Tag Archives: Ice Cube
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The 20 best hip-hop albums of 2022
The best hip-hop albums of 2022 include Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, Nas, Vince Staples, Earl Sweatshirt, Locksmith, Pusha T, Lupe Fiasco, Mount Westmore, Denzel Curry, Ho99o9, Freddie Gibbs, Homeboy Sandman, Bob Dylan, Czarface, Black Star, Black Thought and Danger Mouse, Your Old Droog, Open Mike Eagle and Token.…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mount Westmore delivers the message with ‘Snoop Cube 40 $hort’
Mount Westmore, “Snoop Cube 40 $hort.” What happens when four of California’s most legendary MCs come together to form a hip-hop supergroup for the ages? You get Mount Westmore, featuring Angelenos Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg and the Bay Area’s own Too $hort and E-40. Snoop Cube 40 $hort is…
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BottleRock Day 2: Twenty One Pilots, Mount Westmore, 8 more we loved Saturday
Twenty One Pilots perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 28, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — Saturday night’s BottleRock Napa offerings presented, perhaps, as challenging a headliner clash as the fest has ever seen. On one stage was one of the most exciting live bands…
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REWIND: It’s mashup week, featuring Girl Talk and Amerigo Gazaway
Choo choo, let Ice Cube guide you on this list of great mashups. This week’s column has five entries, but far, far more songs. That’s because this week’s column is about one of the best but most under-appreciated genres: The mashup. The history of the mashup is a bit…
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RIFF Rewind: Ice Cube, Sir Mix-A-Lot and Whitney Houston had the best songs of 1992
You will always always love her. I’m just gonna warn you in advance: “Achy Breaky Heart” is on the Honorable Mentions list. Do I think it’s one of the best songs of 1992? No. Do I think it’s a curse placed upon mankind in retribution for our many, many…
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Rain soaks, slows Treasure Island festival on day one
Photos: Diana Cordero, Nick DeCicco and Ian Young TREASURE ISLAND — Mother Nature was the unintended guest performer Saturday on the first day of the Treasure Island Music Festival Saturday. A downpour drenched festivalgoers, causing a three-hour delay between sets. After hundreds if not thousands left in droves, promoters reversed policy…
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Interview: LL Cool J is back in the rap game
LL Cool J performs during the Kings of the Mic Tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on May 25, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. LL Cool J may be one of the elder statesmen of rap, rhyming since his 1985 platinum debut, but he has been out of the…
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LL Cool J on ‘Accidental’ controversies and writing the perfect love jam
LL Cool J, courtesy. Last week I interviewed rapper-actor-Grammy host LL Cool J. The big issue swirling around him lately has been the controversy over “Accidental Racist,” the song he recorded with country singer Brad Paisley. I briefly go into that in my story. But since space is at…
