JAN/FEB 2006
Features
gza & DJ muggs
Across The Board † Wu-Tang’s Genius and Cypress Hill’s sound provider share the secret moves behind their collabo, Grandmasters. -Timmhotep Aku
swisha house
Screw Drivers † With Houston
taking the country by storm this year Michael Watts isn’t done opening doors to the house that Screw built. -Matt Sonzala
dj premier
Reloaded † Christina Aguilera asked
him to […]
Roland SP-404
Beats on the run? Rock this silver bullet in your gun.
Working Class Hero
Rhymefest is from Chicago, likes to quote his own lyrics during interviews, and co-wrote the Grammy Award winning “Jesus Walks.” Yup, him and Kanye West do have a couple of things in common even though ’Fest probably wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a Louis Vuitton scarf. Luckily, he’s filled his debut album, Blue Collar, with […]
Carnival Beats
BUN B “DRAPED UP”
RELOADED
IN THE NO-FRILLS back room of a New York recording studio, a quietly dramatic scene unfolds, with more than a few onlookers…
Contents: Sept/Oct 2007
Take a look inside the latest issue of Scratch.
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
Take a look inside the latest issue of Scratch.
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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