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TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR #WESTSIDERIDAHREPORT 5PM PACIFIC-2AM PACIFIC/8PM-5AM EASTERN WSRR 7.28 West Up Fam. Hopefully the summer heat is treating you well, and you are healthy and doing well. This week we give Love to 2 Westcoast albums, including love to a Legend of West Coast hip Hop. July 30st 2001. Snoop Dogg presents Tha Eastsidaz Dueces & Treys. 2nd Studio album by Tha Eastsidaz.. Tha Eastsidaz are […]
TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR #WESTSIDERIDAHREPORT 5PM PACIFIC-2AM PACIFIC/8PM-5AM EASTERN WSRR 7.21 This week we are giving it up to another WestCoast Classic Hip Hop Film from the 90s…. Poetic Justice. This will film was the late John Singleton’s 2nd film, and it was released July 23rd 1993. With a cast consisting of Janet Jackson, the late great Tupac Shakur, Regina King and Joe Torry… it was destined to […]
First of all, the Native Tongues are not an official Hip-Hop group, crew, click, organization, or squad. Unofficially, they are more than the all of the aforementioned. Here is the when, why, where and how. This story begins in the 1980’s in New York City. By this time, Harlem’s Kool DJ Red Alert is already a well-established and respected Hip-Hop DJ having rose to fame on WRKS 98.7 KISS FM. […]
TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR #WESTSIDERIDAHREPORT 5PM PACIFIC-2AM PACIFIC/8PM-5AM EASTERN WSRR 7.14 2 OG’s get a shout out this week on Westside Ridah Report. Week of 7/14. Coolio, and Too Short. The Godfather of the Bay Too Short, released his 7th studio album .. yes 7th, July 14th 1994, “Shorty the Pimp”. Now this classic album is actually based off a Blaxploitation film of 1973, named “Shorty the Pimp”, […]
TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR #WESTSIDERIDAHREPORT 5PM PACIFIC-2AM PACIFIC/8PM-5AM EASTERN WSRR 7/7 Now when the discussion of the best Hip Hop Soundtracks of all time comes up, this album has to be mentioned. We saluted another West Coast classic on WestSide Ridah report in May ( Menace II Society), but this week we salute the anniversary of the release of the “Boyz n Da Hood” Soundtrack. July 9th, 1991 […]
Nothing like the summertime. Summer officially started on June 20th, but it really kicks off this July 4th weekend. So to get you jumping for your summertime cookouts, BBQ's, crusin around town, or taking a trip.. we got you covered on our Best Black Music Summertime Jams list. We each put down 20-25 of our favorites, we removed duplicates and will put all this in the mix Sunday & Monday […]
TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR #WESTSIDERIDAHREPORT 5PM PACIFIC-2AM PACIFIC/8PM-5AM EASTERN WSRR 6.30 West up Fam!!! We here at Blax Radio, love to highlight accomplishments, albums, films, etc that pushed the culture. During WestCoast Ridah report this is no different. This Week, we are big upping an Album that included a track that changed damn near everything. July 4th, 1995 The Luniz outta Oakland, released “Operation Stackola” on Not Trybe/Virgin […]
California is a big, long state. Its a unique place because the populations are split by hundreds of miles of relatively, uninhabited farm land in the middle of the state- which literally and figuratively divides Northern from Southern California. Since 1977 I’ve moved back and forth between San Jose, San Diego, Fremont, San Rafael, Irvine and points in between. One particular move stands out in my mind. In 1991 […]
TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR #WESTSIDERIDAHREPORT 5PM PACIFIC-2AM PACIFIC/8PM-5AM EASTERN WSRR 6.23 The heat is on… Juneteenth 2021 is behind us, and Summer officially started on June 20. Historically for Hip Hop, the Summer has had some Fiyah… classic albums released during this season. This week we are celebrating 2 debut albums from the LA area that dropped… June 20 1995 Mack dropped his debut “Mack 10” June […]
As we honor Juneteenth 2021. We remember the struggle, the fight for liberation continues as it did for our ancestors. To this end, we dedicate these music lists below as our work to Freedom Day continues. The crew got together a put down some of our favorite Black Music that express "Freedom," the need for it, the fight for it, and what that means. Tune in June 19, 2021 at […]
