Big Ups with Adam Gibbons aka Lack of Afro
UK producer/drummer/ DJ Adam Gibbons aka Lack of Afro talks 45s, Milk, and Lounge records Continue Reading

UK producer/drummer/ DJ Adam Gibbons aka Lack of Afro talks 45s, Milk, and Lounge records Continue Reading

Elvis did it. The Rolling Stones did it. Led Zeppelin did it. They all did it and got away with it. From the Mississippi Delta to the Deep South, decades […]
BK designer and producer Darien Birks talks about the Stuyvesants, the 45 King and more Continue Reading

Dilla became the king of the short beat tape. No longer was it necessary to loop 5 minutes of “Impeach the President” or the Touissant version of “Get Out My […]
House Shoes talks digging at Val Shiveley’s, Beat Junkies, J-Rocc and more Continue Reading

Close to 15 years ago, I was a co-owner of a store in Red Bank, NJ called Soul Sauce. It was a place where a lot of people gathered. From […]
Michigan producer/DJ/emcee 14KT talks digging for records with Mayer Hawthorne and more Continue Reading


Queens native DJ JS-1 of the Rock Steady Crew talks opening up for everyone, winning DJ Battles without his own records, making legendary concept mixes alongside DJ Spinbad, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and more in the latest Big Ups interview.