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The Saga Continues…

Scratch spends their second day in Germany trying to convert gear companies to hip-hop.

March 29, 2007 MORE COMMENT

There’s a war going on inside….

Scratch’s technology editor reports live from Germany’s Musikmesse International Trade Show.

March 28, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Go Getta Few Copies Next Week

Details on the May/June issue of SCRATCH!

March 26, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Timbaland: Disappointed By Jay-Z

The new issue of Entertainment Weekly gives us some insight into why there is no Hova to be found on Tim’s new Shock Value album…

March 26, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Try To Control Your Dilla-rection

NYC’s own DJ Soul just dropped a nice little gem on all you Dilla fanboys. The best part: it’s free.

March 22, 2007 MORE COMMENT

The Extinction of Jurassic 5

Bad news for fans of Jurassic 5’s positive, old school-flavored hip-hop: the group has officially broken up.

March 21, 2007 MORE COMMENT

R.I.A.A. to Net DJs: F*ck You, Pay Me

The Copyright board released a 115 page summary of their verdict, but the message is clear: internet radio is f*cked.

March 20, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Dilla Release Party: Tonight!

Tonight at Brooklyn’s SouthPaw, Pete Rock and WAAJEED will be spinning at the release party for Dilla’s latest Stones Throw release…

March 16, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Timbaland Parties Like A Rockstar

Rockstar Games, best known for the Grand Theft Auto series, announced this week that they are teaming up with Timbaland…

March 16, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Hip Hop’s Big Break

The break of all the “breaks,” as noted by writer/artist Nate Harrison, is the “Amen” break. In his succinct, informative 20-minute documentary…

March 13, 2007 MORE COMMENT

10 Years Later…

That’s right, today marks a decade since Biggie’s death.

March 9, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Saving Britney Spears

The Associated Press is reporting that, in the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly, Timbaland says he wants to “save” Britney Spears.

March 7, 2007 MORE COMMENT

It’s On Like Tenori-On.

Japanese multi-media artist Toshio Iwai has partnered with Yamaha to create a new kind of instrument

March 5, 2007 MORE COMMENT

Sa-Ra: Psych, We Didn’t Break Up

It was reported last year that G.O.O.D. Music’s production trio had split up. Well, according to Babygrande Records, the original trio is once again back together [continued…]

March 1, 2007 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.