Equipto Tour x Sacramento (Show)
Bay Area Legend Equipto’s last tour comes to Sacramento this Thursday with Luckyiam, Michael Marshall, Lroneous, Zman, Otayo Dub, and more… Any true west coast underground hip hop fan can tell you that it is ALWAYS a good time when Equipto comes to town. Whether with Andre Nickatina, the Bored Stiff crew, or any of the countless names he’s worked with →
Los Rakas- Behind the Scenes (Bien Ribetiao) + Interview 2012
The homie Junior Casablanca aka Cataclysm got invited by the Los Rakas fam to dance in their new video for “Bien Ribetiao.” When he asked if i’d be interested in going, there was no question. Los Rakas is one of my favorite hip hop acts out right now and I don’t even speak spanish. On top of being amazingly talented →
Swag the Bells by Andru Bell
Rock the Bells has always been an argument FOR the hip hop culture. Sure, patrons smoke approximately 6,483 pounds of herb each year at the festival while Cypress Hill explains how they could just kill a man, and the ugly, undeniable undercurrents of misogyny and homophobia run rampant. All of those things considered, Rock The Bells was one of the →
Skyzoo – "Jansport Strings"
Lead single off Skyzoo's upcoming album 'A Dream Deferred' out Oct. 2nd on The Faculty/Duck Down Music Inc! "The idea behind Jansport Strings is not based on it being literal, but more so in the figurative sense. As a kid in NY, the strings on your Jansport bag were a sign of power and presence. Kids would steal the strings off →
The Fresh Men by Andru Bell
Featured in Sacramento News and Review 10.13.11 Sacramento has a deep-rooted history of producing quality hip-hop. While veterans like Mean Doe Green, C-Plus and DLRN work to spotlight Sacramento on a nationwide scale, the freshman class has been busy making its presence known locally. Here are a few faces of the next generation of Sac hip-hop that those of you on →
The CYPHER – Sacramento Freshmen Class 2011 (Chuuwee x Konkwest x J.Good x Shoosh*E x Chozin)
On October 13th I wrote an article entitled "The Fresh Men," a profile of Sacramento's up and coming generation of hip hop, for Sacramento News and Review. For as much as I hear people complain that the News and Review doesn't cover hip hop, I have received nothing but support in my efforts to promote the talent that I have →
