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 deepest MC has gone even deeper.
DJ Quik
If he said he had a piece of
equipment that could change your life, would you read? Well, he does and
you should.
Buckwild
His résumé is a veritable who’s who of the world’s hottest rappers, living or dead. The funny thing is this: He says his best is yet to come.
Madlib
There are few underground legends who have the respect of all sides of the hip-hop world. And even fewer who let you in on their process. Well, we found one.
Sha Money XL
He’d probably object to us calling him the brains behind G-Unit and the man (next to 50) who is most responsible for its success as a label and a brand. Too bad.
Departments
Element 78
The illest thing about E78 is how deep we get without doing the obvious. Which would explain why we took on Kanye West, one of the best in the game…ever, for attempting to get even more money to appear in magazines. We also talk to Danny Masterson, from That ’70s Show, about his side career as a party DJ; rap with Fabolous about the cats he’s always wanted to work with, and the musicians who put the funk in crunk. In addition, we profile DJ Naturally and Stoni, two of the hardest-working women in the biz; and get Alchemist to show what he does when he isn’t making the ill beats.
The Loop
Isn’t it funny how a few opinions can provoke so much criticism? The Loop pulls no punches when it comes to Large Professor’s remixing of Illmatic and choosing the best of Just Blaze’s best. Also, we give props to Salt-N-Pepa’s DJ Spinderella and review the latest music from Nottz, Baby, Ruff Ryders, Buckshot/9th Wonder, Outlawz, Common, and Quasimoto.
Boiling Point
This section is where we put those who are just on the verge of breaking through, not the folks who have been written about all over the place. Who are they this issue? Introducing G.M.M., Shondrae, Bang, Unusual Suspects, and J.R.
The Lab
We sent Noah Rubin out to Cali for the NAMM Trade Show and he came back with a bunch of receipts and classic content regarding the newest and best equipment that should soon be populating your home studio. He also got to chill with some celeb-types—Fredwreck, DJ Babu, DJ Muggs—and got their considerable expertise in both testing equipment and showing you how to step your own game up. We also continue with the TTM guys who insist that their Scratch Notation System will make a DJ out of you yet.
In the Club
We like to call In the Club “the section that never sleeps” for good reason. We sent our reporters to check out the scenes with DJ AM at Concord in L.A., the Sound Bar in Chi-town; and had a fly on the wall for a soon-to-be-legendary performance by A-Trak, Q-Bert, and Grand Wizard Theodore in L.A. And feel free to check out the latest Scratch-endorsed fashion at NYC’s Cutting Room Studios
RESPECT MARKS THE SPOT
Brotherly love aside, heads who think gangsta rap was born in California are in for a rude awakening.
One Response to "MAY/JUNE 2005"
Feb.24 at 11:58 pm
Michael Jackson says:
Is there any back issues for may/june 2005
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