Dana Dane's success confused me as a kid. I thought he was imitating Slick Rick, but had to admit songs like "This Be the Def Beat" and "Cinderfella Dana Dane"... Read More...
There was a point in my childhood where old school rappers, and by that I mean anybody who was a big star between 1979 and 1983, had fallen so far out of favor... Read More...
Hip-Hop is a game of identities, a way to define yourself, instead of having others tell you who you are. In the brief period they were active, British rap cre... Read More...
The recording of Schoolly D's hit "Saturday Night" has been described as a happy accident. The story goes that D's producer DJ Code Money, a self-described vir... Read More...
Thirty years ago the one and only album from the Downtown Science duo was released on Columbia Records. The self-titled release was also self-produced by the d... Read More...