Back in December, the Oakland rap legend Too Short first mentioned the idea of Mt. Westmore, a supergroup of West Coast rap greats. The group’s four members are all huge stars: Too Short, E-40, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube. With that lineup, the Mt. Westmore name does not seem like hyperbole; it’s would be hard to argue against t...

Bay Area rap legend and national treasure E-40 has been putting out albums since the early '90s, and he remains a relentlessly prolific, inventive, and energetic presence within rap music. He raps better and harder than any 51-year-old man should be expected to rap, and he also commands more respect from about 10 different generations…

Trae Tha Truth is a well-regarded veteran of the Houston rap underground. He used to be half of the duo ABN -- Assholes By Nature, great name -- with his cousin Z-Ro. These days, he persistently cranks out muttery fast-rap jams and occasionally takes advantage of his considerable rap-world connections. Every so often, Trae rounds…

We’ve heard a couple of great songs already from the Alchemist and Oh No’s Welcome To Los Santos: “Play It Cool,” Gangrene’s collab with Earl Sweatshirt and Samuel T. Herring, and “Lock & Load,” Killer Mike and MNDR’s glitter-and-tar savagery. (We selected t...

Last month, the Bay Area rap originator E-40, one of the genre’s few universally beloved and still-relevant figures, linked with internet-rap livewires Danny Brown and Schoolboy Q for “All My Niggas,” a hard and unpretentious little banger. The song’s new video, from director Ben Griffin, is a low-budget r...