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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 >>

The Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

Coachella 2013 Lineup Announced

The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived! At around 8:30 tonight, the Coachella lineup was announced and as usual, it contains some interesting names. Headliners have a heavy dose of rock including The Stone Roses (!!!) and Blur Friday, Phoenix on Saturday, with the Sunday night he ... More >>

'We Will Live to Fight Again'

Election Day dispatches from around the county

Ritmo Machine Welcomes You with a Free Download!

​Cypress Hill's Eric Bobo and Chilean DJ/Producer Latin Bitman have joined musical forces to form Ritmo Machine. The seed of the collaboration was sown earlier this year when Cypress Hill performed in South America as part of the Lollapalooza tour. After getting connected, Bitman and Bobo set out ... More >>

Long Beach Hip-Hop Trio Ugly Duckling Names New Mascot

​And it just so happens to be my cat. No kidding.Learn more about Ugly Duckling's new mascot, their new album Moving at Breakneck Speed, and their upcoming tour after the jump.

Lyrics Born, Chali 2na at Commonwealth Lounge Last Night

Brandon Ferguson​Lyrics Born and Chali 2na  Oct. 19, 2010Commonwealth LoungeThe Show: You gotta feel bad for Bay area MC Lyrics Born who followed rapper Chali 2na last night at the Commonwealth lounge. Though he brought his A game and spat rhymes with dedicated enthusiasm, it wasn't enough to ... More >>

Record Review: Chali 2na, Fish Market Part 2

​When the hip hop group Jurassic 5 disbanded in 2007, fans were left wondering what would happen to the six talented individuals who made up the ensemble. Would they stick with a career in the music industry, or fade away into the daily grind of everyday life?For Chali 2na, the instantly-recogniza ... More >>

[Sound Guy] The Disorienting Power of Coachella Can Make Strange Bedfellows (and Beds)

Big weekend at Detroit...again, yeeesh.

Okay, so most of you who read this blog probably get the sense that us Heard Mentality goons generally like what happens at Detroit Bar on a weekly basis. Sometimes we write about them way too much considering that there are about 100 or so perfectly good (or at least mediocre) places to get drunk a ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

[Summer Guide] 18 Essential Songs of Summer

Single-Minded Funkiness

DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist offer love and 45s on their Hard Sell Tour

Accidents Will Rappin'

How Sparrow Love Crew became the indie rocker's Jurassic 5

New Kicks

DJ Z-Trip enters the Blend Zone with his All-Pro soundtrack

Indie Vs. Major: Who's Got the Flavor

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

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Album Review

Bang On Em! Exile, Dirty Science (Sound In Color)

Walk the Line

Straight outta cartoon country: Hip-hop reality starts with LD and Ariano

Get Out!

Wanking It Live
April 6 - April 13

Abstract Art

Abstract Workshop spent eight years bringing hip-hop to OC: Now they're bring their own music to the world

Don't Need a Cassette

Breakestras live mix tape

Unstructured Rupture

Blackbird goes where the next man wont

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Eight Days

Cleveland Rocked

Vote for Change and Vote Often

That Kweller Feller!

Up From the Underground

Aceyalones intellectual hip-hop

Putting Rootdown

Famed LA club branches out to OC

Triumph of Mediocrity

Quackos

Ugly Ducklings Politics Are Even Uglier

King Tubby

Letter from Coachella

Around and Back

Delinquent Habits persistence of time

To Da Break of Dawn

The Audiotistic rave goes (almost) all night

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Dig tha Funky Chemistry

Hip-hop and rave worlds collide at Audiotistic

Fresher Mode

Ugly Duckling quack old-school beats