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It's only graffiti — but I like it
Report by Idris Walters, Sounds, 21 September 1974
DRAWING conclusions on the wall, New York graffitists have captured a spirit of rock and roll. But it got called Art somewhere along the line. It's ...
Afrika Bambaataa, Force MD's: Tommy Boy and Afrika Bambaataa: Afrika and White
Interview by Mick Sinclair, Sounds, 17 April 1984
ALONG WITH the equally outstanding 'The Message', 'Planet Rock' sprang hip hop into being something of more force and substance than was made evident by ...
Schoolly D, Three Wise Men, The, Cookie Crew: Rhythm King Records: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Kings
Profile and Interview by James Brown, Sounds, 24 January 1987
Somehow, somewhere James Brown became a fast-chat, no-flab funker. And he did it with the help of Rhythm King, Britain's leading dance indie label. Since ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Big Daddy Kane, MC Shan, Biz Markie: Cold Chillin' Records: The Big Chill
Interview by Caroline Sullivan, Melody Maker, 16 April 1988
COLD CHILLIN' HAVE COMPILED A ROSTER TO CHALLENGE DEF JAM'S HIP HOP SUPREMACY. CAROLINE SULLIVAN MEETS A TRIO ON THE WAY TO THE TOP ...
Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 30 April 1988
LOVE AND BULLETS ...
Report and Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 7 January 1989
And the kids keep dying. Armed with only a Sony Walkman and a pen, PAOLO HEWITT goes looking for the solution to Rap's vicious side, ...
Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 14 January 1989
As a columnist for Billboard and The Village Voice, Nelson George has been America's most incisive commentator on the changing face of black music culture. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
De La Soul: Cool Hip Hop: De La Soul De-flowered
Interview by Steven Daly, Spin, May 1991
Declaring that De La Soul Is Dead, the beat-box beatniks turn ornery. Have they lost the plot? Or are they writing it? STEVEN DALY explains. ...
De La Soul, Prince Paul: De La Soul: Pushing Up Daisies
Interview by Steven Daly, Blitz, June 1991
De La Soul are back, but rap's original hip-hop hippies are no longer wearing flowers in their hair. De La Soul Is Dead, the long-awaited ...
Super Cat: Don Dada (Columbia 471570 2);
Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 25 July 1992
A quick 'toast' to reggae tradition ...
Naughty By Nature: Hooray Homies
Interview by Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 20 March 1993
They're huge! They're massive! NAUGHTY BY NATURE are the rap equivalent of Nirvana, catapulted to success by the unstoppable 'OPP'. But as they hold promotional ...
Digable Planets: Rebirth Of Cool
Report and Interview by Ann Powers, Spin, May 1993
Packed with style and grace, Digable Planets' 'Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)' became the hottest rap single of the year. Ann Powers discovers that ...
Report and Interview by RJ Smith, LA Weekly, 17 June 1993
One Nation Under An Overpass ...
Interview by John Harris, New Musical Express, 10 July 1993
It's the most exciting and important tour to take place this year. In the last six months, politics has roared back onto the musical agenda ...
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