Bay Area Hip Hop Archives - Volume 1

I don't really have time to write too much today because I'm in the process of moving which means closing and transferring accounts, cleaning, big fuckin' headaches, etc... It also means going through tons of shit and reminiscing and in the last few days I came across a bunch of old magazines, pictures, bios, promo items, etc... that I've been keeping all these years, all of it related to Bay Area hip hop. Shit brought back some real good memories for me and I thought I would share some of it with my huge legion of readers three readers so I took some pics with my trusty digital camera. Click the thumbnails to Super Size like McDonald's...

E-40 on the cover of 4080 magazine (March 1995)



Dubee, Mac Dre (RIP) & Khayree on the cover of 4080 magazine (1997)



IMP (RIP Cougnut) interview in 4080 magazine (1996)



E-40 on the cover of Rap Pages (April 1999)



Luniz on the cover of Underground Soundz magazine (1996)



JT The Bigga Figga & Snoop on the cover of 4080 magazine (1997)



11/5 on the cover of Paying Duez magazine (January/February 1996)



A letter that Mac Dre wrote to me while he was incarcerated in Lompoc Federal (May 1995)



An E-40 baseball and a baseball bat shaped wooden pen to promote his Tha Hall Of Game album (1996)



Hope you enjoyed looking at some Bay Area hip hop historic archives type shit. I've got a ton more - remember, I've been involved in Bay Area hip hop industry in one way or another since 1993 and have been a fan even longer - so look for more posts like this in the future.

Oh, and once I get some time I'll go fuck around at Kinko's and do some scanning. Then I'll slap you in the head with all the Bay Area hip hop pictures I took back in the day.