Radio ads and announcements are often the jabber between songs, the necessary evils that help listeners keep their stations in business. Physical CDs have assumed a similar role in music. If sales are what a band’s spirit is worth in cold, hard cash, then lately, that answer has been: nothing. Read More…
Heems of Das Racist is from “Cop Killer” Queens, he’s “Never killed a cop, though / More the type to burn a spliff and eat a bag of nachos / More the type to read a novel, maybe ‘bout Navajos.” He is a frequent collaborator of Danny Brown’s and the Read More…
Editor’s note: This feature is one of a two-part series analyzing new shifts in hip-hop as demonstrated by two rising artists (one established, the other underground) that deny conventions on the national stage and in our community: Danny Brown and Zachg. On the 2002 track “Oops (Oh My)”, Tweet’s skirt Read More…
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater offers an alternative to those who are and aren’t into religious or Class A ecstasy. At Cal Performances on March 13, the company translated the inclusive energy of ritual spaces like the club and the church to Zellerbach Hall in pieces featuring gospel and Read More…
J. Lo in terry cloth Juicy Couture reminding us, again, that she’s real. Ja Rule in a wife beater. Ashanti with red lips, hoops and a lace-up leather onesie? Ja Rule still in a wife beater. We have had some great times with Ja, tracks with wind instrumentals and women Read More…
Google has a knack for knowing a lot more about us than we want it to. When the site flagged an album teaser showing Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, embracing another man for “promoting mature themes” and not being “family safe,” it underlined many of the social taboos that the Read More…
UC Berkeley looks toward the season after the add/drop deadline. Into fall with an Amber, Mahogany and Saffron color story, cohesive from lipstick to sandal strap. Ready for an English 190: Manifest Destiny’s Child seminar, with that 90’s crop top riding on a straight Oregon Trail skirt. This look’s about Read More…
It’s fitting that folk artist Marissa Nadler’s fifth album is her first self-titled one. She recorded it on her own label, funded it with cash investments from fans using the Internet funding platform Kickstarter, and now owns all of the rights to her material. All it takes is a quick Read More…
On the Facebook event of “The City is Ours,” a free music festival hitting Oakland this Saturday, Hector Jimenez wants “ya’ll mudafuckas,” as he refers to the event’s organizers, to “tell where tba is at right now !!!!!” but the event’s promoters are staying tight-lipped. Staying true to the night’s name Read More…
With its big egos and conspicuous consumption, hip-hop is not as distant from fashion as it might seem. The relentless ferocity of hip-hop beats and strength of its personalities molds hip-hip into a fitting runway soundtrack. Ad campaigns too can hitch a fashion brand to the popularity of a current Read More…
