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National Gangster Rap
Quik 3:16 (Album Review: The Book of David)
DJ Quik
April 20, 2011
DJ Quik’s eighth solo release, The Book of David, is very aptly named. The Compton beat smith and rhyme-slinger comes with a biblical entry...
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L.A. Rapper Nate Dogg, dead at 41
Gangster Rap
March 16, 2011
Reports coming out of Los Angeles yesterday says that Rapper Nate Dogg, a founder of L.A.’s G-funk, gangster rap sound died of complications...
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Yo! SD Raps: Top 3 San Diego Rap Albums of 2009
Arts & Entertainment
January 6, 2010
2009 is over but not before acknowledging the best rap albums of the year from San Diego. We're keeping it down to only the Top 3 because, honestly...
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Yo! SD Raps: Jayo Felony, Black Mikey, Ecay Uno, & more
Arts & Entertainment
December 14, 2009
It's been a long time. I shouldn't have left you. But I brought some extra great San Diego rapp treats with me today. Jayo Felony "Blocc Party...
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Yo! SD Raps: 'Young Mass presents The Best Of Daygo City'
Arts & Entertainment
November 18, 2009
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...
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Yo! SD Raps: Mitchy Slick, Jayo Felony, A.M., Old English, Sojourn
Arts & Entertainment
October 14, 2009
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...
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Album review: Raekwon's 'Cuban Linx II' not the Bible
Arts & Entertainment
September 18, 2009
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...
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Best rap albums of 2009: First half
Arts & Entertainment
June 29, 2009
Halfway through 2009 and rap is looking great. With the collapse of the music industry, it seems that the reward for selling out is shrinking. Many...
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Five rapping fathers and their five idolizing sons
Arts & Entertainment
June 18, 2009
Hip-hop never fails to show love to its moms with caring tributes left and right. And with good reason. To hear rappers tell it, approximately 95%...
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Audio: Brotha Lynch Hung 'Roc The Mic'
Arts & Entertainment
June 16, 2009
Brotha Lynch Hung "Roc The Mic" Here's the single from Brotha Lynch Hung's recently dropped mixtape, The Gas Station. Brotha Lynch's...
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