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Wax Poetics Issue 17, June/July 2006
Some fans say that Jay Dee was the greatest hip-hop producer ever. Wax Poetics speaks in-depth with Jay's peers and delves deep into his magical, musical life. With our first split-cover, we also honor hip-hop production masters, Public Enemy's Bomb Squad. Hank Shocklee & Co. take us back to the days of noise and controversy—hip-hop style. Buy the Playlist!
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Featured Articles:
Son of Detroit: Jay Dee Remembered
"His drum-bass thing was dope. Coming from Detroit, that's what it is anyway. He had a real understanding of harmony and melodies, but he still had the b-boy aesthetic and the hip-hop aesthetic." —Q-Tip
Public Enemy's Bomb Squad
"I started bringin' out all my records, all my little breakbeats. Eric was a Prince head. So he knew how to program Linn drum machines. I started playin' him some Stax grooves. I said, 'This is the vibration that we're gonna work on.'" —Hank Shocklee
Kool Herc vs. Pete DJ Jones
"One of the baddest DJs I ever saw was Grandmaster Flowers," Pete DJ Jones says. "He could blend. He was a mixer. The things he did with records were incredible. He was the baddest thing I had ever saw." That was until he saw Grandmaster Flash.
Also includes:
Re:Discovery
We rediscover U.K.'s Atorie, NY's Fantasy Three, South Carolina's Genius Productions, Britain's Section 25, and the obscure electro of TWR Production.
Obituary
Life magazine's preeminent Black photographer Gordon Parks directed 1971's classic film Shaft.
The Name Game
Tanya Morgan is a hip-hop group.
Up North Trip
The untold saga of J Rock's Streetwize.
Funky Vows
Thes One's matrimonial mixtape.
Blur of Sound
Four Tet selects records from across the board.
In the Trunk
Bay Area hip-hop and the rise of hyphy.
The Flyer King
Buddy Esquire and the art of the show.
Bomb the Suburbs
Adelphi University radio station WBAU put Strong Island on the map.
Academic Archive
The soul of Hank Shocklee.
12 x 12: The Breaks
Monkone picks 12 b-boy classics.
With These Hands
Life Lessons with Dilla by Questlove
Audio Heritage
An Archival Perspective on Recorded Media
Take a minute to browse through our current offerings and stay tuned for some near-future additions!
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