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531Summer playlist for Nylon music issue
For their new music issue, Nylon asked me to recall a summer memory and make a playlist of summer songs… not new stuff, just some sort of summer playlist for the ages. Here goes!
Guru and Run-DMC in 1993
As the hip hop community continues to mourn the loss of Keith “Guru” Elam, today I stumbled upon this interview by complete happenstance, a conversation between him and Run-DMC dated to 1993. I have to say, after reading some deeply disturbing Solar business over the weekend, it was a nice change to go back to better days and enjoy this slice of time with these icons of our culture.
There isn’t much editing in this piece. Admittedly it starts off a bit slow, with just Guru and DMC. Then Run joins in, followed by Jam Master Jay. By the time they’re all there, you’ll find some real gems. I think my favorite part is when JMJ gets crazy intricate talking about how they used to dress:
Jay: You got on the freshly dipped gear, that could be a pair of Lees, and a fresh alpaca, you know what I’m sayin, to match the Adidas, and a velour or a Panama, with the ribbon that’s matching your sneakers…
Run: That’s that pimp shit.
Jay: But the pimps ain’t rockin the Lees.
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Guru: Before you guys, rappers were more like stars, with the flashy costumes
Run: They were trying to be like Rick James.
Real the full interview here.
R.I.P. Guru, R.I.P. Jam Master Jay.
Mustard’s first interview
I’m so proud of my horse! He just did his first interview. It’s for the conceptual Five Takeaways blog. He gave some travel tips. Such a wise horse.
Funny interview with Power 106′s Vick One
We filmed this interview when I was over at Power last friday. Check out Vick One’s youtube channel for more irreverent one-on-ones.
Scion brings you behind the scenes with Fool’s Gold
Podcast where I’m talking about independent labels
Yesterday I was a guest on East Village Radio for a special one-time radio show discussing independent labels with host Daniel Glass of Glassnote and fellow honchos Jonathan Galkin of DFA and Syd Butler of Frenchkiss.
The show is archived, you can listen to the podcast (and read up some more) on this page!
Spoke to Cocaine Blunts and NPR about Roc Raida
The homie Noz from Cocaine Blunts reached out to me a few days after Raida’s passing to interview me for a piece that he was writing for NPR. That piece went up a few days ago, read it here. And then he published our full conversation on his blog, which you can read here. I remember this interview very well, I was in Australia juggling time zones, speaking from my hotel room maybe just 2 days after I published my eulogy on this very blog so all my memories were still very vivid in my mind. It actually got pretty personal and frankly it was hard for me to read (and revisit) today but I’m glad Noz posted it.
Roc Raida Forever.
MTV2 247HH Wild Tour Stories
247HH MTV2 Wild Tour Stories: DJ A-Trak Extended Cut from MCM on Vimeo.
Here I am talking about the Kanye performance at the Lady Di memorial 2 years ago, working with janky turntables in front of millions of viewers.
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- RT @ComplexMusic: This new @ONRABEATS song "L.O.V.E." is the perfect soundtrack for a hot summer evening in the city http://t.co/BBXZXdqn
- NYC catch me at Le Bain tonight djing @TheRealFafi 's book release party! #family
