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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 ...
Teddy Riley, Guy: Teddy Riley: The Life of Riley
Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 10 June 1989
At 22 TEDDY RILEY is the most sought-after producer in America. His mixture of R&B and rap has created a new sound, dubbed New Jack ...
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: ****
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: ****
Why does everyone ignore "Jump Up" jungle?
Interview by Bethan Cole, Mixmag, January 1997
Even Goldie has been dissing "jump up". But wasn't it the ragga stuff that put jungle back in the frame in the first place? ...
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 ...
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. ...
Gaslamp Killer, The: The Gaslamp Killer: A bright spark hits the decks
Interview by John Lewis, Metro, 18 October 2010
Kooky DJ the Gaslamp Killer, known for his psychedelic sounds, talks to Metro about his experimental style, which includes work by Italian composers and dirty ...
Cookie Crew: Some Cookies Don't Crumble
Interview by Sheryl Garratt, The Guardian, 21 June 1989
British rap is taken seriously in the States largely due to the Cookie Crew. Sheryl Garratt found out why ...
Tyler, The Creator: Q&A: Tyler, the Creator
Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 11 April 2013
The Odd Future leader on homophobia, Miley Cyrus and why Tumblr is "sad". ...
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 ...
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. ...
Beastie Boys, The: The Beastie Boys: The Most Horrible Group In The Universe?
Interview by uncredited writer, Smash Hits, 25 February 1987
They play ear-splitting heavy metal rap music, they throw food on the carpet, they throw eggs at Sigue Sigue Sputnik, they hate the Human League ...
Snoop (Doggy) Dogg: Snoop Doggy Dogg: What's Your Problem? Absent fathers
Interview by Lisa Verrico, Vox, April 1994
SNOOP DOGGY Dogg, born Calvin Broadus, was brought up by his mother in the working-class suburb of Long Beach, Los Angeles. From early adolescence, when ...
Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 6 October 2003
Fannypack are young, smutty and fresh — and they might just make hip-hop fun again. Caroline Sullivan meets them. ...
Beastie Boys, The: The Nature of the Beastie Boy
Interview by John Aizlewood, No. 1, 7 March 1987
Mad, bad and dangerous to know, it's THE BEASTIE BOYS! Loud, obnoxious, snotty and very very funny. ...
Akala: Exploding on to the scene
Interview by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 18 August 2006
Mobo nominee MC Akala is more than just Ms Dynamite's little brother. ...
Interview by Paul Lester, Sunday Times, 1 March 2015
Touted by Lorde and Kanye West, Raury has the nerve to live up to his billing ...
Loyle Carner: I believe in yesterday
Interview by Lisa Verrico, The Sunday Times, 26 February 2017
Losing his stepdad made him the rapper he is today ...
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