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Multiculti Hip-Hop Insurgencynew
Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican, and Filipino hip-hop all thrive in the East Bay.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
06-26-2006 |
Music
Ten Years in the Peace Parknew
Ten years in and ten times bigger, Berkeley's Hip-Hop in the Park keeps on keepin' on.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-26-2006 |
Music
Team Playasnew
An Oakland rap trio's debut album combines a solid sound with liquid marketing.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Team
Go Less Dumbnew
Does hyphy promote a "culture of death," or help combat it?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-01-2006 |
Music
The Life of Rileynew
With a brand-new album and a brand-new baby, the Coup's leader discourses on the dichotomy of bullets and love.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
05-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Coup
You Must Learn to Shaddapnew
KRS-One sullies his rep with a bizarre, violent outburst.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
03-27-2006 |
Music
All-Time QBnew
E-40 might finally get the national adoration he deserves with My Ghetto Report Card.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
03-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: E-40
Boom Bip Blissnew
KRS-One proves why he still Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
02-06-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: KRS-One
Prophets, Not Profitsnew
The Watts Prophets' often harsh message still resonates for hip-hop heads nearly forty years later.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-23-2006 |
Music
Learning to Be Patientnew
Goapele's major label debut arrives six months late and right on time.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Change It All, Goapele
Live After Deathnew
The posthumous projects that keep on coming out beg the question: Is Tupac overrated?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-09-2006 |
Music
Tags: Tupac Shakur
Rap It Upnew
The Black Eyed Peas, Cowboy Troy and Hot Karl represent the year's worst in urban music.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
A Fistful of Geniusnew
A new two-disc set from the crazed film composer is more evocative than the movies themselves. Morricone's iconic scores for spaghetti Westerns made him famous, but set those aside and he would still be one of the modern era's most intriguing composers.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
The Son Also Risesnew
Damian Marley emulates his deified dad without aping him.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fela with More Feelingnew
The AfroFunk Experience bombs dancefloors and kicks Afrobeat up a notch.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
08-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
