Tag Archives: YG
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REVIEW: YG, OhGeesy and friends raise their ‘Red Cups’ at Oakland Arena
YG performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Feb. 1, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. OAKLAND — The party arrived early at Oakland Arena on Wednesday for the Red Cup Tour with rapper YG. The Compton native’s first tour since 2019 is in support of his 2022 album, I GOT ISSUES,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: G-Eazy faces his image on ‘These Things Happen Too’
G-Eazy, “These Things Happen Too.” Everyone has regrets, and G-Eazy holds his share. His fourth LP, These Things Happen Too, finds G-Eazy having to grapple with the fallout of his failed relationships, the toll that drug abuse has taken on him artistically and personally, as well as the self-doubt that he’s…
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ALBUM REVIEW: YG unloads his anxieties on ‘My Life 4Hunnid’
As the country continues to struggle with the pandemic, a dipping economy and unrest over a lack of justice, many share a collective sense of dread. John Carpenter’s “The Thing” comes to mind—in particular, the scene where Kurt Russell’s character records an audio tape to leave behind in the…
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REWIND: Five songs for your impeachment soundtrack
Source: Twitter.com/TrumpDraws. In case you’ve been living in a cave, outside all radio and cell reception, or watching Fox News: For the third time in American history there’s an impeachment trial happening in the Senate. The problem, as with most things, is that it doesn’t come with a soundtrack.…
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RIFF REWIND 2016: Bowie, Beyoncé, and—for one last time—Metallica
There will be entire chapters in future history books about 2016. Look, it was just a just a couple years ago. You lived through 2016. It was revealed on Monday that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent his beard hair to Azalea Banks to make an amulet to protect him…
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Playlist: 14 days of Donald Trump in song
President Donald Trump has been hard at work in the past two weeks shouting at world leaders and saving America from Syrian children. As his approval rating sinks, the tension in the country is heating up. We wanted to capture the mood, so we asked some of our staff…