Press ArchiveAug 15, 2013A Decade in Rap Censorship (1990-1999)By SPIN Staff, SPIN Magazine At times, particularly during the first half of the '90s, the number of institutional attempts to push back...
Press ArchiveSep 10, 2012“I got a beep from Kim”: 24 pop-culture windows into the world of 1992By Erik Adams, Marah Eakin, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Emily Todd VanDerWerff, Tasha Robinson, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin, and Scott...
Press ArchiveJun 5, 2012Hip-hop and Election 2012: How Obama went from being 'The Bomb', to being 'The Man'By Alexisgarrettstodghill, The Grio In 1991, rapper Ice Cube bashed his then nemesis, Eazy-E on his dis song “No Vaseline” with the line...
Press ArchiveDec 11, 2008Paris - Acid Reflex By Malcolm Azania, Vueweekly.com Paris is easily one of the most accomplished MCs and producers in the history of hip hop, and for his...
Press ArchiveDec 9, 2008Hip Hop Gives BackBy Charlene Muhammad, Finalcall.com Imagine being a father fighting foreclosure and trying to keep your family off the streets, a single...
Press ArchiveDec 3, 2008Local LicksBy Nate Seltenrich, Eastbayexpress.com Not since NWA's "Fuck tha Police" has overtly political hip-hop enjoyed any real measure of...
Press ArchiveNov 25, 2008Paris - Righteous IndigestionBy J. Quintella, Soulsandsounds.com In the midst of an economic collapse, an endless war, and the flux of Election 2008, the Black...
Press ArchiveNov 25, 2008Acid Reflex - Activist Rapper Paris Drops a New BombBy J. Quintella, Soulsandsounds.com Shocking album covers are nothing new for Bay Area activist emcee Paris. Going back nearly 20 years...
Press ArchiveNov 24, 2008MTV Airs Paris' New VideoBy Ismael AbduSalaam, Allhiphop.com After years of being shunned by mainstream media outlets, militant Bay Area rapper Paris has secured...
Press ArchiveNov 19, 2008Paris - Acid ReflexBy J.H. Thompkins, S.F. Bay Guardian Paris tackles the big picture on Acid Reflex, a gloriously irreverent deconstruction of the state of...
Press ArchiveNov 10, 2008Paris - Acid ReflexBy David Jefferies, Allmusic.com The "preaching to the converted" problem San Francisco rapper Paris shares with so many other...
Press ArchiveNov 8, 2008Paris - Acid ReflexBy SC, wackbeats.com Direct. Volatile. Impassioned. Litigious. Debatable. Dubious. These are all words you could use to describe Acid...
Press ArchiveNov 7, 2008Paris - Acid Reflex By Thickonline.com Releasing an album that has Uncle Sam presenting a black child and a hand-grenade on the cover automatically says...
Press ArchiveNov 4, 2008Paris: Here For NovemberBy Yaminah Ahmad, allhiphop.com Never one to hold his tongue on issues like politricks, violence, and poverty in the Black community, it...
Press ArchiveOct 22, 2008Paris - Acid ReflexBy LAS Magazine Paris is back with Acid Reflex on his own Guerrilla Funk imprint. As usual, his hardcore politics and slinky West Coast...
Press ArchiveOct 22, 2008The Revolution Will Have a Dance Club By Tom Chandler, East Bay Express Oakland rapper Paris lets his inner P-Funk shine on Acid Reflex. Listening to Paris in 2008 is like...
Press ArchiveOct 21, 2008Paris - Acid ReflexBy Steve 'Flash' Juon, RapReviews.com Few hip-hop artists have captured the voice of the oppressed, the righteous indignation of the...
Press ArchiveOct 20, 2008Paris - Don't Stop the Movement By Lulu McAllister, XLR8R "Don't Stop the Movement," off of Bay Area rapper and activist Paris' forthcoming album, Acid Reflex, touches...
Press ArchiveOct 15, 2008Paris - Acid Reflex: JamoeblogBy Billy Jamm, Amoeba.com 1) Paris "Don't Stop The Movement" (Guerrilla Funk) 2) The Mighty Underdogs "UFC remix (cuts by DJ Shadow)"...
Press ArchiveOct 15, 2008Paris Recombines Hip-Hop, SFX on Acid Reflex By Scott Thill, Wired.com Over four decades ago today, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panthers in Oakland, in turn...