Hip-Hop and R&B

COCOROSIE 

Jun 1, 2007

Without a good dose of jet lag, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn would have turned out to be quite a different album. When Bianca and Sierra...

SAVATH & SAVALAS 

Jun 1, 2007

The first thing you'll notice about the new Savath & Savalas album is the absence of Eva Puyuelo, whose aching vocals floated over the modernized Catalonian...

COPPERPOT 

Jun 1, 2007

More than just a victim of stage fright, Daniel Kuypers has long suffered from chronic angst while spinning hip-hop in his native Chicago. Every week,...

JEDI FORCE 

Jun 1, 2007

Just Blaze devoted son to his mother (a high school principal), superfan of Roland V-Drums and Ableton Live, owner of three feisty poodles and producer...

TAPES 'N' TAPES 

Jun 1, 2007

Browsing the endless shelves of tapes, vintage vinyl, musical scores, session notes and photos archived in the basement of Teo Macero's Long Island home,...

PROPHET OF RAGE 

Jun 1, 2007

There's this big misconception that I started out as a spoken-word artist and then decided to rap, Sage Francis says with a rueful chuckle, his mood darkening...

PHAROAHE MONCH 

May 1, 2007

For MC/producer Pharoahe Monch, being kept out of the studio for nearly seven years has been nothing less than stifling. After scoring the Godzilla-sampled...

STEPHEN MARLEY 

May 1, 2007

Many reggae fans can close their eyes and remember some of their favorite and freshest irie riddims of the past decade and, chances are, five-time Grammy...

CHA-CHING! 

May 1, 2007

I was producing and writing part-time when I was in the U.S. Army. I decided after four years that it was time to go for it all the way. I moved to Atlanta...

MESSING WITH TEXAS 

May 1, 2007

There was no end of good music to be had at SXSW 2007 (March 12-16) in Austin, Texas. And lovers of electro rock, IDM, techno, bastard pop and turntablism...

LIVESAVAS' JUMBO THE GARBAGEMAN 

May 1, 2007

You know how digging goesI could be here until, like, tomorrow, says recent Portland, Ore., export Jumbo the Garbageman. It's a warm late-winter day,...

Live Wire 

May 1, 2007

It's good to be the king especially if you're Tim Mosley. For well over a decade now, the 36-year-old producer has spun his quirkily deconstructed beats...

April 20: Sa-Ra's The Hollywood Recordings MySpace Listening Party 

Apr 16, 2007

BLUE SIX 

Apr 1, 2007

Few things complement Blue Six's Aquarian Angel better than low lighting, candles and afterdinner brandy. But with a stylish buffet of soulful vocals,...

BLACK MILK 

Apr 1, 2007

An acknowledged product of his environment, Detroit's Black Milk makes no bones about carrying on the Motor City hip-hop sound. Since officially breaking...

PUSH TO SHOVE 

Apr 1, 2007

Read the Remix article on Ultramagnetic MC’s reunion album, The Best Kept Secret. Kool Keith and Ced Gee talk about recording their first album as a group in 14 years....

TURBULENT WATERS 

Apr 1, 2007

MC/producer Denaun Porter discusses producing his group D12’s next album, as well as tracks for Pharoahe Monch, Dr. Dre and more....

COSMO BAKER 

Apr 1, 2007

Amtrak's Metroliner? Never mind that. These days, the ultimate Philly-to-New York connection is Cosmo Baker that is, when he's doing his DJ thing on the...

BATTLE FOR THE BELT 

Mar 1, 2007

Since early 2005, the Chicago hip-hop community has gathered once a month in West Town to witness the Dance to the Drummer's DB beat battle a competition...

SHAOLIN FUNK 

Mar 1, 2007

Wu-Tang Clan's master producer The RZA built a hip-hop empire using Kung-Fu Theater dialog and mysterious, tension-filled music to create an aura of mythical legend around his crew of MCs. So no doubt he was the perfect man to score Spike TV's hip-hop anime show Afro Samurai....

ELASTIC FANTASTIC 

Mar 1, 2007

To me, pop music can be anything from Nick Drake to the Gap Band to Led Zeppelin, says a fully amped RJD2, holding forth on the range of inspiration behind...

4HERO 

Mar 1, 2007

Read the Remix story on Mark Mak and Dego of 4hero. The soul/R&B/electronic duo discuss capturing and editing the important characteristics of miked instruments and voices....

DJ RASHIDA 

Mar 1, 2007

Read the Remix article on Prince’s DJ, Rashida. Rashida goes record shopping at Zia Record Exchange in Las Vegas, looking for both classics and new albums....

DANJA 

Feb 1, 2007

Not exactly the East Coast and not necessarily pledging allegiance to the Dirty South either, Virginia is in somewhat of a peculiar predicament. But having...

K-OS 

Feb 1, 2007

Trinidad-born Canadian k-os is as dedicated to preserving hip-hop as he is revolutionizing it. Within his genre-hopping productions, you'll often hear...

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Remix Hotel New York 2008:
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