Our Second Annual Hip-Hop Issue features producer extraordinaire Just Blaze, with beatmakers Alchemist, Evidence, and 9th Wonder, rappers Devin the Dude and Percee P, and hip-hop movers-and-shakers Ralph McDaniels, Michael Holman, and the late Dave Funkenklein.

re:Discovery Oran “Juice” Jones, Daniel Sofer (with Dr. Dre and Unknown DJ), B+, The Bizzie Boyz, Kurtis Blow In Memoriam: Joe Zawinul (1932-2007), Willie Tee (1944-2007), Eddie Fisher (1943-2007), Bobby Byrd (1934-2007) The Beat Professor Producer 9th Wonder Teaches Hip-Hop History to the Next Generation Boom Box Pioneer Ralph McDaniels Brought Rap Video to New York Television Everybody Plays the Fool (Sometimes) Devin the Dude is Hip-Hop’s Court Jester Bear Witness Dilated people’s Evidence Testifies to Hip-Hop’s Longevity The Hard Way Producer Alchemist Forges His Own Path to Succeed Putting Heads to Bed Bronx-Born Percee P Works Twenty Years For His Debut You’re a Customer Come Get These Roosevelt Record Show Memories The Host with the Most Downtown Impresario Michael Holman’s Uptown Connection Burn Rubber on Plastic Bubbles “Gangsta Limpin’” and the Art of Dave Funkenklein Soul Chameleon Producer Just Blaze Gets in Where he Fits in Dues Paid Little Beaver and the Magic City Sound Player’s Anthem Tyrone Thomas Gave Hip-Hop Seven Minutes of Funk Accidental Mastermind The Funky Serendipity of Quinn Haris Toast of the Dance Hall Barrington Levy Laid Sound System Vocals to Work Soul Testimonial Japan’s Osaka Monaurail Moves Past JB Tribute