| Doctor’s Adversary: Diagnosing Dre’s All-Time Worst Beats | February 10, 2022 |
Did the Super Bowl finally get its halftime show right? In honor of Sunday's big game, Pete Hunt breaks down the times Dr. Dre missed the mark by a few yards.
| Before Eminem Became A Cyborg | September 5, 2018 |
Zilla Rocca remembers the brief moment when Eminem was really fun
Torii MacAdams and Anderson .Paak talk about raising a child while being on the road, underrated musicians, and expectations surrounding fame.
| It’s Not Supposed to Rain at the Beach: On Anderson .Paak’s Malibu | January 28, 2016 |
Emerging from Dr. Dre's shadow, Anderson .Paak releases the formidable Malibu.
The G-Child talks Nate Dogg, collaborations with Mac Dre and Roger Troutman and visiting Tookie in Death Row.
| Bracket: Hardest Rap Album of All Time: The Hateful 8 | April 30, 2015 |
Voting for the Final 4 closes Friday at 5:00 p.m. PST
| America’z Most Complete Artist: A Guide to DJ Quik | October 16, 2014 |
The only guide to the music of DJ Quik that you'll ever need.
| Summer Mixtape: Torii MacAdams | July 10, 2014 |
Torii MacAdams just finished wiping his car down Summer jams are supposed to be breezy, feel-good anthems, girding the assumption that shit is sweet. It’s easy to view summertime with soft-focus nostalgia, especially in Southern California, a supposed paradise marketed to doe-eyed outsiders since the mid-Nineteenth Century. The truth is, the proverbial shit ain’t sweet, […]
| Summer Mixtape: Brad Beatson | July 4, 2014 |
Brad Beatson turns down only for freedom. In the summer, I’m looking to push play on a playlist and let it ride. It’s too beautiful out. And I know it’s inevitable that some drunken fingertips will hijack the music at some point to play what they want to. So this is my grand attempt at […]
A history lesson for the kids who only know Xzibit as the premier ride pimper. Back before he met Doc Dre, X to the Z was one of the rawest West Coast rappers of all-time. He recorded for once loss-less Loud, mocked his peers’ “pussy pop,” and repped the Likwit crew (King Tee, Defari, and […]
