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MAY/JUNE 2005

Features
Eminem
He changed the way the MCing game is played, mixing commercial beats with crazy personal, underground lyrics. And now he has set his sights on dominating in the producer’s role. Hey, he couldn’t ask for a better teacher.
Common
Usually an artist gives us a page’s worth of commentary on their new record’s beats. Once again, Chicago’s […]

May 22, 2005 MORE COMMENT

Mash Rules Everything

Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs shows you how to blend hip-hop and rock—the right way.

May 22, 2005 MORE COMMENT

Scrap Yard

Where mixtapes go to die…

May 22, 2005 MORE COMMENT

Unusual Suspects

trick daddy f/ twista & lil jon “let’s go”

May 22, 2005 MORE COMMENT

The Apprentice

Eminem has all but conquered the rap game, but it took the good doctor to show him his future was behind the boards.

May 22, 2005 MORE COMMENT



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Contents: Sept/Oct 2007

Take a look inside the latest issue of Scratch.

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Wyclef Jean: Till Death Do Us Part

When it comes to global pop, Wyclef Jean is still killin’ ’em. but with a resurrected interest in rap, can this former Fugee bring his spark back to hip-hop?

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DJ Toomp: The Last Laugh

From pumping bass to laying the trap, veteran producer DJ Toomp has ushered Atlanta hip-hop through the ages. Ha-ha! You can’t tell him nothin’.

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Warning: Saigon

Scratch takes you inside Saigon’s long-delayed Atlantic debut The Greatest Story Never Told

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Front Lines: Phunk Dawg

Meet the producer behind Hurricane Chris’ “A Bay Bay”

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In Control: Erick Sermon & Keith Murray

Come inside the EPMD producer’s studio as he makes a beat for Keith Murray from scratch.

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Contents: JULY/AUGUST 2007

Take a look inside the latest issue of Scratch.

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DJ Khaled: Victory

He wasn’t born or raised in the county of Dade, but DJ Khaled has become the Miami movement’s loudest supporter.