Dafydd McKaharay

Left Coast producer Madlib has always had a knack for turning his studio in-jokes into tangible musical projects. In 1999 he received major critical acclaim when he sped his voice up to become The Unseen MC Quasimoto. In 2002 he and his friend Declaime released "Flowers," a novelty R&B record...

Freddie Foxxx, one of hip-hop's legendary heavyweights (both physically and lyrically), is a bit of a mystery. Despite a career that began in the mid-Eighties, Foxxx has struggled through the past two decades with less than a handful of releases and few guest appearances. Still the self-proclaimed "Rakim with muscles"...

When the media decided to adopt electro music as its new "next big thing," it caused a rift in the small community that had supported machine music for years. Many were appalled at the media's coverage of so-called "electroclash" (named after a series of club nights hosted by New York's...

Metro Area transports listeners into an alternate universe, where the lush sounds of Salsoul and Prelude were never overpowered by the harder sounds of hip-hop and breakbeat. Instead, it picks up where Prince and Paul Simpson left off in the mid-Eighties, crafting modern disco, with just enough modern flair to...

On their new album, Germany's Terranova crew prove that the art of breaking beats is not an obsolete force in music. Drawing influence from the past, Terranova (now Edition Terranova) fuses the classic days of both hip-hop and drum and bass in what may well be the best breakbeat album...