Kafani (Baby Face Assassins, “Hyphy Ill”) dropped his solo debut into the hyphy movement with the release of Money’s My Motivation on Koch Records. Read the album review where we put Kafani to the HearingTest, so you don’t have to:

Kafani - Money’s My Motivation Album Review on HearingTest

The Pack are a little bit skate-punk-rap; like the Beastie Boys if they was from the Yay Area. And Based Music is a bit like hyphy if it took a chill pill…

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The Pack are upwardly mobile rappers! They hit the hyphy movement running with their smash hit “Vans” which was, of course, about sneakers. Their next big hit from the EP Skateboards 2 Scrapers was the two-wheeling “Ride My Bike.” Now the Yay Area boys are back with a new video - can you guess it? - for “In My Car.” From Skateboards 2 Scrapers comes complete… ([More →])

Kafani is destined to rule the town with his new album Money’s My Motivation, out now on Koch Records. Smooth, laid back hip hop beats and rich synthesizer bass lines are rolled into this bumpin hyphy soundtrack. I’ll admit, I’m homesick for hyphy. I lived in Oakland for a long time, only recently moved across the bridge to San Francisco. Hyphy still sounds like home to me. I smile whenever I hear it rattling trunks and turning leather seats into massage chairs. I haven’t had a chance to test the new Kafani CD in one of those cars yet, but I did the next best thing - I played it on the home audiophile’s version of boxes in the trunk: a pair of KRK Rokit 6’s with 12″ subwoofer. This system is very similar to what most boosted car systems sound like, so it was a good fit for a banging hyphy album. Here’s what I heard…
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We’ve added a bunch of new hip hop music to the boombox this week! Normally the new tracks would get a full write up posted, but all of these tracks are new releases from albums that have already been reported. Also, I added links to every track in the player so you can jump to which articles they match up to. If a track doesn’t have a link, then the tune doesn’t have an article about it yet. So here’s what’s new, click on the album names to jump to previous reports about them: ([More →])

Speaker Cleaning Tip of the Day: Too much dirt and dust in your speakers from 4th of july festivities? Fear not! I have a cure for the dutty bins! ([More →])