輸入雑誌/文章は英語で記載

year/2007

country/US

label/Wax Poetics

ソウル、ファンク、ジャズ、 ヒップホップを中心に最も質の高い音楽を届ける超良質雑誌「Wax Poetics」の英語版US Issue 23号。

Rick James、The Latin Quarter他、Arthur Russell、Re:Discovery、Obituaries、Black Milk、Audio Heritage、DJ Shadow、Chocolate Star、DJ Spinna、Chico Hamiliton、Hypnotic Brass Ensemble、Bunny Lee、RAMP、Sa-Ra、Thes Oneといった幅広いミュージシャンと音楽の貴重な記事を収めている。英語版であるが、この本を読まずして真のミュージック・ラヴァーとは言えない？



Street Songs was Rick James’s masterpiece, his ghetto symphony. The Stone City Band raps about the making of this historical funk document. Read some interview extras here. In our back-cover feature, Brian Coleman presents an oral history on New York hip-hop club the Latin Quarter.



Rick James

Street Songs was a life or death album. I had to go down inside of me and bring out everything that I could. I had sold all these millions of records, and then to do the Garden of Love album and have it barely creep up the charts was humbling.



The Latin Quarter

Country music had the Grand Ole Opry. Jazz had Birdland and Minton's Playhouse. 1960s rock and roll had Fillmores West and East. And hip-hop in the late 1980s had the LQ. Rightfully deified in hip-hop lyrics by the dozens, it was the real deal.



Arthur Russell

Collaborations with legendary DJs and producers like Francois Kevorkian, Larry Levan, Nicky Siano, and Walter Gibbons transformed Arthur Russell, a classically trained cellist, from experimental genius to avant-garde disco pioneer.



Re:Discovery

Jonas Gwangwa and African Explosion, Danser's Inferno, Passport, the Buggers, Rafi Val y la Diferente.



Obituaries

The real Biggie Smalls, actor Calvin Lockhart; selfless servant of music Ronald Muldrow.



Black Milk

Detroit's newest hip-hop producer.



Audio Heritage

Magnetic Tape, part 3 of 3.



DJ Shadow

Selection is natural to DJ Shadow.



Chocolate Star

Disco and Miami bass guru Gary Davis.



DJ Spinna

Brooklyn's own embraces his block party roots.



Chico Hamiliton

The master drummer marches on.



Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

This band of brothers throws hooks with horns.



Bunny Lee

Reggae and dancehall don tells it as it is.



RAMP

"Bonita Applebaum" OGs finally see the daylight.



Sa-Ra

Production supergroup finally drops their debut.



Thes One

PUTS producer deconstructs commercial composer Herb Pilhofer.