You get but only one born day a year but when two of California’s most focused Hip-Hop artists in rhyme specialist Balance and Dae One, the instrumental wizard who never duplicates his sounds, it’s cause for B-Dae celebration. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bay Area has been on the map for years and now it just got a little more balanced. As in Balance, the rappin’ Raider who’s ten toes deep in the rap game. For his next act of gratitude and grustle, he’s offering up We All In, a ten track disc for you to bleed the block with free of charge. Mixed by DJ’s Ill Will & Rockstar and appearances by Jay Rock, Mistah Fab, Fashawn and plenty more, watch how Balance and the West do it in Twenty Ten. Read the rest of this entry »

Ras drops a bonus track to go into your Quarterly archives. “Center Of Attention” features production by Giflo and verses by fellow Left Coasters Taje and Remedy of Stupid Americans. Read the rest of this entry »

Taje & producer Dae One

Just when you think the South is tightening up its death grip on the game, the Dub E-S-T strikes back to remind the rest of the world that they’re still worth checking for. The latest breath of Left Coast air comes courtesy Hawthorne, Cali’s Taje. Prepping for the third installment of his Hot Box mixtape series, the Latino lyricist aligns with Glasses Malone, Balance and Chevy Jones for yet another pleasant ride through the streets of the Golden State. Read the rest of this entry »