Chester Is Speaking for All of Us: How an EP and a Book Connect Black Music and Activism
Two Queue Points interviews with members of the Chester Gifted Program describe how music, field recording and writing have been used to doc...
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The Grace We Can Imagine: Listening to Chester, PA on ‘Engineered Grace Vol. 1’
A daycare, two schools, a church, a studio. The Chester Jay Ray grew up with is closing one place at a time. Engineered Grace Vol. 1 records...
John Crooms and the Archival Power of Atlanta’s Black Music Nightlife
Photographer John Crooms has spent over 30 years documenting Atlanta’s Black music nightlife, preserving a rich visual archive from the anal...
Krate Digga on 'The Krate Doc,' 29 Years of DJing, HBCU Party Culture, and Why He Won't Retire
Krate Digga traces nearly three decades behind the turntables, from his dorm room beginnings at Kentucky State University to a career shaped...
Kim Wayans' In Living Color Music Parodies Still Resonate As Series Hits Streaming
Kim Wayans’ music parodies on In Living Color, now streaming on The Brick TV, are revisited as a timely reminder of how her sharp, culturall...
Why MTV Unplugged Mattered More for New Jack Swing Than Rock
MTV Unplugged served as a crucial credibility test for New Jack Swing acts, revealing whether the genre’s machine-driven sound could hold up...
Dame Dash and the Roc-A-Fella Breakup: What Really Went Wrong
Queue Points revisits how Jay-Z’s rise and the Big Pimpin’ era solidified Roc-A-Fella’s brand while casting a harsh light on Dame Dash’s lar...
Sparky D's Career Reveals the Cost of Isolation in Hip-Hop's Golden Era
This post revisits Sparky D’s rise from Brownsville to the Roxanne Wars era, exploring how her close partnership with Spyder D and a lack of...
Cold Chillin' Records and the Juice Crew: How Fly Ty and Marley Marl Built a Hip-Hop Powerhouse
This post revisits Cold Chillin' Records and the Juice Crew, showing how Fly Ty and Len Fichtelberg secured major distribution that propelle...