One of my favorite new blogs, HipHlawg, posted a telling cross analysis on drug confessionals and gender expectation in Los Angeles and New York based crack rap. The sacrifices many women make for their male counterparts in trafficking illuminate an often neglected and insidious side of the drug war story. The author traces an
It all seemed a bizarre mystery; a label owner and source of the project (Paul Reynolds), who didn’t want to talk about the Patrick Gleeson's San Francisco Express recording, musicians who didn’t quite remember it, and a neglected soundscape that stood out as solidly original and experimental for its time. time
Preeminent West Coast rapper Calvin Broadus created an extraordinary work of art in his now legendary hybrid animal/human alter ego, Snoop Doggy Dogg. His debut effort, Doggystyle, features an illustrated depiction of a personified hound reaching towards a female counterpart who explicitly props her rear in the air in the standard doggystyle position, which
A couple months ago I got the chance to witness the grand opening of Kommunitas, a curated “allery” (alley gallery) located just off Townsend between 5th and 6th streets in San Francisco’s SoMa district. I had previously known SoMa’s Bluxome Street corridor well, a staple for graffiti enthusiasts on par with Mission favorites, Clarion
The laptop has become the principal tool for DJ performances. At shows, the Apple logo is now ubiquitous, glowing to the music.
