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Wax Poetics Issue 23, June/July 2007
Street Songs was Rick James's masterpiece, his ghetto symphony. The Stone City Band raps about the making of this historical funk document. Read some interview extras here. In our back-cover feature, Brian Coleman presents an oral history on New York hip-hop club the Latin Quarter. Buy the Playlist!
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Featured Articles:
Rick James
Street Songs was a life or death album. I had to go down inside of me and bring out everything that I could. I had sold all these millions of records, and then to do the Garden of Love album and have it barely creep up the charts was humbling.
The Latin Quarter
Country music had the Grand Ole Opry. Jazz had Birdland and Minton's Playhouse. 1960s rock and roll had Fillmores West and East. And hip-hop in the late 1980s had the LQ. Rightfully deified in hip-hop lyrics by the dozens, it was the real deal.
Arthur Russell
Collaborations with legendary DJs and producers like Francois Kevorkian, Larry Levan, Nicky Siano, and Walter Gibbons transformed Arthur Russell, a classically trained cellist, from experimental genius to avant-garde disco pioneer.
Also includes:
Re:Discovery
Jonas Gwangwa and African Explosion, Danser's Inferno, Passport, the Buggers, Rafi Val y la Diferente.
Obituaries
The real Biggie Smalls, actor Calvin Lockhart; selfless servant of music Ronald Muldrow.
Black Milk
Detroit's newest hip-hop producer.
Audio Heritage
Magnetic Tape, part 3 of 3.
DJ Shadow
Selection is natural to DJ Shadow.
Chocolate Star
Disco and Miami bass guru Gary Davis.
DJ Spinna
Brooklyn's own embraces his block party roots.
Chico Hamiliton
The master drummer marches on.
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
This band of brothers throws hooks with horns.
Bunny Lee
Reggae and dancehall don tells it as it is.
RAMP
"Bonita Applebaum" OGs finally see the daylight.
Sa-Ra
Production supergroup finally drops their debut.
Thes One
PUTS producer deconstructs commercial composer Herb Pilhofer.
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