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A new book — Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, out now on MCD/Farrar, Straus, Giroux...
Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare — the Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer known best as one half of prolific duo Sly and Robbie — has di...
A sweet soundtrack to those leaves falling: Check our list of must-nabs featuring Nubya Garcia, Lotic, Ross From Friends, and more.
Waajeed is an artist with deep roots in Detroit’s musical landscape. Growing up during the ‘80s in Conant Gardens, things could have gone in a very different direction for him and his friends. A chance meeting with local musician Amp Fiddler would steer the adolescents on a creative path that would culminate in Slum Village and J. Dilla changing hip-hop. After spending some years in NYC and growing disillusioned with mainstream rap, Waajeed moved back to Detroit to connect with Mad Mike and Underground Resistance, and together they’re now working on a major project to help raise a new g...
Moodymann, Theo Parrish, Rick Wilhite and Marcellus Pittman have released a 3 Chairs retrospective compilation. Released under their collaborative alias, 3 Chairs, the legendary Detroit DJs and producers present '3 Chairs Collection (1997-2013)' - a collection of 35 tracks spanning almost two decades. The collection includes a number of records which were previously only available on vinyl, with a handful of tracks featuring the likes of Bill Beaver, Norma Jean Bell, Amp Fiddler and Bubz Fiddler. You can purchase '3 Chairs Collection (1997-2013)' via Bandcamp here. Earlier this ye...