http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:05 -0700 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:20:03 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Yo-SD-Raps-Young-Mass-presents-The-Best-Of-Daygo-City?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Young Mass putting on for the city. It wouldn't make much sense to review this Best Of Daygo City compilation as an album because, well, it's a compilation (duh). Albums are like full-fledged, 5-course dinners in which all the different flavors coal... San Diego Gangster Rap Backpack Rap Audio Boom Bap Conscious Rap Album Reviews West Coast Rap Hipster Rap Yo! SD Raps Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:20:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Yo-SD-Raps-Young-Mass-presents-The-Best-Of-Daygo-City?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Interview-local-artist-Bad-Karma-of-Elegant-Enlightenment?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Bad Karma and Mac Vicious of the Elegant Enlightenment crew dropped their dope mixtape, Coffee Table Talk, earlier this year. The young San Diego natives, together with an excellent in-house production team, are making good music, something like Dil... San Diego Features Neo-Soul Rap Interviews Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:03:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Interview-local-artist-Bad-Karma-of-Elegant-Enlightenment?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Yo-SD-Raps-Blame-One-Orko-Eloheim-Pedalay-Kahlee--Adikt-1?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Don't call it a comeback. Because he never left. Blame One "Mr. Science" YTest ft. Blame One "Accept It" Just 5 months after retiring, Blame One comes back like Jordan wearing the 4-5. Which, if you follow him on Twitter, was pre... San Diego Backpack Rap Audio Boom Bap Rock Rap Hardcore Rap Song Reviews Yo! SD Raps Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:21:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Yo-SD-Raps-Blame-One-Orko-Eloheim-Pedalay-Kahlee--Adikt-1?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Six-six-6-scary-rapper-dudes?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Halloween is here which means it's time to get scared. What better way to get scared than to think about how scary rappers are? Here are some rappers (and one rap-related dude) you need to steer clear of on the streets as you trick-or-treat: 1. Bush... Lists Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:57:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Six-six-6-scary-rapper-dudes?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Yo-SD-Raps-Mitchy-Slick-Jayo-Felony-AM-Old-English-Sojourn?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner There's been a surprising amount of good local rap music recently. Here's a round-up of the highlights: Strong Arm Steady ft. Jacka "Loose Girl" Strong Arm Steady will be releasing a project helmed by Madlib entitled Stoney Jackson. Judgin... San Diego Gangster Rap Backpack Rap Audio West Coast Rap Hipster Rap Song Reviews Yo! SD Raps Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:21:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Yo-SD-Raps-Mitchy-Slick-Jayo-Felony-AM-Old-English-Sojourn?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Album-review-Ghostface-trades-in-drugs-for-love-on-Wizard-Of-Poetry?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Make no mistake: Ghostface's Wizard of Poetry is not Fishscale. It is not Big Doe Rehab. It is definitely not Cuban Linx II. In recent years, Ghostface has begrudgingly settled back into the coke rap genre that he and Raekwon fathered on the origina... Pop Rap Album Reviews R&B Rap Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:16:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Album-review-Ghostface-trades-in-drugs-for-love-on-Wizard-Of-Poetry?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d27-Mixtape-review-Pedalay-The-Boss-asks-Why-So-Serious?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Pedalay murders wack emcees. Pedalay The Boss just wants to rap. He likes to rap and he raps pretty well but for some people, that's not enough. "It's hard to get a lot of love," says Pedalay. "I don't 'bang, so some of the gangsters ... San Diego Backpack Rap Audio Album Reviews Hardcore Rap Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:21:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d27-Mixtape-review-Pedalay-The-Boss-asks-Why-So-Serious?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Album-review-Kahlee--Uptown-Swuite-too-intelligent-on-The-Seed?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Back in 2005, BET infamously banned a music video from soulful rap group, Little Brother, for being "too intelligent." Obviously, BET is an evil entity hell-bent on the destruction of the African-American people. But maybe they had a point... Backpack Rap Album Reviews West Coast Rap Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:46:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Album-review-Kahlee--Uptown-Swuite-too-intelligent-on-The-Seed?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Album-review-Raekwons-Cuban-Linx-II-not-the-Bible?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner By all accounts, this album should not exist. The sequel to the quintessential drug rap album, 1995's Only Built For Cuban Linx, was first announced in 2005. At the time, Raekwon's follow-up was to be executive produced by Dr. Dre and released under... Gangster Rap Boom Bap Album Reviews Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:19:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Album-review-Raekwons-Cuban-Linx-II-not-the-Bible?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Album-review-JayZs-The-Blueprint-3?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner No artist can market themselves better than Jay-Z. Claiming not to be a "businessman" but a "business, man," Jay has nimbly transformed his image from jiggy drug-dealing thug to remorseful corporate gangster to living legend and ... Album Reviews Jay-Z Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:54:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Album-review-JayZs-The-Blueprint-3?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d4-A-guide-to-the-Best-Hip-Hop-nominees-for-the-San-Diego-Music-Awards-09?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner The nominees for the 19th annual San Diego Music Awards nominees were announced last week. Nudged in-between a slew of hippie folk singers and local punk legends sit eight hip-hop acts that most locals probably couldn't recognize. That's because the... Old School San Diego Backpack Rap Boom Bap Pop Rap Conscious Rap Hipster Rap Rock Rap Christian Rap Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:19:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d4-A-guide-to-the-Best-Hip-Hop-nominees-for-the-San-Diego-Music-Awards-09?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Rap-shows-in-SD-this-ComicCon-weekend?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner It looks like closet-nerd (and not-so-closet-nerd) rappers are congregating in San Diego this weekend, likely to get in on some San Diego Comic-Con action. Whether or not they'll make an appearance at the renowned convention, they will be performing ... Video Games x Rap San Diego Backpack Rap Boom Bap Conscious Rap West Coast Rap Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:45:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Rap-shows-in-SD-this-ComicCon-weekend?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Sojourn-gets-back-to-basics-on-new-single-album-coming-soon?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner North County SD resident Sojourn is set to release his debut album, Sojournalism: The Summer Articles, in September. Sojourn leaked the first single, "Get Back," from the album over the weekend. On the song, the rapper invokes the words of... San Diego Backpack Rap Audio Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:17:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Sojourn-gets-back-to-basics-on-new-single-album-coming-soon?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Son-Of-Ran-reveals-creative-process-on-The-Art-Of-Piece-Keeping?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Son Of Ran on the Exact Change Tour. San Diego rapper Son Of Ran recently released a video project entitled "The Art of Piece Keeping." In the video, the rapper takes viewers on a tour through his creative process as he records the new son... San Diego Backpack Rap Video Audio Conscious Rap Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:11:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Son-Of-Ran-reveals-creative-process-on-The-Art-Of-Piece-Keeping?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Randam-Luck-drops-new-album-Graveyard-Shift?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner San Diego hardcore rap group Randam Luck releases its new album, Graveyard Shift, this week on Babygrande Records. Randam Luck, consisting of members Randola, Lucky, and Stadi Majadi, formed in 2000 and have been rocking shows on the underground cir... San Diego Video Horrorcore Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:56:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Randam-Luck-drops-new-album-Graveyard-Shift?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Interview-DJ-Spinna-pt-3?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner In the final part of our interview with DJ Spinna, the producer speaks on his upcoming project, Sonic Smash. The traditionalist boom bap album features a wide range of emcees including Elzhi (of Slum Village) and Phonte (of Little Brother). Sonic Sm... Backpack Rap Boom Bap Features Interviews Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:57:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Interview-DJ-Spinna-pt-3?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Interview-DJ-Spinna-pt-2?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Courtesy Buhbomp.com We continue our conversation with acclaimed producer, DJ Spinna. In part 2 of this interview, DJ Spinna speaks on his work with an unsigned Eminem and his musical relationship with the late producer, J Dilla. To catch up on his ... Old School Backpack Rap Boom Bap Features Interviews Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:05:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Interview-DJ-Spinna-pt-2?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Interview-DJ-Spinna-pt-1?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Famed producer DJ Spinna rose up during the mid-90's underground rap boom in New York, leading the way for many a rapper to don Jansports and spit at the establishment. Spinna, real name Vincent Williams, came to be a rite of passage for underground... Old School Backpack Rap Boom Bap Features Interviews Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:15:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Interview-DJ-Spinna-pt-1?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Album-review-Wu-Tang-Clans-Chamber-Music?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner At this point, it's not much to say that the Wu Tang Clan have left a huge mark on the landscape of music. With an abundance of grit, sharp lyricism, a zeal for kung fu folklore, and a willingness to experiment, the Wu have crafted countless classic... Boom Bap Album Reviews Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:17:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d12-Album-review-Wu-Tang-Clans-Chamber-Music?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Bishop-Lamont-takes-rappers-to-chuuch-with-Dr-Dre-Xzibit?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner Photo courtesy Bishop Lamont Perpetual West Coast next-to-bat rapper Bishop Lamont climbs up from limbo to deliver scriptures once again. "Hallelujah" appears to be the latest leak from Bishop Lamont's highly anticipated debut album, The R... Backpack Rap Audio West Coast Rap Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:47:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3333-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Bishop-Lamont-takes-rappers-to-chuuch-with-Dr-Dre-Xzibit?cid=exrss-San-Diego-Rap-Music-Examiner