Redman, Can’t Wait, 1994

Nas, Nas Is Like, 1999

Notorious B.I.G, One More Chance, 1995

“One of the things I’ve learnt as I’ve got older, about movements and working with other people, is that in pop culture particularly, but in any of the arts, it’s almost more important to define yourself by what you’re against than by what you’re for.”

A transcript of guitar legend Johnny Marr’s November 4 lecture at University of Salford entitled “Always from the Outside: Mavericks, Innovators and Building Your Own Ark” can be found here.

Above image via Spiegel Online

The Roots, Concerto of the Desperado, 1996