JUL/AUG 2005
Features
Timbaland
His out-of-this-world backdrops made MTV darlings out of Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, Jay-Z… you get the idea. He took off his warm-up sweats and now the newly brolic VA beat king is ready to go for broke.
K-Def
Marley Marl’s protégé is still kickin’ in the door with that ol’ boom-bap. Reminisce with New Jeruzalem’s original chief rocka.
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Logic Audio
Logic vs. Pro tools?
Play By Play
Styles P explains why he can’t waste either on his sophomore joint time is money.
High DEF
K-Def had some of his underground classics sampled by rap royalty. And he’s okay with that.
Permission to ‘land
Timbaland is back with a new look—but the same ol’ magic touch in the studio.

Contents: Sept/Oct 2007
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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?
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’.
Warning: Saigon
Scratch takes you inside Saigon’s long-delayed Atlantic debut The Greatest Story Never Told
Front Lines: Phunk Dawg
Meet the producer behind Hurricane Chris’ “A Bay Bay”
In Control: Erick Sermon & Keith Murray
Come inside the EPMD producer’s studio as he makes a beat for Keith Murray from scratch.
Contents: JULY/AUGUST 2007
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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.









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