Straight Outta’ Kuwait
Jasmine Williams
November 2, 2015
Haidar Abu al Hasan (left) and Ahmad al Sumait (right) co-founders of Above All Elements studios pose for a portrait outside of the Honey Hive storefront in the Sunset. Photo by Imani Miller By Jasmine Williams [dropcap size="50px"]S[/dropcap]eated in front of a mixer to check the levels in preparation for his next...
Beats n’ Stuff #12: The Throwbacks
Caty McCarthy
April 6, 2015
Positive K accosts a lady in hopes that she'll want him. Not happening. (Screenshot from his music video "I Got A Man") Ah, throwbacks. The songs that make parties come alive with joy, bad dancing, and inaccurate lip-synching. Luckily, new San Francisco radio station Q102.1 has all th...
‘93 ‘Til Infinity touches a new generation
Fayola Perry
March 16, 2015
Students and faculty alike were buzzing as they gathered in the small lobby area in front of Francis Coppola theatre last month for a private screening of the documentary "'93 'Til Infinity: Celebrating 20 Years of Souls of Mischief." For some of the students, the iconic song "'93 'Til Infinity" was re...
Beats N’ Stuff #2: hiphoppin’
Caty McCarthy
September 30, 2014
Hello everyone! This week’s playlist theme is “hiphoppin’”, which will explore just that, hip-hop (and trip-hop too I guess). Hip-Hop’s evolved a lot over time, from the smooth rhymes of A Tribe Called Quest to the harsh beats of Dr. Dre to the melancholic yet insanely popular Drake. Th...
Beats N’ Stuff #1: rad remixes
Caty McCarthy
September 15, 2014
Greetings! I’m Caty McCarthy, a 21-year-old student here at San Francisco State University (obviously). For the next few months, I’ll be blogging every other week about music I dig. I have a pretty broad taste in tunes, from J-Pop to Hip-Hop to K-Indie to Alternative, so I’m hoping that t...
The Beginning and End as Far as Rap Goes*
Xpress Mag Staff
April 7, 2014
Written by Katie Mullen Photos by Lorisa Salvatin To define hip-hop as a musical genre and culture is to make sense of an oxymoron. The true essence of hip-hop resides on the continuum between intention and interpretation. Hip-hop reflects, and always will reflect, the people that surround it. Drastic differ...
Rapper goes AWOL
Xpress Mag Staff
September 16, 2013
By Ivane Lund SoyomboPhotography by Ryan Leibrich As soon as AWOL steps on stage he commands the attention of the crowd in the semi-packed strip mall bar, Park 77. It’s his first solo show, and the crowd watching him is an odd mix of his peers and sports enthusiasts still trying to figure out why th...
