Nelson George

The 80s Machine We're Still Dancing To

Posted 04.26.2012

A majority of the rhythms you hear in hip hop and techno songs originated from a machine that has not been manufactured since 1984. The Roland TR-808 ...

The Shelf Talker: Hip-Hop, Watchmen and New Zealand

Kevin Smokler | Posted 05.25.2011

Kevin Smokler

Nelson George is a one man Harlem Renaissance, more responsible than nearly any other writer for chronicling hip-hop and contemporary black culture's conversion into the lingua franca of our age.