By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorWho invented the remix? Lots of people - and people are still reinventing it all the time. That's the point of remixing: proof that a piece of music is never finished as long as someone… more »

By Philip Sherburne, eMusic ContributorNear the beginning of DJ Shadow's 1994 debut, Endtroducing..., a sampled voice proclaims, "I'm a student of the drum. And I'm also a teacher." In the context of his brooding, beat-based psychedelia it spoke volumes.… more »

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorWhen DJ Shadow decided to call his long-awaited fourth album The Less You Know, the Better we understood where he was coming from — a place of frustration, likely sparked by the rampant idiocy of… more »

By Hua Hsu, eMusic ContributorInteresting things can happen when you're just a few steps away from the limelight. Left to their own devices in the drowsy college town of Davis, California, DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born and Lateef the… more »

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By Hua Hsu, eMusic ContributorOne night a few years ago I was zipping through the traffic maze of Los Angeles, on my way to meet the producer Nobody on the occasion of his just-released debut album, Soulmates. He had… more »

By Philip Sherburne, eMusic ContributorEvery year, it's the same. November rolls around, and so do the requests for end-of-year lists, which I leave all but unread in my inbox, hoping they'll go away. Panic: What was good this year?… more »