The Mixtape Is Dead, Long Live The Mixtape
In 2004, Anthony Obst couldn’t bring home enough mixtapes from the streets of New York. 2013 is a different story.
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A (Not At All Definitive) History of Hip Hop Mixtapes
Noz details how the cassette tape industry helped to spread the genre far and wide.
From Disco to Disco: New York’s Global Clubbing Influence
Paradise Garage. Studio 54. The Loft. The heady influence NYC’s clubs have exerted on global dance culture.
Dark Days: The Ominous Sounds of NYC
From rock to techno, the past few years have been devoted to exploring colors bleak to black in New York City.
Secret Circuits: New York’s Early Electronic Music Mavericks
Raymond Scott, Tod Dockstader and Louis and Bebe Barron helped make electronic music part of the fabric of the world.
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein
Picture this: Blondie’s founding members recall ’70s and ’80s New York
Leroy Burgess
Capturing the formula of feeling good with NYC's boogie master
Prince Paul
An NYC legend head keeps his royal fingers in every piece of the hip-hop pie
Wu-Tang Clan
Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna sit down to discuss the making of 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx'
Mobb Deep
Queensbridge's Most Infamous On The Couch
Masters At Work
On the couch with the kings of the dancefloor.
Black Moon
Crooklyn's finest sit down to discuss 'Enta Da Stage'
Q-Tip
Beats, rhymes and life with one of hip hop’s greats
Just Blaze
Justin Smith the First: taming rappers' egos since '99
Danny Krivit
Distilling the essence of NYC house, one body and soul at a time
Patrick Adams
Caught up (in a 90 minute talk with a boogie / disco icon)
Francois K
New York dance music history with a man who was there every step of the way
Philip Smart: New York Reggae Foundations
How Philip Smart’s HC&F Studio became a lynchpin of New York’s reggae scene.
Lloyd “Bullwackie” Barnes: New York Reggae Foundations
Reggae historian David Katz profiles the founder of Wackies, one of the most influential labels to emerge from the Bronx.
Rough Around The Edges: Underground Electronic Music in New York
A short documentary film about the city’s thriving new electronic music scene.
