The Cold Crush Brothers

The Cold Crush Brothers' Charlie Chase (1998)

Interview by Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages audio, 1 October 1998

From discovering the breaks to the most enthralling stage act in hip hop's first decade, Cold Crush Brothers' Charlie Chase — a rare Hispanic DJ — takes us back to the park jams and the PALs, and the DJs like Bam, Flash and Theodore.

File format: mp3; file size: 54.4mb, interview length: 59' 27" sound quality: ****

15 Years of Hip Hop: Back in the Days

Retrospective and Interview by Frank Owen, Vibe, December 1994

Most of what you know about the old school is wrong. ...

Various Artists: Wild Style — Original Soundtrack (Animal); Jenny Burton: In Black And White (Atlantic)

Review by J.D. Considine, Musician, April 1984

AS HIP-HOP, the rapping and scratching music of the break dancers, bounces out of the urban subculture and into the mainstream, it's reasonable enough to ...

Cold Crush Brothers: Troopers (B-Boy/Westside LP/Cassette/CD)

Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 17 December 1988

SQUASHED OFF in the opposite direction are the Brothers. While hip hop in general is surfing on a newfound musical sophistication, with crews like The ...