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Featured, Music, News & CultureDecember 8, 2021

Beat Generation in the Generation of Beats

Chuck D looked at me quizzically, his furrowed brow barely showing beneath the bill of his black Raiders cap. “Sure,” the rapper said as I handed him a yellowed copy of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl. “I’ll read it. Sounds interesting.”

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Featured, Music, News & CultureNovember 25, 2021

The Death of Sampling

TweetIn December 1991, Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy ruled that rapper Biz Markie’s song “Alone Again” violated copyright law when it took a digital sample from […]

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Featured, MusicJune 4, 2017

Hank Shocklee: The Bomb Behind Public Enemy’s Squad

Tweet    In 1991, when I interviewed Hank Shocklee — the Bomb Squad production crew member who Chuck D once called the “Phil Spector of […]

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News & CultureJuly 24, 2013

The No. 1 human rights issue today is racial justice — as it’s always been

Tweet“Is there a problem, officer?” “Damn straight, it’s called race.” — Mos Def, “Mr. Nigga” I can’t shake my despair over the Trayvon Martin verdict. […]

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