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Boston Goes Def

THREE RAP HISTORIANS AND A MICROPHONE: TURNING THE TAPE RECORDER ON HIP-HOP AUTHOR BRIAN COLEMAN

Written by PACEY FOSTER Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Specials

With the publication of Check the Technique Volume 2 on October 14, Coleman puts forth an impressive 544 pages and 25 chapters of new material, complete with more than 350 images for 80 interviews with rap legends ranging from Ice Cube and 3rd Bass, to Stetasonic and Mantronix, to MF Doom and Mos Def.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Specials Tagged With: Boston Goes Def, Brian Coleman, Check the Technique, De La Soul, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Interview, Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies, LL Cool J, Mantronix, Old School Rap Interviews, Pacey Foster, Queen Latifah, Stetsasonic, The Roots, Wayne Marshall, Wu-Tang Clan

EXCLUSIVE BOSTON EXCERPT FROM BRIAN COLEMAN’S ‘CHECK THE TECHNIQUE 2’: ‘LIFE OF A KID IN THE GHETTO’ BY ED O.G

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Specials

When I went about compiling my list of hopefuls for this next volume, Ed’s classic from 23 years ago was at the top of my list. And the more I analyzed it, as well as interviewed the people who helped make it happen, the more its classic status was confirmed to me.

Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Specials Tagged With: Awesome 2, Be a Father to Your Child, Boston Goes Def, Boston hip-hop history, Boston rap, Brian Coleman, Bugaboo, Check the Technique, Check the Technique Volume 2, Da Bulldogs, Ed O.G., Edo G, Lecco's Lemma, Life of a Kid in the Ghetto, Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies

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