (drums) lay down a simple, unabashedly irony-free form of pop that layers '60s garage rock with dreamy harmonies. "I'm just a piece of g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Saturday, July 28 Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak WILTERN What few critics there were of Dirty Projectors' 2009 magnum opus, Bitte Orca, took issue with the LP's idiosyncrasies. As thrilling as those songs were, they clearly weren't written for anyone other than main brain David Longstreth. But on new al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2012

    Rapper Kid Ink Only Began Writing in Order to Sell His Beats

    A slight guy in nondescript white t-shirt and baggy Nike basketball shorts is bent over the vintage jewelry case at Fairfax's Dope Couture. Bracelets encircle both of his wrists; nevertheless, he points to a YSL piece whose thick links glint. It pairs nicely with the well-polished chain already slun ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    June 28, 2012

    Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

    Sizzurp, Sci-fi and 'Murrica

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    The Worst Moments of SXSW 2012

    See also: *The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012 *Ten Awesome Concert Posters at SXSW Spontaneous tattoo at the S.O. Terik-Filter showcase On Friday, Samantha Urbani from Brooklyn indie band Friends did something to a fan he might forever regret. At the S.O.Terik-Filter showcase, beneath a bl ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Top 5 Most Obnoxious Billboards in Los Angeles

    John ZurThe official sneaker of Barry Bonds' career, these "shoes on steroids" can be seen at Santa Monica Blvd. and Sawtelle Blvd.​Downtown's planned football stadium could become a Las Vegas-style sea of billboards, as LA Weekly reported this week. But we L.A. drivers already deal with bill ... 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

    April 14, 2011

    Page Two: Best Week Ever (for Hip-Hop, R&B and Beats)

    Never mind Coachella, this is the week L.A. gets funked up!

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Lil Wayne's Los Angeles Show at Staples Center Rescheduled

    ​From concert organizers Live Nation: LOS ANGELES, CA (April 11, 2011) Due to the Los Angeles Kings' first round NHL Stanley Cup Playoff series versus the San Jose Sharks, in which Game 3 is scheduled at STAPLES Center on April 21st, the Lil Wayne concert has moved to:

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    In Like a Lion, Even in L.A.: Our Favorite Songs about Lions

    ​There is an old-wives/Farmer's Almanac weather adage that says March "comes in like a lion, out like a lamb." As residents of Southern California, we are pretty much disqualified from every saying about weather ever, although a few days ago we actually experienced gusting winds that fittingly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Across the Universe: New Flying Lotus Video, Weezer Best Coast, RHCP Lawsuit, R.I.P Eyedea

    Across the Universe: New Flying Lotus Video, Weezer Best Coast, RHCP Lawsuit, R.I.P Eyedea

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Gaga, Taylor and Wayne, Oh My! The Napkin Holder Plays Space 15 Twenty

    The T-shirt reborn.​On Saturday evening, Hollywood's Space 15 Twenty celebrates the opening of its Planet White T-Shirt exhibition, conceived by L.A. arts organizer Triple-Major and benefiting Designers Against AIDS. The installation, which runs through April 18, promises to re-imagine and tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

    Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: --Before Venice went vegan. [Eating LA] --Sara Lee goes lo-so. [Chicago Tribune] --Smell, don't swallow: Can food aromas satiate hunger? [POPSCI] --Climate change affects our food, too! Food secur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Flying Lotus Remixes Lil Wayne [MP3]

    Here's something good for a Thursday afternoon: Lil Wayne tracks reimagined by LA beat king Flying Lotus. We snagged these from Jeff Weiss' great Passion of the Weiss blog yesterday -- four tracks, two vocals and two instrumentals -- and would highly recommend you do the same. For now, you can grab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    SXSW Day 4 (Pt. 2): On Rap/Rock, The Legacy of the Beasties, and Asher Roth Vs. The Knux

    Almost 25 years have elapsed since the Rick Rubin-helmed, Licensed to Ill found the Beasties staking their claim as the first major rap group to incorporate guitar-hero rawk ("Rock Box" aside). Such juxtaposition seems prosaic today, but it's almost impossible to grasp how revolutionary sampling L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    On the Eve of the Grammys, Heavy D Discusses His Nomination, Reggae, Diddy and More

    To hip-hop fans in the early-'90s, Heavy D was the original "Overweight Lover." A rap generation later, he was name-dropped more in the reciting of one of hip-hop's most beloved lines: the first bars from another heavy weight, Notorious B.I.G's "Juicy." Now? Without Notorious it'd be a wonder if t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#10-1) (Sponsored By My Secret Identity )

    And people acted surprised when Jerry O' Connell landed Rebecca Romjin. 10. Why? Alopecia (Anticon) It's tough to write about Why?'s breakout record without anxiously jotting down a few choice lyrics from songwriter Yoni Wolf's notebook. Not to downplay its musicianship, but Alopecia is forem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Busted Rhymes: The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

    By Ben Westhoff Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously ... More >>

  • Music

    December 18, 2008

    Rock Picks: The Duke Spirit, New York Dolls, Lil Wayne

    Also, Darker My Love, X, Legal Weapon, and others

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

    You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were dem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Weiss' 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008 (#50-26)

    Over the next two weeks, myself and a very talented cadre of contributors will be emulating the book above. Unlike said tome, it won't cost money and you'll get free MP3s--which, presumably, serve a tangible purpose. Now go cry into your near-beer, Phillip Ardagh, you lovable rogue. 50. Redman ft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    The Dull Competence of T.I.'s "Swagger Like Us"

    I like "Swagger Like Us." Sort of. Its goals are minimal: Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, T.I. and Kanye trade bars about their mutual awesomeness over a sampled hook courtesy of M.I.A's "Paper Planes." The sort of manufactured "posse cut" that's been in vogue for the past few years, with little connection betw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year

    Yes, I'm aware that this is a month late. I never said punctuality was my strong suit. (That would be rambling, stoned gibberish. ) Look for the best 10 non-rap albums sometime next week. 10 (tie). Nico the Beast-No Beast So Fierce Genre purists and anyone weaned on that mid-90s school of sav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    Girl Talk: One Trick Pony, or 21st Century Steinski?

    Girl Talk: One Trick Pony, or 21st Century Steinski? By Ian Cohen If you’re the kind of poor soul who watches the workday tick away at places like ilxor.com, June has been Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Tet and the Feast of Maximum Occupancy all rolled into one. Not only have we experienced the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Wale Realizes the Full Potential of the Mixtape

    Last November, Zeus wrote a post dissecting the differences between albums and mixtapes for the benefit of crits and fans who had been mistakenly conflating Pusha-T rhyming over old G-Unit beats for high art. It happens. The post may have been a tad heavy-handed, but its point was salient. More of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    An Interview With Pete Rock

    Pete Rock needs no introduction. His new album NY's Finest drops on Tuesday. While it might not be a classic on the level of a Soul Survivors or Mecca & The Soul Brother, it's a strong record with occasionally great moments. But buyer beware: Jim Jones yells "floooosssssiiiin'" no less than fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2007

    10 Haikus About 2007's Most Overhyped Albums

    Animal Collective-Strawberry Jam Sounds Like Bad Acid Trip At arcade in New Jersey Let Panda roam solo. Arcade Fire-Neon Bible Right now in heaven Toole Composes Lengthy Indictment Against Neon Bible.

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