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...
The Remix Hotel juggernaut is heading back to SAE Atlanta—with Partners Rane, Serato, Pioneer, Roland, iStandard and others—for another technology-filled weekend of classes, panels and guest appearances. And this year, All Access registration gets you FREE entrance to the Atlantis Music Conference and Festival! That means double the panels, performances and more. Register today!
