"First and foremost, Mobb Music is heavy bass lines." —E-40 Episode 1 examines the independent nature of Bay Area hip-hop and how it eventually reached the mainstream despite having a different sound, ...

"I don’t think that the Hyphy Movement would’ve even reached international attention without Turfin. We brought the Hyphy in Hyphy and exalted the culture." The Bay Area dances a little different.

Red Bull has launched an in-depth look into the creation and movement of the Hip-Hop subgenre hyphy. The podcast series, “Remember the Time: The Hyphy Movement,” has been launched. Hosted by Branden ...

It's easy to identify hyphy music, but it's not so easy to chart its origins and evolution. In an attempt to compile the genre's “oral history,” Complex gathered ...

The Bay Area, after all, doesn't produce just one type of rap; nationally respected hip-hop artists like Lyrics Born, Blackalicious, and Hieroglyphics make music with socially responsible lyrics, yet ...

In 2006, when music producer Trackademicks remixed the smash hit by E-40 and Keak Da Sneak, “Tell Me When To Go,” he created a cultural jewel that sent waves throughout the Yay. The remix took a ...

Visualize a place for everyone to “stunt” or to show off their high performance muscle cars with a snake-like line of about 300 cars coursing in the street. Hear the music blaring, watch car doors ...

Did we lose you? If we did, what we said, more or less, was "Check it out, player, it's time to get crazy." If we didn't, you have the San Francisco Bay Area to thank. Northern California has long ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. It's just now getting national ...

he year 2006 was a wild one in the Bay Area, especially if, like me, you were into hip-hop. The scene was dominated by the hyphy movement, a youth culture driven by uptempo music, oversized airbrushed ...

Ever since the mid-'80s glory days of Hammer, Too $hort and Digital Underground, Oakland has been considered ground zero for the Bay Area's hip-hop scene. Although it ...