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Mantronix: Mantronik the Dance King: No Messin'

Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 5 March 1991

THERE'S LITTLE disputing the massive force Curtis Mantronik and the whole Mantronix aggregation have had on dance music in the '80's. Through early releases such ...

Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce: Queens of the Bronx

Interview by David Toop, The Face, May 1987

"HIP HOP is such a beats orientated music. It's just beats and a bass line. If you put anything else to it like keyboards and ...

C+C Music Factory: Spotlight on Clivilles & Cole: The C&C Beat Generation

Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 19 March 1991

B&S takes a walk on the wild side to meet up with David Cole, who, with Robert Clivilles, is currently hotter than hot. Trek on... ...

MC Lyte: Lyte-headed

Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 20 July 1993

To quote the title of her new album, "Ain't No Other" quite like MC Lyte. And the lady has her head well screwed on, getting ...

Cypress Hill: Back in the Daze

Interview by Andrew Smith, The Face, October 1995

CYPRESS HILL used cannabis to devastating effect in the marketing of their Black Sunday — racking up best-selling rap album in the process. Can they pull the ...

P. Diddy

Interview by Alan Light, Elle, October 2006

"THERE HE IS! There he is!" ...

Ice-T: "I don't hate cops – I hate racists"

Interview by Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, 13 March 2020

ON SEPTEMBER 30th, 1992, Ice-T performed a concert with his metal band Body Count at the Jack Adams Stadium in San Diego. On a bill ...

PM Dawn: Midnight Mass

Interview by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 21 December 1991

Praise the Lord and pass the platitudes! PM DAWN may be worshipped as 1991's brightest, dippiest new rappers, but they're keener to be set adrift ...

Wyclef Jean: Only Human

Interview by Amy Linden, The Source, July 2002

Wyclef Jean is one of America's favorite crossover rappers. But will he be able to keep it clean when he takes it back to the ...

Run DMC: Homeboy's Home Truths

Interview by Frank Owen, Melody Maker, 23 May 1987

ON THE EVE OF THEIR BRITISH TOUR, RUN DMC EXPLAIN TO FRANK OWEN THE STRENGTH OF SILENCE, THE POWER OF GOOD EXAMPLE AND THE WAY THE HISTORY ...

Salt-N-Pepa: Condiment-al as Anything

Interview by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 13 December 1997

And you thought Girl Power was a new thang? Oh no, SALT-N-PEPA invented it a decade ago. The Maker catches up with the trio in ...

Eminem: The Super Anti Hero

Interview by William Shaw, Blender, August 2002

Eminem may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. But there doesn't seem to be much else that's beyond the hip-hop ...

Arif Mardin: Producer

Interview by Tom Doyle, Sound on Sound, July 2004

Arif Mardin has engineered and produced an incredible array of classic records from artists such as Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross, the Bee Gees ...

Ice Cube: The Predator's Decision is Final

Interview by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 5 December 1992

The nigger you love to hate is now The Predator. As the controversy over Ice-T's 'Cop Killer' dies down, ICE CUBE — rapper, film star ...