Summer is here and so is the soundtrack for your wildest decisions. The warmer months are when we typically get outside and start risking it all, so of course, the music for the season has to be as hot as it is bold. And June is bringing it.
Of course, Lil Wayne’s much-anticipated Tha Carter VI drops early in the month. Tunechi’s latest comes out this Friday, and so does the sophomore album from Cynthia Erivo. The Ruler Slick Rick returns with an ambitious visual album — his first official album in more than 25 years. Fellow vet Daz Dillinger is also back with a slice of Cali G funk for your road trips.
Delayed from its initially expected May release, Young Thug is set to drop UY Scuti, his first album since getting out of jail last fall. It’s now supposed to drop in June but a firm date has yet to be announced. And Samara Cyn is back with her new EP, Backroads.
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Steel Pulse
Thursday, May 22 @ UC Theatre, Berkeley
Too $hort, Scarface & DJ Quik
Friday, June 20 @ Fox Theater, Oakland
Earth, Wind & Fire
Friday, June 27 @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley
Macy Gray
Saturday, July 12 @ Palace of Fine Arts, SF
Thievery Corporation
Saturday, Sept 6 @ Fox Theater, Oakland
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