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MC Ren

  • 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

    July 25, 2012

    N.W.A's MC Ren Now Lives 
in Palm Springs

    The best fake fact on Wikipedia is that MC Ren studied classical literature at Brown. It's a strain of truthiness so absurd as to be almost believable. Except when I mention it to the former enforcer of N.W.A, he roars. "Fuck no, I didn't go to no Brown," says the man born Lorenzo Patterson. "I didn ... 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 17, 2011

    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. The party waits for no man. So while we watched the tubes for Detox, Los ... More >>

  • Music

    May 6, 2010

    Whatever Happened to N.W.A's Posse?

    The Eazy-E True Hollywood (or True Compton) Stories behind the legendary L.A. hip-hop cover

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Ice Cube at the House of Blues: From Compton to 'Cribs'

    View more photos in Timothy Norris' Ice Cube slideshow. Ice Cube @ House Of Blues, Dec 11 Twenty-plus years into the game, Ice Cube has figured out at least a few things about the rap performance. He's perfected the rapper-on-stage routine with minimal extras (no fire, video, bitches, or shirt-ri ... More >>

  • Music

    December 6, 2007

    N.W.A: Compton's Most Vaunted a Hard Act to Follow

    Two decades later, Straight Outta Compton is as vital — and brutal — as ever

  • Music

    March 24, 2005

    Compton Rises Again

    Lil’ E on the legacy of Eazy and being his own man

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