Subject: De La Soul

• Erykah Badu's new video

  A hot tip in our inbox, thanks to the good folks at Rock & Rap Confidential: "The video for Erykah Badu's new single, "Honey" (off her upcoming album World War 4) pictures her wandering through a record store that seems to sell only vinyl. Each time she selects an album and holds it up to the camera, the cover comes to life with Badu singing. Each album is recognizable as a takeoff on the cover art of artists such as Diana Ross, Eric B and Rakim, The Beatles, Grace Jones, the Ohio Players, De L

  February 7, 2008

• A Bloggy Valentine: 20 Songs About Love

  By Jeff Shaw at our sister paper, Citypages. Love is a many-splendored thing and all, but it's also dependent upon a relationship's context -- and so is the associated music. You don't want Al Green's "Let's Get Married" to stream through the car speakers during your third date, you don't want your intended to think you stopped listening to new records after "I Love You Just The Way You Are" was released. . .aaaand you don't want "You Oughtta Know" to come on, well, ever. Swapping out these em

  February 14, 2008

• The Top 10 Rap Songs White People Love. Yo.

  Brian at catsandbeer.com has bestowed what he thinks is the definitive list of rap tracks that are closest to the hearts of honkies [he posted this in Oct. 2007, but it's just come to my attention through a friend's tip]. Bri's right on right on most of the time, but I have some bones to pick. For example, this statement: "[Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby' is] one song on the list that White People pretend to only like ironically. Don't be fooled: deep down White People still think Ice is 110% gan

  February 25, 2008

• Video Savant: Cymande's “Bra”

  Sticking with the summer-song theme from last week's Video Savant on Ween's “Push th' Little Daisies,” let's examine the gloriously snappy “Bra” by Cymande. Sampled to devastating effect by De La Soul on 3 Feet High and Rising's “Change in Speak” and used on the soundtracks to Spike Lee's Crooklyn and 25th Hour, this hugely uplifting track from Cymande's self-titled 1972 LP is one of the greatest examples of Caribbean-flavored funk on record. (Cymande's members hailed from Jamaica an

  June 3, 2008

• De La Soul at Sutra Lounge Tonight—Weird!

  You are not dreaming: Native Tongues OGs De La Soul are slated to perform tonight at swank Costa Mesa club Sutra Lounge, typically host to mainstream dance-music DJs and a clientele not exactly known for being down with backpack rappers. We just found out about this show this morning (thanks, Vickie!). Apparently, it's been over five years since the über clever and smart East Coast hip-hop trio last played Sutra, so there's something of a tradition for these guys to grace the venue with their

  June 12, 2008

• The Media-O-Meter: Reggie Thievery; Desperate Mickadeit; Blind Item Bonanza

  BITE ME! The Orange County Register blatantly steals ideas from other publications! Not that that's too shocking--the Reggie has been lifting from the Weekly for years without giving us credit, and the rare times they have, it usually takes the form of some vague "other media outlets" brushoff. But now they’ve gone and ripped off the New York Times, fer chrissakes! Granted, the thieves aren’t working at the Reggie itself, but instead, the Reggie-owned glossy magazine Coast. Never hea

  July 12, 2008

• Listen to the Band: The Lost Art

  The Lost Art Since the release of his second album "Escape From Lala Land" on July 25, Technicalli artist The Lost Art has been making hip hop heads world wide wake up and take notice of his skills behind the mic. Boasting roots from the golden age of hip hop, Art has a knack for meshing together consciousness and cockiness in a style that is hard to ignore once you give it a chance. Working with local heavy weights like The Visionaries and LD and Ariano has definitely given him the proper ski

  August 15, 2008

• Feel the Gastro-Ambient Love!

  May 25, 2000

• No Lecture Band

  March 14, 2002

• Get Out!

  June 22, 2006

• Galaxy Theatre Update: De La Soul Moved, Bronx Canceled

  The planned reopening of the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana--scheduled for March 14 with legendary hip-hop trio De La Soul--has been delayed.The De La Soul show has been moved to the Brixton in Redondo Beach on that same day, and a scheduled gig with LA punks the Bronx, slated for March 26, has been straight-up canceled.  Bronx publicist Carise Yatter informs me, "this show has been cancelled due to problems with the venue."What kind of problems? An e-mail to Galaxy and Coach House publicity a

  March 6, 2009

• THIS WEEKEND: The Galaxy Reopens with Franki Doll and More

  It's not the De La Soul show originally planned for the venue's reopening--that was moved to Redondo Beach--but there will still be a show at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana this Saturday, the first show at the venue in over a year. It's sort of a soft opening, with performances from Franki Doll and the Broken Toys (pictured during a gig last month at Chain Reaction), Six, Kansas City Gunfight, the Heathens and Riotgun. That's right, tow bands with "gun" in their names. Sounds like a wild time.N

  March 13, 2009

• [Sound Guy] Abandoned for a Year, the Galaxy Theatre Makes an Unlikely Return

  March 19, 2009

• Boston Transplants Audible Mainframe Are Carving a Niche for Live Hip-Hop in OC/LBC

  July 3, 2008

• [Summer Guide] 18 Essential Songs of Summer

  June 12, 2008

• [Sprawl of Sound] A Night at the Red Bull Music Academy in Newport Beach's Tentation Ultra Lounge

  April 24, 2008

• But What About the Hip-hop, Tom?

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  March 15, 2007

• In Search Of . . .

  January 30, 2003

• Soul Survivors

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

  March 29, 2007

• Style Wars

  Supernatural sets world records

  December 21, 2006

• Infinite Chest

  October 19, 2006

• Hits!

  September 28, 2006

• Sleepers Awake!

  Bigg Jus and Nikola Tesla and the Lunar Hip-Hop Robot Camera

  August 24, 2006

• Transmigration of Soul

  July 6, 2006

• Get Out!

  July 6, 2006

• 'Everyone's a Character'

  January 26, 2006

• Whos a Black Sheep?

  September 22, 2005

• Sissssssssssssies!

  August 18, 2005

• Tell Me Im Bad

  Nightlife and more: June 16-23

  June 16, 2005

• Beats Rhymes Life

  November 11, 2004

• The Great Hip-Hop Hope

  October 2, 2003

• Voices for the Voiceless

  September 11, 2003

• Quackos

  May 22, 2003

• All Rise Together

  January 17, 2002

• Give Peas a Chance

  January 18, 2001

• New Music

  September 21, 2000

• Fest-O-Mania Wrap-Up

  July 20, 2000

• De La Soul, Live at the BBQ

  July 6, 2000

• UPDATED! Outgoing: Ray J Show at Galaxy Canceled, Reality TV Fans Weep

  Sorry, For the Love of Ray J fans. Not just sorry because you admit to liking For the Love of Ray J (that just means you're honest), but sorry because Ray J's show at the newly reopened Galaxy in Santa Ana, scheduled for Thursday May 7, has been canceled. Truly disappointing news for anyone hoping to attend and soak up some of his smooth playa ways. Word from the Galaxy is that Ray J's booking agent double-booked him, and given that Ray J's MySpace has him playing in New York that night, there w

  April 29, 2009

• Incoming: The Pharcyde Coming to the Grove of Anaheim

  LA's The Pharcyde (pictured) have been inactive for most of this decade, their last studio album being 2004's Humboldt Beginnings. Yet if you haven't guessed already, they've reunited for a few recent shows--last year at the Rock the Bells Festival series in Chicago, earlier in 2009 at the Good Vibrations Festival in Australia. And as you no doubt by now have concluded by their inclusion on this very blog, they're coming our way, specifically July 10 at the Grove of Anaheim. Tickets are $25-$28,

  June 12, 2009

• De La Soul

  June 18, 2009

• TONIGHT: Peanut Butter Wolf's 999 Tour starts with The Glass House

  ​For Chris Manak (aka Peanut Butter Wolf), the 90s will always hold a special place on his turntables. After starting his official career as a recording artist in 1990, this revered L.A. DJ/producer birthed Stones Throw Records, a premier source of eclectic hip hop culture, in 1996. Tonight, he kicks off his 999 Tour at The Glass House that pays homage to the era of G-Funk, New Jack Swing and those hip hop jams that still get the party going. It's the latest in his tradition of triple digit sh

  September 1, 2009