The Why & The How

Roland Gift on ‘She Drives Me Crazy,’ Which is Not a Song He Would Save in a Shipwreck

‘That Was Too Many Blunts Ago’

‘Can We Use That Beat?’: Inside Souls of Mischief’s ‘Make Your Mind Up’

How the Pharcyde Led West Coast Hip-Hop Into a New Era

B-Real Breaks Down How ‘Insane in the Brain’ Made Cypress Hill Superstars

From Compton to the Grammys: The Untold Story of ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’

Moby Ascends to a Higher Calling

30 Years Gone By, and in the Meantime, Spacehog is Back

The ‘Supersonic’ Rise of J.J. Fad

The Song That Connected: Stereo MC’s Reflect on Their ‘92 Global Hit

‘It Took A Lot of Balls’: How Mix Master Mike Helped Make the Beastie Boys’ ‘3 MC’s and One DJ’ a Hit

‘That’s the One That Blew Up?’: How ‘Cars With the Boom’ Made L’Trimm Stars

Rico Wade’s Shower Inspiration and More Tales of How Outkast’s ‘So Fresh, So Clean’ Came To Be

And We All Float On

Fastball’s Tony Scalzo Recalls the True, Tragic Tale That Inspired 1998’s “The Way”