KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND PARTNER ON HIERO DAY MUSIC BLOCK
Local organization centering Black boys in education debuts Kingmakers Music label and production company as part of Hieroglyphics annual celebration in...
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'Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows' Available Via Video On Demand
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Syl Johnson, Revered and Oft-Sampled Soul Singer, Dead at 85
Syl Johnson, the soul singer whose "Different Strokes" became one of the most sampled songs in hip-hop history, has died at the age of 85.
Source: rollingstone.com
Syl Johnson, Revered and Oft-Sampled Soul Singer, Dead at 85
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Source: lmtonline.com
Sacai x Ultimate Breaks & Beats Capsule Collection Release
Sacai x Ultimate Breaks & Beats Pays Homage to the Legendary Street Beat Records in New Capsule Collection: Dropping later this week.
Source: hypebeast.com
Beloved hip-hop magazine Wax Poetics gets revived
In the Nineties, during the Golden Age of hip-hop, hip-hop heads and record collectors Andre Torres and Brian DiGenti moved to New York. Not seeing coverage of the scene that excited them, they created a music magazine, one that would be for fellow fans—DiGenti was so obsessed with hip-hop samples that he printed the entire Rap Sample FAQ database and carried it with him to record stores. Wax Poetics was soon celebrated for its coverage of music icons—Prince, Marva Whitney, MF Doom, Erykah...
Source: cjr.org