All articles written by Oliver Wang (c) 2001
 
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  The Coup: Party Music
(Album review)
Appears in L.A. Weekly (12/21/01)


Ghostface Killah: Bulletproof Wallets
(Album review)
Appears in: S.F. Bay Guardian (12/12/01)

Who Am I This Time?: The Many Faces of Madlib
(Feature)
Appears In: L.A. Weekly (12/7/01)


 
 
  Beat of the Drum: Revisiting The Flower Drum Song
(Column)
Appears In: AsianAvenue.Com


Backwash: The Brainfreeze Funk Compilation Phenom
(Feature)
Appears in: Wax Poetics (Winter 2001)


Warren G: Return of the Regulator
(Album review)
Appears in: The Source (January 2002)


Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow: Funk Soul Brothers
(Interview)
Appears in: Wax Poetics (Winter 2001)


The End of Days: Hip-Hop in 2001
(Column)
Appears in: S.F. Bay Guardian's Noise Supplement (December 2001)


 
 
 
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  Jay Z: The Blueprint
(Album review)
Appears in: LA Weekly (11/9/01)

V/A: The Funky 16 Corners

(Album review)
Appears in: LA Weekly (11/9/01)

Grand Puba: Understand This
(Album review)
Appears In: Vibe (December 2001)


Riding the Wake
(Column on Art and Humor Post 9-11)
Appears In: AsianAvenue.Com (November 2001)
 

 
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  Dilated Peoples: Expansion Team
(Album review)
Appears In: The Source (November 2001)


Mixmaster Mike: Spin Psycle
(Album review)
Appears In: The Source (November 2001)


 
 
 
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  Mobile Madness
(Story on the exhibit Tales of the Turntable: Filipino American DJs of the S.F. Bay Area)
Appears in: SF Bay Guardian, Noise Supplement (10/3/01)

X-Cutioners: Built From Scratch
(Album review)
Appears In: The Source (October 2001)


Cover Story
(Interview with The Coup's Boots Reilly)
Appears in: SF Bay Guardian (9/19/01))


The Face of Tragedy
(Column on the media coverage of the 9-11-01 attack)
Appears in: AsianAvenue.Com (September 2001)

Gorillaz: S/T
(Album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (9/28/01)

A Rant on Hip-Hop's Relevancy
(Self explanatory)
Appears in: HipHopSite.Com (9/20/01)

Vintage Valiance
(Story on Breakestra and the Poets of Rhythm)
Appears in: LA Weekly (9/20/01)


Wired Up
(Review of Woo-Ping Yuen's Iron Monkey)
(Appears In: Popmatters.Com (September 2001)

Switch Hitters
(Review of Youngyooth Thongkonthun 's Iron Ladies)
(Appears In: Popmatters.Com (September 2001)

V/A: Droppen the Bomb/DJ Serg: Golden State of Mind
(Double album review )
Appears in the SF Bay Guardian (9/5/01)


 

 
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  Poets of Rhythm: Discern/Define
(Album review)
(Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (8/15/01)

First There Was the Word,
Then There Was the Fist

(Story on the 1st National Asian
Pacific Islander American Spoken
Word Summit)
Appears On: Pacific Time
(KQED, S.F.) (8/2/01)


 
 
  Ill Communication
(Another Look at the API Spoken Word Summit)
(Appears In: AsianAvenue.Com (September 2001)

White Lines
(Column on Atmosphere and the Race of Rap)
Appears In: LA Weekly (8/24/01)


The Boogie Banger
(Column on Timbaland)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (August 2001)


Life After Death - Daz
(Story on Daz Dillinger)
Appears In: The Source (September 2001)


Da Beatminerz: Brace 4 Impak
(Album review)
Appears in: The Source (September 2001)

Troubleshooters
(Review of Cannibal Ox's Cold Vein)
Appears in: LA Weekly (8/3/01)


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  Game Changer
(Profile of Rick Rock)
Appears In: The Source (August 2001)


Lost and Found
(Rethinking Wayne Wang's Chan Is Missing)
Appears in: AsianAvenue.Com (July 2001)


Points of Life
(Column on the Darkening Sky Over Hip-Hop's Underground)
Appears in the SF Bay Guardian (7/4/01)


 

 
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  Eminem, Shmeminem and Other Amazing, Astounding Insights
(Roundtable discussion on popular music)
Appears in: Bitch Magazine (June 2001)


Saul Williams: Amethyst Rockstar
(Album review)
Appears in: Seattle Weekly (6/27/01)


 
 
  Going Ballistic
(Interview with Kip Fulbeck)
Appears in: AsianAvenue.Com (6/22/01)


Redman: Malpractice
(Album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (6/8/01)


 
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  Jay Dee: Welcome to Detroit
(Album review)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (5/23/01)


AZN Pride (and Joy)
(Column on AZN Pride)
Appears In: AsianAvenue.Com (May 2001)


Rap of Ages
(Column in Aging Rappers)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (5/9/01)


DJ Q-Bert
(Interview)
Appears In: Blu Magazine (May 2001)

Triple Threat DJs
(Interview)
Appears in: Blu Magazine (May 2001)


Alkaholiks: X.O. Experience (Loud)
(Album review)
Appears In: The Source (June 2001)


 

 
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  Self Scientific
(Profile)
Appears In: The Source (May 2001 )


Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America
(by William Wong)
(Book review)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (4/25/01)

 
 
  V/A: Urban Revolutions (Future Primitive Sound Sessions)
(Album review)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (4/25/01)

Road Rage: Funk on the Road
(Album review of Breakestra's
Live Mix Tape 2)

Appears In: LA Weekly (4/20/01)

Run DMC: Crown Royal (Arista)
(Album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (4/13/01)

Ill-Rational: Growing Pains
(Column on the state of Asian American media)
Appears In: AsianAvenue.Com (4/01)

 
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  Aceyalone: Accepted Eclectic
(Project Blowed)/
Eve: Scorpion (Ruff Ryders)

(Album reviews)
Appears In: LA Weekly (3/30/01)

Beatnuts: Take It Or Squeeze It (Loud)
(Album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (3/30/01)

Word Power
(Column on Aceyalone)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (3/28/01)

 

 
 
  Self Scientific: The Self Science (SOL Musicworks)
(Album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (3/23/01)

  Grand Agent: By Design (Groove Attack)
(Album review)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (3/18/01)

 
 
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  Yukmouth
(Album review)
Appears In: The Source (March 2001)


Eminem's Rap
(Interview/Debate Over Eminem)
Appears on: The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Funk's Femme Fatale
(Profile of Betty Davis)
Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (2/01)

 
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  Fatboy Slim: Between the Gutter and
the Stars (Astralwerks)
(Album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (1/26/01)

Sweet Dreams
(Album reviews of The Highliters'
"Poppin' Popcorn" and Piero Umiliani's
Ode to Ellington)

Appears In: SF Bay Guardian (1/24/01)
 

 
 
  V/A: Lyricist Lounge Vol. 2 (Rakwus)
V/A: Guesswhyld Presents...
(Stonegroove)
(Double album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (1/19/01)

Kutmasta Kurt: Masters of Illusion (Threshold)
(Album review)
Appears In: LA Weekly (1/12/01)

Bring the Pain
(Movie review of Jang San Woo's Lies)
Appears In: Popmatters.com (1/01)

Women Warriors
(Movie review of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Appears In: Popmatters.com (1/01)

 

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