Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated ...

Contemporary hip-hop has reached a stalemate in recent years. Mumble rappers are openly dissing those who perfected the craft before him, almost every beat is centered around compressed 808s and ...

Rapper and producer Dezzy Hollow is a master of modern day West Coast funk. Earlier this year he released an album called OCEANSIDE, which he... Rapper Dezzy Hollow's new wave of West Coast funk Dezzy ...

West coast G-Funk pioneer Warren G. is celebrating his love for marijuana with a new single featuring Blink 182 s Travis Barker. Warren G. s new track Let s Get High featuring Black Nicc dropped today ...

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Bootsy Collins has tapped G-funk super-producer FredWreck for a new remix of his Power of the One track, “Bewise.” FredWreck’s remix offers a streamlined take on the original, boosting the bubbling ...