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...kid” he’s talking about is David M. Mays ’89, creator of “The Source” magazine. The two “sides” to which Cublunk refers are the underground hip-hop scene—the world of MCs with wordy lyrics and cult followings—and the street-hop scene—the grit-obsessed world that dominates mainstream...
...respected and understood the underground and the street, and he did more for hip-hop than anybody,” Cublunk says of Mays...
...decades of existence, “The Source” shaped the modern face of the genre. Before “The Source,” professional hip-hop criticism was nonexistent; only a handful of records (such as those of Public Enemy and Run-DMC) were seriously analyzed and treated as both art and entertainment, but even then were usually reviewed by critics specializing in rock...
...Source” focused on hip-hop in all its aspects, from DJing to fashion choices. Its “Unsigned Hype” column profiled up-and-coming artists who had yet to land a record deal. The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, DMX, Common, and 50 Cent are just a few artists whose careers were established through the feature...
Mays and his friend, Jon M. Shecter ’90, hosted a hip-hop show on WHRB during their years at Harvard (a show that was cancelled, but brought back this semester—see story below), and in 1988, they began putting out a newsletter to accompany it—under the title of “Street Beat.” The name was changed, Shecter was fired, and the rest is history...