Portastatic to Still Please Fans with Album, Tour Pitchfork
Mac McCaughan's career certainly isn't static. But it is increasingly more Porta static (ba dum dun, ching). Last year saw the release of the band's sixth LP, Bright Ideas , followed earlier this year by the instrumental score to the Canadian indie film Who Loves the Sun . Now Portastatic, Mac's once side-project turned main musical venture, returns with yet another full-length, Be Still Please .
Rapper Azeem takes his YouTube blessings and curses all in stride San Francisco Chronicle
Azeem Ismail is a man of many talents. Beginning his career as a nationally recognized slam poet, and later as a member of local acts Telefunken and Spearhead, in the past six years he's put out five underground rap albums (recording as Azeem) on five
Due respect / Hyphy's hot, and the Federation wants to make it plain: The music wouldn't be what it is without the Yay San Francisco Chronicle
Ever since the mid-'80s glory days of Hammer, Too and Digital Underground, Oakland has been considered ground zero for the Bay Area's hip-hop scene. Although it's common knowledge that the phrase "hyphy" -- a slang term combining "hyper" and "fly" --
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Belated comebacks and promising debuts, quirks from cultists and blockbusters from superstars: All these scenarios and situations crowd this year's fall onslaught. Timed with the start of every school year, September begins music's most densely populated sprint of releases, sparking a marathon that doesn't end until Christmas.
COOL SOUNDS FOR FALL SEASON The Buffalo News
Belated comebacks and promising debuts, quirks from cultists and blockbusters from superstars: All these scenarios and situations crowd this year's fall onslaught.
DJ Shadow: Outside the Lines By Paine allhiphop.com
Since 1992, DJ Shadow has been active in several facets of Hip-Hop. The Davis, California native has taught legions of turntable owners how to dig in the crates for rare grooves.
Mixtape Report: September 19th SOHH
This week's mixtape report picks DJ Chuck T, DJ Vlad, Dirty Harry, Clinton Sparks & Green Lantern, DJ Sa Sham, P-Cutta & DJ Thoro, and the Demolition Men. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.
Renowned mixologist discusses how he got involved with one of the most talked about movements in rap. IGN Music
September 18, 2006 - When "3 Freaks" first infiltrated the commercial radio airwaves it sounded like another hype Hyphy banger tailor made for late night sideshow action.
Tupac Shakur: What If? O'Deisel allhiphop.com
Tupac Amaru Shakur was many things to many people. Rebel. Poet. Sex Symbol. Skinny dude with a big mouth. But to most of our generation, Tupac was an icon that represented both the promise and the trappings of youth.
Station's tactics spell trouble for rapper Mistah F.A.B. San Jose Mercury News
Mistah F.A.B. is one of the Bay Area's most popular and influential rappers, but you'd never know that from listening to KMEL the past couple of weeks.

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