This was supposed to be for SmokingSection but it didn’t quite work out the way I planned. I put a lot of work editing this piece down into three parts. Below is my  introduction that was suppo. […]

The blog has been laggin, with the exception of my past two posts about drummers, but I’ve been doing everything but that. Much like I wished, writing has slowly faded out to strictly a  hobby,. […]

I’m a little late on posting this, and if the story interests you you’ve probably already read it, but nonetheless here it is. In short, legendary drummer Max Roachs’ drum kit has be. […]

I knew I had to check Karriem Riggins on his two day stay at Yoshi’s in Oakland. For weeks I procrastinated and pretended I couldn’t swing it, but made a decision late yesterday it absolut. […]

The homie Stresmatic hit me up the other week about his new solo project 1st Place. We’ve got the first leaked track over at the SmokingSection, and will be leaking a new song every other week.. […]

It’s been a minute but the crates have only gotten fatter since then. DJ STEF put ya boy and for that I am thankful. Posted in Uncategorized

Mentioned this one a while back, but the video is finally done and out. The track is off the Sick Wid It Umbrella: The Machine album. …see if you can find the girls I went to High School with. P. […]

My first interview in minute. We’ve got a regular Q&A and a bonus video of Exile reading the Charles Bukowski poem “A Radio With Guts.” Follow My Links. If you haven’t cop. […]

New theme. OG’s. KRS One & Buckshot (produced by Havoc)-Robot …And if you need more proof. Posted in Uncategorized

Considering it’s been so long you might expect something of much grander scale, but nah, just stolen chunk of infomration. RappersIknow have an interview with ?uestlove, and apprently that is Sa. […]

Welcome back to the obscurity, where shit's the best! This time we time travel forward to the mid-90s: 1996.This time I present the SF MC I mentioned in the Cult of Isis post: Bazooka Joe Gotti.I met. […]

<!--StartFragment-->The confessional style of this post was inspired by the writing of TJ Smith of "Sea of Seed" whose handcrafted ‘zines about the rural midwest I’ve been revisiti. […]

The Mac: predecessor to other rhyme virtuosos from Vallejo like Mac Dre and E-40. Super producer Khayree’s first beats on wax. Khayree would go on to concoct a slew of Bay Area classics for legends. […]

Second episode. Eons on the tables and Luke gets down with the Realistic talk box with the wood paneling. Once again, the selections are bonkers. No one called in and won the contest for the life-size. […]

The b-side to this TDK (titled: Kool Moe Dee: How Ya Like Me Now?) has me rapping karaoke style over Eazy E records. Don’t know why I recorded that (bet it had to do with Olde 8 tho), don’t know w. […]

Debut of the new Ripped Open podcast. Recorded live in the Invincible Lab - runnin' rickety offa some scratchy records, shitty cables and a Ball jar of sativa. Broadcasting on 66.6FM, it's KOLD Radio.. […]

My favorite handdrawn 12" cover evar! Currently searching for more artwork by Earl M. Duffy... searching... searching... sear--This record came out on Dunk Yer Funk (a label that has recently pea. […]

Years upon years before the term "mash up" was half heartedly jizzed out by some lame ass pop culture parasite, DJ Eddie Def was tucked away in his Mission District home studio delicately la. […]

<!--StartFragment-->The first time I saw Troop 187 perform was at San Mateo City College at a rap contest that I had gone to because my Paly Alto rap mentor Def Emcee X (aka MD) had entered with. […]

I meant to post this awhile back but I lost the link and just rediscovered it this morning. A cat from the UK started up a Youtube channel called BoomBapArchives and dude is posting analog goodies fro. […]

Those who know me know how much of a Godfather Don fan I am. From his incorporation of black metal imagery into his logo to his hand in reinvigorating a stagnant MC's Ultra through his MPC 60 - in my. […]

Black Stamp rolled through to drop off some prints at the crib and handed me an unlabeled tape that he said was a Wake Up Show episode from 1994. After listening to the tape I think it may even be fro. […]

M-O-B-B D-E-E-P, A.C.D. burn somethin Let's get lifted, Queens is you wit me?Prodigy's first 2 lines from "Street Life" left my brain scarred back in 1996. The Mobb Deep, L.E.S. and A.C.D. t. […]

This eery as all hell Arsonists 12" isn't listed when you look them up on Wikipedia. This record was released under the host of the White Rapper Show's label (Serchlite) in 1998. These tracks are. […]

Another mysterious StepSun release. Unlike Death Camp, this looks to be a mass produced "test pressing". What a strange label: Troubleneck Brothers, Motion Man and Paul Mooney? Ill shit. I k. […]

I found this going through some boxes in my garage looking for old radio show tapes. It's a business card from the early 90's for a little graff shop that was run out of a small window in the back of. […]

One of my all time favorite 12"'s to play out. The winning combo of old school beats with O.G.C. at the top of their game paired with the Cutty Ranks anthem. Perfection. I through something extra. […]

Ray Luv's debut 12" from 1992 on Strictly Business Records. Mine is in a "Who Can Be Trusted" sleeve which makes sense since the sleeves and tracklistings of both records are almost ide. […]

Rugged NY 12" from the late 90's. This is somewhat of a compilation of various D.O.O.M. Entertainment / Die Hard Records artists. Shout to Joe from Noisear for hipping me to this. "G-Notes&q. […]

Ladies and gentlemen, DJ number one tonight...

Bought this off the ebay machine. Not sure what the origin of it is. The seller was guessing these may be radio tapes pressed on wax and labeled the disc himself after some research. There are 4 track. […]

A seldom mentioned, dirty and distorted indie outta Philly circa 1995. DA FUNK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I was hit by a car ridi. […]

Non Phixion will always be remembered as one of the ruggedest crews to emerge out of the mid 90's indy scene. While many of their contemporaries were flirting with sci fi language or introspective the. […]

I remember getting a phone call from someone at Point Blank magazine who had discovered my info from a failed attempt I had made ordering a Project Blowed cassette. This was late 94-95. I had seen a r. […]

Reader Bryn blessed me with a rip of this long lost Rip One gem from 1997 and said I could share it with everyone. I think Bryn sums it up best: I bought it direct from Rip-One way back in 97, he was. […]

here is a sample, finished product will be available in the coming weeks but I'm fucking stoked, this thing is going to look badass

I haven't posted anything in almost a month, I've been dicking around with twitter and facebook too much lately. Twitter is just too easy to bang out bullshit thoughts. Been doing things though, the p. […]

Playing rap again, this time with a lot more Memphis rap shit. Low budget memphis horror beats and shit. A lot of 8ball, 3-6 related shit, some texas, some westcoast. I like it, you should too.To subs. […]

88 rap-a-lot shit, Noz posted up the I Got 20 track a few months back. Shit I think it was around that time that I picked this record at Friends Of Sound. Anyways my favorite cut on the record is, Get. […]

I told you I was going to get another one up so here you go.Side 1Side 2

Finally got around to ripping some Rob One tapes, this is the first of more to come so keep checking I'm gonna get a bunch of these up.Sound is kind of low on this, the right is coming in stronger tha. […]

I wrote this like six months ago for the Versus issue which just came out. it was around the time the whole American Apparel thing in the mission was going down so I just kind of ran with some thought. […]

U Call Dis A Mix Tape? - Piece Of Shit Vol 4Side A1) Intro2) Live @ Unity (Feb 96)3) Tumtable Talk4) Untitled Mix #15) Interlude6) Untitled Mix #27) Fu-gee-la (beat junkie remix)8) On The Turntables... […]

Friday I hit up Benders for Beryl's photobook release, which you should get. It's a dope collection of bike messenger photos, Mike Giant did the cover too. It's banging. After that though we rolled ov. […]

Woke up this morning sitting in this Krisel house in north Palm Springs. Shit is kind of awesome, I'd been meaning to come down here for a minute and just chill. Stef and me just rented the house for. […]

Just banged out a real quick podcast this afternoon. This one is all metal, mostly thrash shit. Some old, some new just what has been running through my headphones for the last month or so. Anyways pe. […]

Got around to recording another podcast after getting back from SXSW, it's a bunch of rap as expected. I'm going to record another one later on once this box of records shows up that I had to ship bac. […]

Man I was going to do a whole breakdown of every day but man that's a lot of work that I don't have time for right now. I'm not even done going through photos yet. just flip through these for now if y. […]

So my friend EJ got a new roommate; as a result we decided to welcome Bloomillions to SF with a little gathering of food and drink. EJ's initial plan was to run a taco bar but then I suggest we BBQ al. […]

Side 1Side 2Another mixtape, Dibbs and Dj Skip on this one. This is one of Stef's tapes. The first time I heard of 1200 Hobos was via an issue of Rap Pages when Bobbito profiled Dibbs and the crew for. […]

Got a new TEAC dual tape deck in the mail this weekend so yesterday I started going through old tapes and shit and just recording joints. Decided to up this RipOne tape because Eons reminded me of how. […]

Broke out my SLR for a couple of nights this past week, trying to get more use out of this thing lately. Hit up Infatuation at Vessel for Trackademiks' release party and Catchdubs. Got to kick with so. […]

Jyeah bitches! here is the second podcast so rock that shit. More recent stuff on this one, well as far as things within the last ten years go anyways. This one isn't as long as the first one, about a. […]

shit popped off man, Bo and Emil went hard on the rap shit. Nada just went nuts with some two hour set. The whole byob thing might have to stop though, people were getting fucking wasted. Which I'm do. […]

Ok so I finally got around to recording a little podcast show. I'd been meaning to do this for a while, just do a recording of songs, not a mix or anything but more like a radio show. Just wanted to p. […]

Well first thing is I'm doing another warehouse party at the end of the month, for more info check this shit and sign up for the email list It's going to be a lot of fun so man up and lets do this.Now. […]

stocked up for the next few days off. This is what the holidays are really all about. I don't know what the fuck you think they are about, dicking around getting fat with people who came out of an old. […]

Oh man I don't give a fuck about the holidays. Christmas is worthless jesus shit for kids, thanksgiving is bullshit too. This time of year just sucks because my tv wants to sell me on snowglobes full. […]

I finally made it out to City Beer again. I fucking love that store. They got such a dope selection. I'm going to make an effort to hit them up a lot more often now that I realize they stay open til 9. […]

GODDAMN IT MOTHERFUCKER! I FUCKING FUCKED UP!!! FUCK!!People are probably going to think this is stupid but so what, just hear me out. See San Francisco has a HipHop Dance Festival because apparently. […]

I had the good fortune to see Shellac perform at the Great American Music Hall in SF last Thursday, June 18. The Chicago-based trio — Steve Albini on guitar and vocals, Bob Weston on bass and vocals. […]

Christopher R. Weingarten is my new hero (and not just because he’s wearing an Ego Trip T-shirt in the video clip below). A music writer for Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, Decibel, Idolator a. […]

Ovipositor is making moves…I mean, you know, for as many “moves” as we do make, which isn’t many, so any moves are big moves, right?  Anyway, check it… Colin developed a. […]

[I've been a horribly neglectful blogger lately — I just realized that I went to the entire month of May without a single post. Ouch. Sometimes life just runs away with all my time, but I'm really g. […]

I used to have a pretty beefy record collection. It certainly wasn’t the kind of impressive mass of vinyl that some DJ friends of mine have — the kind that requires specific insurance or an ad. […]

In this TED video, Razorfish ad exec & veteran rock climber Matthew Childs imparts 9 Life Lessons from his rock climbing experiences. Each of them is totally applicable to everyday life. My favori. […]

I’m generally pretty willing to tell a sickly-sweet positive individual to take their PMA and shove it up their ass. No one can be all smiles all the time, and I always wonder what deep dark evi. […]

Mono Hymn To The Immortal Wind Temporary Residence There are myriad differences between classical music and most other types of music, but one of the main differences is that, while most other forms o. […]

On March 9th, 1997 The Notorious B.I.G. a.k.a. Biggie Smalls a.k.a. Christopher Wallace was gunned down in Los Angeles at the height of an ongoing East Coast / West Coast rap war that also claimed the. […]

I started watching ABC’s Lost in the fourth season, last year, because my baby’s mother is a big fan and when it’s on, if I’m in the living room, it’s what’s happen. […]

Dont sleep you bitches! Hot damn hoe here we go again, Cutty done done it again, lets go!

Check out the two new freestyle sections from the homie Isaac Schulz over at http://brilliantworldtokyo.blogspot.com/ in our video section and take a lil trip down memory lane while youre at it.

Al Lovers posted a gang of pics from last nights show on his new blog.  Check it out…

Check out this slideshow the First Lady of GurpCity hooked up, Crazy Mob bitch!

Thehundreds.com was there, were you? Click here…

Cypress Hill was cool, but heres a real show! Some dudes, Axerats, Al Lover, and the world premier of the devastating CRAZY MOB! Thats right, Crazy Mob bitch!!! Micah Aza, Philo, & Jeazy, CRAZY MO. […]

And were opening for Cypress Hill at the Filmore, what are you doing today?

This was fun. The homies Grand Invincible are getting ready to release their underground zine “Grimey Marvel” featuring comics by and featuring several members of Gurp City. Ive always wan. […]

Erray! Ive been caught up lately with school and some family problems but everything is starting to look up and youll be happy to know that the album is mastered, sounding great, and finally coming to. […]

Thats The Blap 7 is confirmed for Feb 20th @ The Elbo Room. This event will be different than the other 6 showcases by focusing purely on the BLAP!!! A few guest producers are flying in for the showca. […]

Tuesday Nov.18th @ Change The Beat. Dnae Beats (live beat set) w/ Psalm One, & Low Limit of Lazer Sword (live beat set). come thru and check out some blap!!

Dnae Beats Live on 3 MPCs with 2 Ninjas and mc's: Psalm One & Boac. New Dnae Beats Full Length album "From The Grassland To The Spaceship" Available 2009 on Machete Vox.

That beat is a BLAPPER!!!

Over The weekend Boac & Dnae hit both KZSU & KUSF is support of Sneak Preview, witch is currently in stores!!!

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July 5th @ Cafe Cocomo in S.F. Million Bucks brought The Official Knock to a daytime show that included live painting, all kinds of hats and tees, and cupcakes. Cupcakes.

Dnae and Boac went to the manufacturer today. Here we see Dnae right after the order was placed, waiting to go smoke a blunt...

XLR8R.com LEAKS THE Z-MAN TRACK: "SHUDDUP!"(PROD. BY DNAE BEATS)OFF MACHETE VOX PRESENTS : "SNEAK PREVIEW"DOWNLOAD IT HERE: http://xlr8r.com/mp3/2008/06/shuddupMachete Vox Records is proud to present. […]

The first Machete Vox label sampler is almost done. Every cut is raw. It's really too much for you to handle. Z-Man is on it. Conceit is on it. Million Bucks are on it. Dnae Beats & Boac are too. GIFT. […]

Download Conceit's "Complaints Of The Day" exclusively @ www.myspace.com/conceit

Last night at the Elbo Room, we had the 5th edition of Thats The Blap and it was a huge!! A packed house of folks ready for dope beats and dope mc's. I personally wanted to thank everybody who was in. […]