Common (Rapper)

On the Line: James Nunn of Jimmy's Famous American Tavern, Part One

We try our best to meet up with OTL subjects in person. But in the case of James Nunn, it wasn't possible. His responses are succinct; his personality a bit snarky. Jimmy's may be under construction, but this former Guttermouth musician is ready to rock. Tell us about the cuisine at Jimmy's. How wi ... More >>

Rock The Bells To Feature "Virtual Performances" of Ol' Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E

Last night, this year's lineup for the 10th annual Rock The Bells show in San Bernardino was announced and there seems to be a little bit for every type of hip-hop fan out there. The big news is that after last year's Tupac hologram sighting at Coachella, Rock The Bells is going to double that with ... More >>

Schoolboy Q - The Observatory - May 3, 2013

By Patrick Montes Since the release of Kendrick Lamar's universally acclaimed album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, the Top Dawg Entertainment/Black Hippy crew has been dominating every wave of communication revolving around hip-hop. Whether it's a Kendrick Lamar single being played on Power 106 or an Ab-S ... More >>

Five Hip-Hop Artists Who Would Make Absurd Adult Film Stars

Careers in music, especially today, are among the rockiest paths of employment one could venture into. That said, it's understandable certain artists would want to make a little extra on the side or have a safety net if music stops paying the bills. But when rap artist Mystikal recently boasted that ... More >>

Kanye West Announces New Album on Twitter

Laila Derakhshanian/OC Weekly​ Who needs a publicist when you've got 140 characters to spare and 4,675,077 follwers on Twitter? Definitely not Kanye West, who tweeted that his next album is coming out in the spring of 2012. Aaaand it will probably be a compilation from his label Good Music, since ... More >>

Common: More Worthy of the White House Invite Than Sarah Palin

​As everyone knows by now, rapper Common has been the target of various right wingers, including Tucker Carlson's The Daily Caller, Fox Nation, and, of course, Sarah Palin after accepting an invitation to be part of the White House's "Poetry Night" this week.  As we talked about earlier this ... More >>

Common Catches Heat From Conservatives Over White House Invitation

facebook.com/thinkcommon​Rapper Common suddenly finds himself in the midst of controversy after accepting an invitation to be part of the White House's "Poetry Night" this week. The Chi-town MC, who will join Jill Scott, Billy Collins, Elizabeth Alexander and others as guests of President Barack O ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

'Just Wright' Is Just Wrong

Here's hoping another movie might one day find better use for the easygoing vibe between Queen Latifah and Common

What You Missed: MS Benefit, Common, the Cool Kids, Kevin & Bean's KROQ April Foolishness

Christopher VictorioStacy Clark enjoys some Stereofix. ​On Saturday night, Turkey and Friends helped put together an awesome lineup of talented bands to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Local faves like Stacy Clark, Stereofix, Beta Wolf, the Relative Strangers, We Are the Pilots ... More >>

Tanya Petrovna of Native Foods, Part II

​Tanya Petrovna is the chef and owner of Native Foods. Her ever-expanding vegan eatery started out in Palm Springs in 1994, but we in OC know her best from her restaurant at The Camp, which is housed inside a yurt. She has two other restaurants in OC, not all of them in yurts, but serving the ... More >>

New Year's Eve Party Playlist

Looking for some tunes to blast at the bash you're hosting tonight? Or maybe to crank up in the car on your way to a slamming soiree? Here's my New Year's Eve Party Playlist, featuring the best from the past year and stone cold classics. Enjoy. Flickr user Sada 1988Click song title for YouTube clip ... More >>

[Sound Guy] Matt 'Brawdcast' Castillo Taste-Tests His Way to His Hip-Hop Dreams

Posthumous J Dilla record out in June

A 25-track disc comprised of beats made by the late J Dilla is "dropping" (that's hip-hop for "being released") June 2 on Nature Sounds. Dilla was a much-heralded producer who gained fame in the late '80s with the group Slum Village. Many credit him for helping to place Detroit on the hip-hop map, b ... More >>

Blake Miller of Moving Units Lives the Best of Both (Indie and Electronic) Worlds

This Week in the OC Weekly

In "War & Water" Matt Coker interviews Hasan Nouri, the developer who pitched plans to stabilize Aliso Creek and his native Afghanistan, but no one listened. News has Matt Coker explaining why rising radio star Leyla Fatima is a patron saint for parents of drug addicts in "Lady Fatima."And R. S ... More >>

[CD Review] Common, 'Universal Mind Control' (Geffen)

Four Eyes

N.E.R.D.

Hit Tingles

Crinkle your nose to Colbie Caillat's bubbly folk-pop

Five Songs for MLK

From my web ed. brother in Minneapolis, Jeff Shaw: On the Dreamer's day, we offer up five divergent songs about Martin Luther King and the holiday that bears his name. They are upbeat and somber, they are angry and hopeful, they are old and new. 5. Ray Charles, "Abraham, Martin and John" First re ... More >>

Real People

Common

The Conservative Pundit's Nightmare

Shock! Rapper Common links public and private issues with thoughtfulness!

Detroit Bass Baller

Ghetto-Tech Guru DJ Starski’s Hard-Cop Life

Soul Survivors

Todays hip-hop owes a huge debt to De La Souland the tab keeps growing

Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

FEB. 8-FEB. 15

Indie Vs. Major: Who's Got the Flavor

Urban music in 2006 was typified by what it wasnt as much as what it was

A Touch of Jazz

Bobbi Humphrey struck by lightning

Get Out!

Deep Wet Tongue Kiss
March 30 - April 6

Party Over Here!

Dave Chappelle raises the roof

This Week in Scandalous Hoes

Mike Jones

Get Out!

The Most Wonderful

This Week In Nightlife

JUNE 2 THRU JUNE 9:
MEET A NEED

Pale Blues

Scorsese series lacks mojo

Give Blood, Replenish with Merlot

How to live during the summer of our discontent

Organic Culture

Cal State Fullertons Sol of Hip-Hop

To Da Break of Dawn

The Audiotistic rave goes (almost) all night

Fest-O-Mania Wrap-Up

Feel the Gastro-Ambient Love!