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and Teddy Riley’s genre-blurring New Jack Swing — this issue maps the interstellar lineage of dance music

From the personal archive of Arthur Baker

this agreement predates the Def Jam empire as we know it—capturing Rubin and Jazzy Jay’s original vision to release music under the Def Jam name

A rare promotional flyer from the Beat Street era

New Edition album 1983 (Acetate) schoolly d It has a nice thickThis is a one of one acetate directly from Arthur's personal Collection. Arthur Baker is an architect of modern musicproducer, DJ, record exec and true pioneer. We spent a few days in Miami with him curating his Collection, uncovering lost demos, tapes and never released records. From the original Def Jam contract signed by Rick Rubin, to studio reels from The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck and personal invites to Mancuso's Loft. Multiple innovations by