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February 6, 2013
Fuck Guilty Pleasures: Critics Need to Lay Off Macklemore
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilty Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] The number one song in the country, as you probably know, is a Seattle-based white independent hip-hop artist's ode to sh ... More >>
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January 10, 2013
No, Seriously, the Sunset Strip Has Gotten Cool
In 1975, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant stood on a balcony at the Continental Hyatt House above the Sunset Strip and screamed "I am a golden god!" Allegedly. From similar balconies at the same hotel, Keith Richards and Keith Moon both hucked TVs to the street below in fits of excess and Jim Morris ... More >>
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December 11, 2012
2012: A Landmark Year in L.A. Hip-Hop
L.A. hip-hop hasn't seen a year like this one since 1992, when the word G-Funk was (re)defined and art-rap was steadily making noise in and around Leimert Park. Twenty years ago saw, of course, the release of The Chronic, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, The Predator, Spice 1, and Way 2 Fonky, among ot ... More >>
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October 3, 2012
Eagle Rock Music Festival: Still Killing It
In an oversaturated festival market, the Eagle Rock Music Festival returns this Saturday, October 6. For 14 years it's been creeping up as one of the most ambitious and forward-thinking local festivals, and become tremendously successful. It's got cheap tickets ($10), adventurous local bookings -- i ... More >>
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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 >>
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July 16, 2012
RIP Spin Print Edition (Probably): Why We Loved the Magazine
After being purchased by Buzzmedia last week, Spin Magazine looks to be on its last legs -- the magazine part of it, anyway. Though Buzzmedia representatives haven't said it's going digital-only, they haven't committed to maintaining the print edition, either. It seems likely that we won't see much ... More >>
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July 2, 2012
L.A.'s Top Five Actors-Turned-Rappers, Including Warren Beatty
See also: *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List *Here Are Pictures of Dr. Dre's New $13 Million House Only a decade ago everyone was complaining about how the rappers were taking all of the acting roles in Hollywood. But nowadays the pendulum has swung in the other direct ... More >>
Music
June 21, 2012
The Pharcyde's Bumpy Ride
The 20th anniversary of the group's Bizarre Ride album is getting a big rollout. But some group members don't feel like celebrating
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May 24, 2012
The Pharcyde - The Roxy - 5/23/12
See also: *The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Later:  An Appreciation *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List The Pharcyde The Roxy 5/23/12 Better than ... listening to the album. The city's been a little tense lately, honking on the freeway, power drinking, and tra ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Later:  An Appreciation
See also: *J-Swift Made Big Hits  With the Pharcyde  Before Tragedy and Drugs  Nearly Took Him Down *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List To fully appreciate the impact of The Pharcyde's "Ya Mama," you had to be in a junior high lunchroom in the spring of 1993. It w ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
Ice Cube - KDAY Krush Groove - April 28, 2012
Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Mystikal and others KDAY Krush Groove Gibson Amphitheater April 28, 2012 An invitation to Ice Cube's gangsta nation is tough to decline, even for those on the right side of the law. Which is why at one point during the Krush Groove hip-hop concert on Saturday a yellow-shirte ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
J-Swift Made Big Hits  With The Pharcyde  Before Tragedy And Drugs  Nearly Took Him Down
Nanette Gonzales[Editor's note: Longtime Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List J-Swift hit rock bottom five years ago. Sacks o ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Bizarre Ride: Jeff Weiss's Five Los Angeles Music Archetypes
[Editor's note: Longtime Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's new column, "Bizarre Ride," begins today. You can find it on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] The L.A. cliché is a war of shadow and light: fallen stars gone to seed, saccharine pop and gangsta rap. But this is 2012 and Dr. Dre is a headphone g ... More >>
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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 >>
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October 20, 2011
Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: 5-1
See also 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. 5. The Phar ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Having Already Influenced Every Rapper You Like, Freestyle Fellowship Are Back
Trevor TreynorSunshine men go dark and sky rappers eventually touch cement, but Freestyle Fellowship swore that they would never fall the fuck off. That was the promise of 1991, the pre-riot boiling point when their first hand-hawked collection of songs, To Whom It May Concern, crushed casset ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Top Five Rappers Who Are Worse Then Lil B
The GameFor all of the disses and shots Game is throwing out lately, you'd almost think he had a new album due next week or something. (Well, he does, and he's going to be on our cover, too.) The latest to find themselves on Jayceon's shit list is Bay Area phenomenon Lil B, whom Game this we ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
Top Five Spike Jonze Rap Videos That Are Better Than "Otis"
Kanye and Jay-ZThe Spike Jonze-directed video for Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Otis" debuted late last week. In it, the two professional luxury shoppers (and occasional rappers) gallivant around in a modified Maybach while rapping in front of a giant flag. If you've somehow missed it, knock yourse ... More >>
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February 7, 2011
It's J. Dilla's Birthday! Here's the Best Way to Celebrate It
Only the good die young. J Dilla -- the Detroit producer who was a founding member of the Soulquarians collective (along with Questlove, D'Angelo and James Poyser) and is heralded as one of the most influential producers in hip-hop -- passed away five years ago this month. But House Shoes, Di ... More >>
Music
February 3, 2011
A Cure for the Monday Funk
Only the good die young. J Dilla -- the Detroit producer who was a founding member of the Soulquarians collective (along with Questlove, D'Angelo and James Poyser) and is heralded as one of the most influential producers in hip-hop -- passed away five years ago this month. But House Shoes, Di ... More >>
Music
December 30, 2010
Music Picks: Nicole Eva Emery, Hard NYE, Peter and the Wolf,
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October 20, 2010
Watch: Crazy Ass Fatlip from Pharcyde Returns with New Electro Sound, English Accent, Lines About L.A. Women and Marilyn Manson
Fatlip struts his stuff in Hollywood.Often troubled but admirably candid L.A. rapper Fatlip has returned with a brand new sound. The former Pharcyde member goes electro-funk in a just-out video for the unreleased song, "LA Girls." We assume he's not talking about the kind of L.A. girl that h ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Top 5 Old-School Jams That Get Us Pumped Up When We Hear Them on KDAY
KDAY is the L.A. radio go-to when you want to pump the old-school jams, (we love that on their website they tell us, "On Air Now: All your favorite back in the day hits. Next Up: All your favorite back in the day hits.") but our favorite thing about listening to the station is the oh-my-God-I-totall ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
This Weekend: HARD Summer, Silversun Pickups, Weezer, New L.A. Folk Festival, Power of the Riff festival
SoulwaxThe two most pressing questions about Saturday's HARD Summer in downtown Los Angeles have nothing to do with quality. With Soulwax, Crystal Castles and Major Lazer topping a bill that includes the likes of Flying Lotus and Diplo, promoter Gary Richards has assembled the kind of dance ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
ODB Lives!: N.A.S.A. Releases New Video for Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip Track
N.A.S.A. Releases New Video for Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip Track
Blogs
April 13, 2010
Download: Jneiro Jarel Remixes Brazilian Legend Arthur Verocai [MP3]
The 'Timeless' DVD box set.The whereabouts of Jneiro Jarel are a bit of a mystery. Though the prolific underground producer first made his name in Houston opening for groups like the Pharcyde and the Geto Boys, he rose to prominence in New York as part of the extended Okayplayer posse, then ... More >>
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February 15, 2010
Cut Chemist To Lead Delicious Vinyl DJ Lab
Cut Chemist leads labOn Saturday, historic L.A. hip-hop label Delicious Vinyl will host the second installment of its all-star DJ workshop series at its recently opened Hollywood retail/gallery space Freak City. January's inaugural session featured Fat Lip of The Pharcyde alongside a lesser-k ... More >>
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January 15, 2010
This Weekend: Delicious Vinyl Hosts Free DJ Workshop
Job seekers: BE A DJ. Easy money: drop a few tunes, get a few cheap drinks, some blow, hang around ladies, men, threesomes, do more blow, drop another song. Bingo, you're famous, and no longer jobless. Saturday afternoon Delicious Vinyl in Hollywood is hosting a free DJ workshop. You can l ... More >>
Music
December 24, 2009
Eve of Destruction
Job seekers: BE A DJ. Easy money: drop a few tunes, get a few cheap drinks, some blow, hang around ladies, men, threesomes, do more blow, drop another song. Bingo, you're famous, and no longer jobless. Saturday afternoon Delicious Vinyl in Hollywood is hosting a free DJ workshop. You can l ... More >>
Film+TV
February 19, 2009
Black Like Me: Medicine for Melancholy
Not a coveted demo, the young African-American hipster gets a movie
Music
January 8, 2009
Up With People Under the Stairs
Hip-hop duo celebrates a decade in L.A.
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 >>
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December 19, 2008
Tonight at the El Rey: People Under the Stairs Come Up for Some Air
"We'd been around the world ten times and done Glastonbury, Redding, and Leeds before people had even thought about leaving LA. And we've never been heralded by any local media."
Music
September 25, 2008
Has the L.A. Hip-Hop Plague Finally Passed?
Four on the floor
Blogs
September 23, 2008
Tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre: Rare Footage from the Delicious Vinyl Vaults
Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre has been on fire this month, each week delivering films from the birth and golden era of hip hop. This is the final week of the month-long series. Tonight they're turning over the reigns to the estimable Delicious Vinyl crew, who will be screening rare foot ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2008
Solillaquists of Sound, J-Live and Chali 2Na Release a Tribute Song to J Dilla, Inspired By LA Weekly Article/Follow-Up Interview With Dilla's Mom, Ms. Maureen Yancey
Still a little stunned by this one. I suppose we can chalk this up as some minor triumph to the power of the media, at a time when the Fourth Estate isn't exactly going through its finest moment. I'm not in the habit of running press releases in full, but I'll make the exception after the jump. I ... More >>
Music
August 7, 2008
The Many Moods of Rock the Bells
Hip-hop's been in a lull. Meet the new torchbearers
Music
April 10, 2008
Trance-a-licious at the Shrine; Local Heroes Warehouse Shindig
Hip-hop's been in a lull. Meet the new torchbearers
Music
January 10, 2008
Check the Technique: Notes from the Golden Age
Hip-hop scribe profiles 36 seminal rap albums. Let the arguments begin
News
April 19, 2007
Rolling With Big Boy
The voice of Power 106 What�s a few hundred pounds between friends?
Music
November 9, 2006
Rock Picks
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June 8, 2006
Music Picks
For the week of June 8 - 15
Music
February 16, 2006
Fatlip
Fatlip: the Stoneliest Pun Ex-Pharcyder rocks the Blue Caf�, Long Beach, Feb. 10
Music
February 16, 2006
Thank You, J Dilla
Fatlip: the Stoneliest Pun Ex-Pharcyder rocks the Blue Caf�, Long Beach, Feb. 10
Music
December 15, 2005
Where�s the Funny?
The year hip-hop forgot its dick can fly
Music
July 28, 2005
Can You See It
L.A.�s underground Visionaries make �honest music for the masses�
Music
May 9, 2002
Reach for the Sun
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 27-28
Music
June 1, 2000
Roll With the New
L.A.�s hip-hop underground keeps it . . . �real�
Music
November 25, 1999
Lunatik Derelikts
Free 2 B V & Legacy
Film+TV
August 20, 1998
Fallin' Up
Black Eyed Peas' rap to the rescue
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