The Diabolical, aka Biz Markie, lives up to the largeness of his legend. He ducks to keep from hitting his head as he steps into DJ Hut, his massive body...
I'm definitely interested in Bruce Lee's whole philosophy in creating jeet kun do, Chops reveals, waxing eloquent on the nuances of the martial art invented...
You may not know him yet, but hip-hop producers don't come much hotter or hard-working than Kanye West. During the past six years, the 26-year-old has...
If a case can be made for crediting one person with the invention of the modern remix, Osbourne King Tubby Ruddock may well be remembered as the true...
Dylan Mills grew up in a grimy east London public-housing estate with his mother. His favorite album was Nirvana's In Utero (Geffen 1993), Kurt Cobain's...
Rolling down a highway somewhere in the Midwest, RZA is between gigs as he describes his latest self-realization. I've turned into a Willie Nelson type...
You might not expect someone as skilled in the vinyl and analog arts as Babu (of the Los Angeles hip-hop group Dilated Peoples and the world-famous Beat...
When discussing the true pioneers of hip-hop, certain artists instantly come to mind as founders of the music and the culture. Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster...
I must have done 30 or 40 albums up in here that ain't never been heard, reveals a soft-spoken Madlib in between drum takes at his Bomb Shelter studio...
In dance music, there is no greater perfectionist than BT. The L.A.-based producer, DJ, remixer, film scorer, artist and pioneer of progressive trance and house is constantly taking a microscope to his sound, and the jack-turned-master of all musical trades can do just about anything in the studio....
Style: Underground, true hip-hop and soul Established: In 1996, by the Hieroglyphics crew Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, Souls of Mischief...
Style: Everything Established: In 1999, by Andy Hurwitz in New York City Artists: We do mostly one-offs, Hurwitz says. We don't believe in binding artists...
Although it's impossible to point to a single originator of hip-hop music and culture, certainly one of its prime movers and easily the father of hip-hop...
With his latest venture, Muggs may be taking it slow, but he is by no means taking it easy. Dust (Anti, 2003), the first solo effort by the DJ/producer...
One of hip-hop's most important musical innovators, Grandmaster Flash laid the groundwork for a generation of cut-crazy DJs to mimic. A maestro of the...
Like Sun Ra, King Tubby and George Clinton, Lee Perry is known as much for his eccentric personality and flamboyant sartorial style as his musical innovations....
Three years after the X-ecutioners started bumping cuts for Built From Scratch (Relativity, 2002), the album is seeing the light of day. Rob Swift who,...
A New York court has awarded $3 million in damages to rap legends Sugarhill Gang in their lawsuit against Snapple and Turner Broadcasting. In 1991, the...
He opened for Radiohead's summer 2001 tour. He spins with a jazz band, Bullfrog. His sample-infested Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Ninja Tune album, 2000) earned...
Public Enemy has partied for the right to fight since the 1987 release of their debut Def Jam Records LP, Yo! Bum Rush the Show. More than just a rap...
I like the unique dynamic that the turntable has. I am going to be serious about not being serious on my next album. Part experimentalist, part turntablist,...
If you don't love hip-hop music, stop reading right now. It's not the type of genre that's friendly to poseurs hopping on the bandwagon. The reason is...
DAN NAKAMURA'S HIP-HOP CRUSADE Automator, defy the laws of nature,Electronic monolith, throw a jam upon the disc,The futuristic looper with the quicknessMan,...
It's not every day that an artist releases a single considered a classic. It's even more unusual when that single is the artist's debut effort. Blackalicious...
Ever since DJ QBert blew away the judges at the 1991 USA Disco Mix Club (DMC) finals with his mind-warping scratching skills, the art of turntablism has...
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