MAY/JUN 2006
Features
The roots
Art Official Intelligence ? Will they finally go platinum? Will Jay-Z be on the album? Will Def Jam successfully market the most live band in hip-hop? Or will things finally fall apart? The Roots answer all our questions and then some. -Alvin Blanco
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The Roots Outtakes
?uest Love on…
Knowledge
One of Dr. Dre’s engineers, Steve B shares the basics of a good mix.
Pioneer Producer
Get on track with Larry Smith, Run-DMC’s original beat conductor.
Develop
lil wayne “fireman”
French Connection
DJ JUST DIZLE at La Coupole, Paris, France.
Pieces to Weight
After over a decade of chopping loops, diamond d, one of the dopest producers on the mic, is still dropping jewels like black rob at the ramada. cue shirley bassey.
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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