biography

Author

First Name: 

Christopher R.

Last Name: 

Weingarten

Christopher R. Weingarten provides a thrilling account of how the Bomb Squad produced such a singular-soundingrecord: engineering, sampling, scratching, constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing - even occasionally stomping on vinyl that sounded too clean.

Author

First Name: 

Arrested Development

And Mama Winbush said, "I'm glad ya'll came"! (smiling generously) "I never got to show nobody this ole' stuff you see this is the way we do things everyday. See these peppers hanging up! These been drying fora long time, and they're hit; woo... they're hot! See we salts the meat, we didn't have no freezers, huh?

Author

First Name: 

David E.

Last Name: 

Thigpen

HE TOOK THE SOUND OF THE STREETS TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS.... JAM MASTER JAY Before anyone heard of New Jack, Gangsta, East or West Coast, Jam Master Jay had already gained worldwide acclaim in the early days of rap. As one third of Run DMC, Jay worked the turntables into a funky, catchy sound that combined hard-rock riffs with slamming street rhythms, and ushered in a new era of popular music.