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Beastie Boys, The: Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty (Grand Royal)
Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 3 July 1998
Sick of introspective rock? Pining for the time when hip-hop was fun? So are the Beastie Boys. Caroline Sullivan fights for her right to party ...
Beastie Boys, The: Style Counselors — The Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty (Grand Royal/Capitol 49S4232)
Review by Tom Doyle, Q, August 1998
Now fighting for Tibet rather than the right to party, America's Most Influential have grown up. ...
Kurtis Blow, Afrika Islam: Kurtis Blow and Afrika Islam (1998)
Interview by Frank Broughton, Rock's Backpages Audio, 27 September 1998
The pioneering DJ talks about inspirations like Pete DJ Jones; about being a B-Boy; attending Kool Herc parties; starting out as an MC and the rise of rap... until he gets into a shouting match with Afrika Islam. Beef!
File format: mp3; file size: 25mb, interview length: 27' 18" sound quality: ****
Cold Crush Brothers, The: 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: ****
Lauryn Hill: Evening News Arena, Manchester
Live Review by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 12 June 1999
EX OFFENDER ...
Mark Morrison: How to beat a bad rap
Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 6 August 1999
The baddest boy in pop is out of jail. But behind Mark Morrison's hard facade Caroline Sullivan finds a big pussycat who wants nothing more ...
Tupac Shakur: Life and Death in South Central LA
Book Excerpt by William Shaw, The Observer, 9 January 2000
South Central Los Angeles is notorious both for its violent gang warfare and for the gangsta rap that celebrates it, yet the media rarely ventures ...
Notorious B.I.G., The: Word According to B.I.G.: Notorious B.I.G.: Born Again
Review by Miles Marshall Lewis, LA Weekly, 12 January 2000
AND SO WAS WRITTEN the MC genealogy of the late Notorious B.I.G.: Grandmaster Caz was the father of Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grandmaster Melle Mel the ...
Jay Z: Jay-Z: Something For The Weekend, Sir?
Interview by Paul Elliott, Q, April 2000
"How about freedom?" wonders rap nabob Jay-Z, on bail pending trial for a near-fatal stabbing and facing a possible 22-year jail term. Some distraction from ...
Lil' Kim Is The Baddest Girl Alive
Interview by Amy Linden, XXL, May 2000
NEW YORK CITY'S Central Park South is a mixture of dyed-in-the-wool, Waspy Manhattan mega bucks and the glitz of the nouveau notorious. Side by side ...
Wu-Tang Clan is Sumthing ta Fuck Wit
Report by Frank Owen, Village Voice, 23 May 2000
The world-famous Staten Island hip-hop collective has a government informer working within its ranks; at the same time, the group is being investigated by the ...
Report and Interview by RJ Smith, The New York Times, 6 August 2000
As entertainment entrepreneurs align the fantasy lands of rap, rock, wrestling and pornography, a generation of fans grows ever more brutish. ...
N.E.R.D.: N*E*R*D: The New Statesmen
Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 4 August 2001
If Uber-producers N*E*R*D ruled the world there'd be no guns, no drugs and we'd all wear our STDs on our sleeves. ...
Streets, The: The Streets: Fast-moving UK Garage Geezer
Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 6 October 2001
EVERYONE KNOWS THE future of dance music always comes from the streets. ...
Streets, The: The Streets: Quality Streets
Profile and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, March 2002
GEEZERS NEED EXCITEMENT. WHICH IS WHERE THE STREETS, AKA MIKE SKINNER, COMES IN. THE PEOPLE'S POET IN TWO-STEP'S GARMS, HE IS THE WIMP MADE GOOD, ...
OutKast, Roots, The: Audiotistic: "Happy Hip-Hop" Sets Festival's Vibe
Report and Interview by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 April 2002
The organizers of Audiotistic expect 37,000 fans to show up for an event that plays against type. ...
Ms Dynamite, So Solid Crew, Streets, The: The Streets: The British Can't Rap, Haven't You Heard?
Overview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 20 October 2002
THE BRITISH have always had a flair for taking black American music, giving it a twist and then exporting it back, stylishly repackaged. Blues, R&B, ...
Roots, The: Forward To The Roots
Interview by Amy Linden, XXL, January 2003
FOR THE LAST few years, the city of Philadelphia has sponsored the Philadelphia College Festival. Held directly across the steps of the Art Museum (home ...
Eminem: The Most Hotly Anticipated Movie Of The Year!
Report by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 18 January 2003
…but is it any good? NME gives you the ultimate lowdown on Eminem's forthcoming blockbuster 8 Mile ...
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