Shhhhhhh

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Pete Rock "Play Dis Only At Night"


Pete Rock "Pete's Jazz"

A couple of gems from Petestrumentals, now available as a limited edition expanded 10th anniversary edition – listen and buy at turntablelab.com

(photo: Tacoma WA, February 2011)

Rock On

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Rammellzee + K-Rob "Beat Bop"
(produced by Jean-Michel Basquiat)

Rest In Peace Rammellzee, 1960–2010

[ via LineOut / see also Randy Kennedy at Arts Beat / image via Cocaine Blunts ]

All Time All City King

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Iz the Wiz, 1982

This morning's New York Times has a lengthy and informative obituary on Iz the Wiz, who died earlier this month at the age of 50. Click here to read, if you aren't yet sick of obituaries.

R.I.P. Tony Silver

The director of Style Wars has died at the age of 72. Originally broadcast on PBS in 1983, Silver's documentary (co-produced by Henry Chalfant) brought NYC graffiti and hip-hop culture into the homes of unsuspecting citizens across the country and the world.

More on Silver in today's New York Times.
Get the expanded two-DVD set here (definitely one to own).