Maad Awards ’22

Kendrick Lamar finally made a return in 2022 and overall it was a very strong year for California hip hop. The year was bittersweet however, as it started off with the absence of Drakeo The Ruler and later in the year we lost Young Slo-Be, just over a month after he dropped one our favorite […]

Maad Awards ’21

You could argue that 2021 was perhaps an even stranger than the year before, at least for California hiphop. We saw very few of the big names drop a project, which in return left space for some new and exciting artists to come up. Below you will find our year end awards and a playlist […]

Berner drops Gotti

Berner stays busy as usual and drops a second album this year, Gotti, following Paulie Cicero and a colloborative EP with Tunde, They Land Better In Manchester. The star strudded offering features artists such as Future, Rick Ross, Nas, Mozzy, Conway The Machine, Styles P, Benny The Butcher and Berner’s frequent collaborator Cozmo.

Berner drops Paulie Cicero

Sunset District’s Berner dropped 5 solid albums in 2020, including joint albums with B-Real of Cypress Hill, R-MEAN, Larry June and Cozmo. Now he drops his first album of 2021, Paulie Cicero. The 14 track offering features frequent collaborators Mozzy, Cozmo, Wiz Khalifa and R-MEAN, as well as Benzino’s daughter Coi Leray.