A mystery decoded, a legal field just begun. What is the common bond between Grand Wizard Theodore, Blastmaster, KRSOne, and Stanley Platzer? An historical critical megamix.
Originally published January 19, 1988
“Hiphop is the most modern example, after capoeira and basketball, of African culture’s bent towards aesthetic combat — what the graffiti movement itself long ago defined as ‘style wars.’ ”
Originally published January 19, 1988
“Run-D.M.C.’s myth was like Rocky to everyone else’s Apollo Creed. It had to be a myth; no one could possibly be that square.”
March 26, 2019
How three working-class lads from Edinburgh with nothing to lose made one of the year’s most exciting hip-hop albums
April 19, 2018
Even her detractors can’t deny the palpable strength of will that makes “Invasion of Privacy” vibrate with personality
April 10, 2018