DJ Turntablism

Author

First Name: 

Carlito

Last Name: 

Rodriguez

Big Pun: Our Exclusive Look at the Crushers Last Days

Bone Thugs: How Long Will They Last Without Bizzy?

Choclair: Canada's Kingpin Slips Across the U.S. Border

Tony Touch, Eminem in the Lab, The Lox, Common's Latest, DJ Doo Wop, R.I.P. Graf, Turntable Takeover

Plus: Back in Attica, Drag-On, Indian Casinos: Cash or Culture?, D.I.T.C.

Author

First Name: 

Kjetil Falkenberg

Last Name: 

Hansen

This thesis focuses on the analysis and modeling of scratching, in other words, the DJ (disk jockey) practice of using the turntable as a musical instrument. There has been experimental use of turntables as musical instruments since their invention, but the use is now mainly ascribed to the musical genre hip-hop and the playing style known as scratching.

Author

First Name: 

Anthony Kwame

Last Name: 

Harrison

Hip Hop Underground is a vivid ethnography of the author's observations and experiences in the multiracial world of the San Francisco underground hip hop scene.

Author

First Name: 

Priya

Last Name: 

Parmar

Knowledge Reigns Supreme: The Critical Pedagogy of Hip-hop Activist KRS-ONE argues for the inclusionary practice of studying and interpreting postmodern texts in today's school curriculum using a (Hip-hop) cultural studies and critical theory approach, thus creating a transformative curriculum.

Author

First Name: 

Joseph

Last Name: 

Schloss

B-boying is a form of Afro-diasporic competitive dance that developed in the Bronx in the early 1970s. Widely-though incorrectly-known as "breakdancing," it is often dismissed as urba acrobatics set to music. In reality, b-boying is a deeply traditional and profoundly expressive art form that has been passed down from teacher to student for almost four decades.

Author

First Name: 

KRS-ONE

In Ruminations, KRS-ONE's very first trade bok, he reflects as only he can on a remarkable range of topics, including the past, present, and future of Hip-Hop, the most glaring challenges facing the music industry, the undeniable influence of African-American and urban culture on mainstream America, and the discipline and knowledge needed by today's Hip-Hop artists to make it in a world whe

Author

First Name: 

Jared A.

Last Name: 

Ball

WBL is an academic journal of hip-hop, intended to showcase graffiti, graphic art, photography, short stories, scholarly reviews and essays in addition to music contributed to the Express Yourself Mix Tape.

Author

First Name: 

Crisell

Last Name: 

Luke

In the three decades since Kool Herc first put the same record on two side-by-side turntables, DJs have moved out of city parks, house and block parties, and the darkened booths of nightclubs, and onto center stage, performing before admiring crowds of thousands.  They have not only given rise to hip-hop and house-DJs have influenced fashion, film, TV, and more. 

Author

First Name: 

Sensational

Author

First Name: 

Sensational