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b. Joseph Doctor, 8 Sept 1911, Charleston, SC, USA, d. 16 Sept 1988, Brooklyn, NEW YORK, NY, USA. A road musician from his appearance in NY in 1935, Washboard Doc was within the fringes of dark musical existence thereafter, declaring to have documented alongside Ralph Willis and Sonny Terry. He …

Probably the most influential MC-and-DJ tandem from the 1990s, Gang Starr set new standards for East Coast rap with a set of early-’90s touchstones, Part of the Arena (1991) and Daily Operation (1992), whose appeal offers only grown on the decades. You start with these traditional produces, both listeners and …

Biohazard was among the initial rings to regularly incorporate components of both hip-hop and hardcore metallic into their audio; since their lyrical fare handled the harshness of metropolitan life as well as the producing anger and disappointment, which both styles of music have already been recognized to address, the bond …