| “The World Gon’ know Us, for Sure”: An Interview with Ezale | November 15, 2016 |
Torii MacAdams and Ezale talk about the best break-up songs, life outside of rapping, cartoons, drugs, and Jackie Chan.
| The Making of Casual’s “Fear Itself” | August 27, 2016 |
In advance of Sept. 3rd's "Hiero Day," David Ma talks with Casual and Domino about the making of their prolific album, Fear Itself.
| Ghost Ride the Wine: E-40 is our Greatest Sommelier | April 26, 2016 |
Will Hagle drinks E-40's booze so you don't have to.
One of the Bay's best, back at it.
The latest post-Mustard party rap from the Bay
In Oakland, it's illegal to carry more than $60 in cash.
| 2 Hard 4 Tha Radio: Rap Report from the Bay | May 4, 2015 |
The latest hip-hop from the Bay Area, April 2015
| Fantastic Negrito Should Score True Detective Season 2 | March 12, 2015 |
The Bay Area strummer needs to back Pizzolato's intro sequence
| 2 Hard 4 Tha Radio: February in The Bay | March 6, 2015 |
The new column from Matt Moretti gets you caught up on all the latest rap from The Bay
| The Accurate Coordinates of Bells Atlas | June 28, 2013 |
Max Bell something something something. I wrote about Oakland’s Bells Atlas and their self-titled EP back in April. The EP’s been in constant rotation for me ever since. That was until I listened to their also self-titled LP, released June 18 via the group’s Bandcamp. At eleven tracks, it might be the best, and most […]
