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Report and Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 24 June 1989

Wild Thing! You make my bank account sing. In the last six months West Coast rapper TONE LOC has sold over six million records. His ...

Beastie Boys, The, Wolfsbane, Rick Rubin: Rick Rubin: Fang of Def

Interview by James Brown, New Musical Express, 8 July 1989

Five years ago RICK RUBIN was the 21-year-old student behind Def Jam — the label that brought you the twin rock-rap assault of Licensed To Ill and ...

Tone Lōc: The Burger King

Interview by Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 5 August 1989

Get yourself in shape with Tone Lōc, the monster court jester of rap's ruff, tuff kingdom. Roy Wilkinson chews the fat about girls, grub and ...

Guns N' Roses, Public Enemy: Public Enemy and Guns N' Roses: Busted Axl

Report by RJ Smith, The Village Voice, 22 August 1989

FORTY-EIGHT hours in the feeding-cycle of New York City. There were Uzis, Public Enemy regrouping, and a clique of blond babes orbiting Axl Rose at ...

N.W.A.: NWA: Welcome to L.A.

Report and Interview by Mark Cooper, Sunday Correspondent Magazine, 1 October 1989

"Takin' a life or two/That's what the hell I do." The rap band NWA – Niggers with Attitude – compares Los Angeles street life to ...

Ice Cube, N.W.A.: N.W.A.: Wanted For Attitude

Report by Dave Marsh, The Village Voice, 10 October 1989

HOW'S THIS for government intimidation? In early August, a letter arrived on the desk of Priority Records president Brian Turner. Written on Department of Justice ...

Will to Power: Gimme Back My Bullets: Will to Power shoot for disco Valhalla

Profile by Chuck Eddy, LA Weekly, 17 January 1991

ON NEW YEAR'S Eve, I stayed home and went to bed early, as anybody with respect for planetary alignment and his own safety and disrespect ...

A Tribe Called Quest: Storm Warnings

Interview by Andrew Smith, Melody Maker, 2 February 1991

Besides achieving Top 20 success with their new single, 'Can I Kick It?, A Tribe Called Quest have also been heavily involved with the re-recording ...

Professor Griff, Public Enemy: Public Enemy and Professor Griff: Divide and Conquer

Interview by Damon Wise, Sounds, 31 March 1991

Public Enemy have long been regarded as the most innovative band on the rap scene, a band whose all-important attitude has often verged on destruction. ...

Anthrax, Public Enemy: Anthrax: Bohemian Rapsody

Interview by Neil Perry, Melody Maker, 22 June 1991

When metal meets rap in the form of ANTHRAX and CHUCK D, there's bound to be some trouble. NEIL PERRY hears about the fight for ...

Ice-T: The Code of Many Colors

Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, August 1991

ON THE cover of Ice-T's new record, O.G. Original Gangster are two photos. In the first he's wearing a tuxedo, standing against a backdrop of ...

Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, N.W.A: N.W.A.: Beating Up The Charts

Report and Interview by Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 8 August 1991

NWA's second album, Efil4zaggin debuted on the album chart at Number Two, but the Compton rappers may be bringing the fury on record to life. ...

Geto Boys: We Can't Be Stopped (Def American) **½

Review by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 5 September 1991

IT'S A FAMILIAR debate: conservative guardians call the Geto Boys' music obscene, while liberal watchdogs accuse them of glorifying violence against women and degrading the ...

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The: The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: The Riot Stuff

Interview by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 23 May 1992

An uneasy truce hangs over America in the aftermath of the LA riots. Is there worse to come or has the anger, for the moment, ...

Dr. Dre: Ain't nothing but a gender thang?

Interview by Amy Linden, Request, May 1993

Dr. Dre and writer Amy Linden go one-on-one on sexism and The Chronic. Nobody wins. ...

Credit To The Nation: Rapped by Rappers

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 1 April 1994

Matty Hanson — aka Credit To The Nation's MC Fusion — has come under fire for his views on the values of gangsta rappers. Is ...

Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., The, Puff Daddy, Jodeci, Craig Mack: Puff Daddy: Born To Be Bad

Interview by Frank Broughton, i-D, May 1995

A multi-platinum music mogul at just twenty four, Sean "Puffy" Combs is the face of future hip hop. meet a Bad Boy made good. ...