Read the online-only story on Chicago quartet Qualo about its upcoming summer release. This article is an extension of special section, "Go Forward, Move Ahead: 32 Sure Things for 2007," from the January 2007 issue of Remix. ...
Read the full Q&A from the "32 Sure Things for 2007" feature on female Australian rapper, Macromantics, aka Romy Hoffman. Hoffman and producer Buchman deliver smart and catchy rhymes and music informed by their musicianship as a guitarist and bass player, respectively....
Read the online-only exclusive Remix article in the “32 Sure Things for 2007” feature on up-and-coming DJ, Aaron LaCrate. He talks about his signature “gutter music” and the Baltimore music scene....
Everybody in the game has been doing our sound, Layzie Bone, one quarter of the current lineup of '90s rap heroes Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, boasts from his...
THE EVER EVOLVER: UNKLE If three tracks from UNKLE's forthcoming 2007 album confirm anything, it's that the brainchild of Mo Wax label founder James Lavelle...
Long before L.A. underground MC Busdriver came into existence, he was a kid named Regan, son of Ralph Farquhar, who wrote the seminal hip-hop flick Krush...
Boston's Berklee College of Music boasts several impressive firsts in their curriculum. It was the first to include jazz improvisation, and later the...
The beat is the thing, MC Kevroc philosophizes. That's what you got to court. Beats keep you grounded. Beats keep you in touch with your core element....
IT'S LIKE THAT Three friends from Queens walked this way and spread hip-hop to the masses For many reasons, Run-DMC is one of the most pivotal groups...
Brothers were a little more open-minded back in the day, you know? says Sleepy Brown in his deep Georgia baritone, smiling widely as though he's about...
Shoulder to shoulder, the trio of Sa-Ra Creative Partners overpowers the stage, communicating mystique through the lenses of expensive sunglasses. During...
Uptown on Harlem's West Side, there's a quiet block of newly renovated brownstones where everyone from Usher to Nina Sky has sought the deft touch of...
Respected worldwide for Ph.D.-level lyrics and social commentary, Brooklyn MC Talib Kweli subscribes to a simple formula for quality tracks: MCs and producers...
Wrapping up a mixtape session at a Los Angeles studio, Nu-Mark has no problem explaining the gang of outside producers Scott Storch, Salaam Remi, Exile...
What are the makings of a legend? Throughout the history of contemporary recorded music, precious few bands and artists have faced the seemingly insurmountable...
Chops has been making moves in hip-hop for over a decade. His old group, the Mountain Brothers, was signed to Ruffhouse back in the day, though the trio...
At the beginning of February, I got a voicemail from a reader in Atlanta, and he was mad. Maybe disappointed is the better word: Why haven't you interviewed...
Hundreds of dancing, drinking and smoking Madlib fans froze their feet, bowed their heads and uttered not a sound during a rare moment of silence at the...
You can ask anybody: Would they rather hear the rawest, dirtiest record that was recorded like shit but that has emotion or a clean record done in a big...
Unprecedented in the long, illustrious history of binge drinking, the rowdiest drunks at the bar have flipped the script and announced last call themselves....
It's been awhile since they last spoke or collaborated, rather on the lead single to Aceyalone's last long player, Love & Hate (Red Urban, 2003), but...
Detectives are usually looking for evidence at the scene of the crime, but not the musical scrutinizer known as Blockhead. Instead, he's constantly on...
Hurry up, before I get embarrassed, DJ Muggs says. These are the last words you'd expect to hear from a man who has had more of an impact on the astronomic...
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