The underground hip-hop movement, currently connected to L.A. local groups Dilated Peoples and Jurassic Five, has always relied on word of mouth to spread the news. Read more...

  Capitol Records Dilated Peoples consists of (from left to right) Rakaa, Babu and Evidence. By Ruvin Spivak Daily Bruin Contributor If the theme of the band’s last album was, “10 years in the making,” come Oct. Read more...

Dilated Peoples “Expansion Team” Capitol Records Dilated Peoples is a real eye-opener for the rest of the hip-hop world. With its sophomore effort, “Expansion Team,” Dilated Peoples returns with more of what the beat-loving crowd has come to expect from the lyrically tight group. Read more...

  Twentieth Century Fox Johnny Depp‘s character, Inspector Fred Abberline, indulges his opium addiction in "From Hell." By Ryan Joe Daily Bruin Contributor Johnny Depp saunters into the junket room, immaculately dressed in a sharp black suit, a hint of crimson collar peeking out of the darkness at his neckline. Read more...

By Ryan Joe Daily Bruin Contributor “From Hell,” the new graphic novel, palpitates with a life of its own as history. Written by Alan Moore, illustrated by Eddie Campbell, “From Hell,” the graphic novel upon which the new film of the same name is based, serves to slice with surgical precision. Read more...

By Shana Dines Daily Bruin Contributor Disco balls, crystal chandeliers and velvet curtains, oh my! Not exactly what’s expected from a rock concert, but then again, neither is a thirty-something pianist with a receding hairline. Read more...

The Daily Bruin stopped some unsuspecting students to find out what they were listening to and why. Ami Brett Third-year Art history Jimi Hendrix “It’s a “˜best-of’ CD. Read more...