| Dad Blood: The Rising Star of Compton Rapper, Boogie | July 23, 2015 |
Add Boogie's latest tape to the collection of great music that's come out of L.A. and Long Beach in 2015.
| All Driller No Filler: King Louie’s ‘Drilluminati 3’ | June 22, 2015 |
The God of Drill returns to claim his throne.
| Make a Scene: Shamir’s XL Debut, “Ratchet” | May 22, 2015 |
The 20-year-old North Las Vegas crooner defies easy categorization.
| Soul Controllers: An Interview with BADBADNOTGOOD | March 30, 2015 |
A "trilogy" three years in the making, BBNG talks to Dean Van Nguyen about recording SOUR SOUL with Ghostface
| Solarized: Best Coast’s New Single “California Nights” | February 27, 2015 |
The West Coast is the best coast, has been for years.
| The Harder They Come: Ghostface Killah and Badbadnotgood feat MF DOOM “Ray Gun” Video | February 6, 2015 |
Ghost and DOOM go together like Wallabees and Slick Rick jewels. The latest video "Raygun" off the Ghostface x BadBadNotGood album is dipped in Blaxploitation bliss.
| Deep Purple: The Making of Cam’ron’s “Purple Haze” | December 9, 2014 |
Following up the hits of "Come Home With Me", Cam'ron made a commercial flop that won the hearts of mink wearers everywhere, Dean van Nguyen included.
| To the Top Floor: Big K.R.I.T. “See Me On Top 4” | October 10, 2014 |
Dean Van Nguyen is the son of the Son of Chico Dusty When Big K.R.I.T. was putting out music at a prolific rate a couple years back– including at his nominal mixtapes in K.R.I.T. Wuz Here and 4eva N a Day – I was convinced a seat at rap’s head table was waiting. A self-producing machine in the vein […]
| Funk Wit Da Style: The Making of Craig Mack’s “Project: Funk Da World” | September 26, 2014 |
A stone cold classic, ‘Flava In Ya Ear’ (as well as its star-studded remix) was like a hip-hop Molotov cocktail. Built on offbeat horn stabs and crashing drums, it was a perfect showcase for Mack’s gruff baritone that, despite being positively earth shattering, sounded musical to the ear. His album Project: Funk da World – which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary – soon followed
| No Gangster Boogie – Thirst 48 | July 25, 2014 |
Just pass Dean Van Nguyen the Old Gold You’d be hard pressed to find a rapper with a less appropriate name than Boogie. In the realm of unsuitable guises, it’s along the lines of boxers Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham or Audley ‘A Force’ Harrison. Graham – a skilled southpaw – wasn’t exactly known for bombing out […]
