Category Archives: hiphop

SPB Interviews De La Soul (VIBE 1993)

A coupla days ago I was bold enough to tell the world that I believe the best hiphop album ever made to be De La Soul’s De La Soul is Dead. I got a lot of responses to that, here … Continue reading

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The SCOTT TOPICS™ Mail Bag #2: Best Hip Hop Albums, How Do You Be a PhD? & Hating Teddy Ruxpin

“What’s the best hiphop album ever made?” ~ G.F., Hartford Why you gotta go there, huh? Why you gonna make traipse through my iTunes and listen to all the rap stuff I got in there, just to answer your ridiculous … Continue reading

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The SPB Q: Aliya S. King, author of new novel PLATINUM

{I first met Aliya S. King when I was creative director of GIANT magazine. But I’d been a fan of her work way before that. As hiphop generation journalists go, Aliya was one of the good ones, meaning you felt … Continue reading

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