With big-time beat diggers, the record chase is what it's all about. And for a world-renowned turntablist like Cut Chemist, born Lucas Macfadden, the...
A fast-rising artist based in Boston, Edan is a true triple threat. Sufficiently skilled as an MC, producer and DJ, he has developed an international...
Esthero's path through the music industry really goes against the norm. Where most artists have to fight like sharks for label attention, the industry...
When going back to the beginnings of hip-hop, electro and even house music, the roads definitely intersect with Arthur Baker. Although the Boston-born...
Producer and director Joslyn Rose Lyons' documentary Soundz of Spirit (released on DVD by Jog9 Productions in February) isn't the first to discuss the...
Not long ago, Bryan Hollon traded in his baseball caps for silk ties. This change in wardrobe by the man who makes music under the name Boom Bip is emblematic...
Cynics and the faithful alike can be forgiven for greeting reunion tours with mild enthusiasm. And at nearly $80 a ticket (after the attendant service-charge...
I'll put it this way, says Prefuse 73, aka Guillermo Scott Herren, during a recent press junket to New York City to promote his new joint, Surrounded...
With music, it doesn't matter where an artist comes from as long as a certain sense of creativity comes from within. Although 27-year-old Maya Arulpragasam...
At Aron's Records, Los Angeles Stones Throw Records is one of the most recognized imprints in all of hip-hop, and label founder Peanut Butter Wolf (aka...
Style: Hip-hop Established: In 1995 by Brent Sayers, Sean Daley and Anthony Davis in Minneapolis Artists: Atmosphere, Blueprint, Brother Ali, Dynospectrum,...
After sunset, Needlz scoots around New York's streets like a man on a mission, bouncing from recording studio to recording studio, rubbing elbows with...
When he began shooting his now-seminal film Wild Style in the fall of 1981, Charlie Ahearn just wanted to tell a simple story about New York's emerging...
Since 1979, hip-hop sampling has been a part of the recorded musical landscape. It has become a multicultural phenomenon that changed the way people produce...
Being a serious record seeker and sample collage artist has its rewards. For Blackalicious' Chief Xcel (born Xavier Mosley), who has a collection of vinyl...
Do you know where your favorite big-ballin' rappers were from Sept. 29-Oct. 2? On the mile-long tropical beach of an all-inclusive luxury resort in Puerto...
SHOCK WAVES Beans strolls into his caf of choice in his Brooklyn neighborhood, iPod earpiece dangling from his ears. He absentmindedly fingers a necklace...
It has been nearly 15 years since Brand Nubian exploded onto the hip-hop scene with One for All (Elektra, 1990) a full-blown rap opus that drew equal...
Rarely does a group emerge, drop several classic yet extremely controversial albums, endure an ugly breakup, launch successful solo careers and then continue...
I started scratching in 1984, and looking back, I realize that I have experienced many different phases: being part of a mobile DJ crew; entering battles;...
Grown men in full-body mouse suits not only scare the bejesus out of namby-pamby elephants but, armed with production know-how, also send record companies...
Counterpoint Records & Books in Hollywood, Calif., is the perfect mining ground for the specific gems that DJs' radars are attuned to. With rows and stacks...
It's the oldest story in the book, says DXT, aka Grandmixer DST, about what first moved him to rock a turntable. My inspiration to become a hip-hop DJ...
Before leaving town for a string of club gigs and four appearances during the annual Winter Music Conference in Miami, Jeff Townes, aka DJ Jazzy Jeff,...
When avant-garde pianist Matthew Shipp approached El-P with the idea of doing a collaboration with a sextet of seasoned jazz musicians, the indie hip-hop...
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