Wax Poetics Issue 26

Our Second Annual Hip-Hop Issue features producer extraordinaire Just Blaze, with beatmakers Alchemist, Evidence, and 9th Wonder, rappers Devin the Dude and Percee P, and hip-hop movers-and-shakers Ralph McDaniels, Michael Holman, and the late Dave Funkenklein. Buy the Playlist!

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Featured Articles:
  • Just Blaze
    "Some people try to walk that purist line so hard, but sometimes you've got to step outside of your box and do what you've got to do to get in so you can bring people into what you really want to do."
  • Alchemist
    "I'm just a regular dude. That's why I like Wax Poetics. I'm a big fan of the mag. I go right to the stories. I don't even read on the hip-hop dudes. If I was you, I wouldn't read my interview. I'd go to the shit with David Axelrod."
  • Tyrone Thomas
    "I thought it sounded like something that could be a soundtrack when we did it. Because it's got that pimp thing on it. It's player music, that's what it is."
 
Also Includes:
  • Re:Discovery Oran "Juice" Jones, Daniel Sofer and Dr. Dre, B+ (Spyder D), the Bizzie Boyz, and Kurtis Blow
  • Obituaries Josef Zawinul, Willie Tee, and Eddie Fisher
  • Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing Bobby Byrd remembered by Alan Leeds
  • The Beat Professor Producer 9th Wonder teaches hip-hop history to the next generation
  • Boom Box Pioneer Ralph McDaniels brought rap video to New York television
  • Everybody Plays the Fool (Sometimes) Devin the Dude is hip-hop's court jester
  • Bear Witness Dilated People's Evidence testifies to hip-hop's longevity
  • Putting Heads to Bed Bronx-born Percee P works twenty years for his debut
  • You're a Customer Come Get These Roosevelt Record Show Memories
  • The Host with the Most Downtown impresario Michael Holman's uptown connection
  • Burn Rubber on Plastic Bubbles "Gangsta Limpin'" and the Art of Dave Funkenklein
  • Dues Paid Little Beaver and the Magic City Sound
  • Incidental Classics Quinn Harris achieved sophisticated sound with limited means
  • Toast of the Dance Hall Barrington Levy laid sound system vocals to wax
  • Soul Testimonial Japan's Osaka Monaurail moves past JB tribute

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