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.

• re:Discovery Oran “Juice” Jones, Daniel Sofer (with Dr. Dre and Unknown DJ), B+, The Bizzie Boyz, Kurtis Blow
• In Memoriam: Joe Zawinul (1932-2007), Willie Tee (1944-2007), Eddie Fisher (1943-2007), Bobby Byrd (1934-2007)
• 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
• The Hard Way Producer Alchemist Forges His Own Path to Succeed
• 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
• Soul Chameleon Producer Just Blaze Gets in Where he Fits in
• Dues Paid Little Beaver and the Magic City Sound
• Player’s Anthem Tyrone Thomas Gave Hip-Hop Seven Minutes of Funk
• Accidental Mastermind The Funky Serendipity of Quinn Haris
• Toast of the Dance Hall Barrington Levy Laid Sound System Vocals to Work
• Soul Testimonial Japan’s Osaka Monaurail Moves Past JB Tribute