"I'M JUST ON A PROLONGED HUNT FOR THE BEST HIP-HOP THAT I CAN FIND"

Back again with another interview. This time it's my man Ed Catto. Well known for his efforts to bring the Freestyle Professors back on the map by re-releasing the legendary Your Pockets Been Picked LP alongside unreleased tracks and putting energy in new material to be released. Check the interview  what to expect in the near future, what his eBay business is all about,  how he felt in love with the digging game, his view on hip hop in the past and present...etc. Get ready for a real hip hop connoisseur. Enjoy!

"I'M A DIE HARD BONAFIDE 'DIGGIN' IN THE CRATES' TYPE OF DJ"

This Saturday Vinyl Addicts managed to get a hold on DJ Premier for an interview before he had his DJ-set in the SugarFactory in Amsterdam. Eventually we ended up in Akbar, an Indian Restaurant, for this phenomenon being hungry for beats and dish, so sometimes he was a bit short on us for his appetite and fatigue. But nevertheless he was very and by that we mean dreadfully cool. We discussed the early years, him stealing his first turntables and his future projects...

"THERE'S NOTHING LIKE GETTING YOUR FINGERS DIRTY FLIPPING THROUGH STACKS OF WAX"

Artists, songs, labels, and vinyl – that’s what we’re here for.  Searching every corner of the globe, we try to uncover new and old records from the classics to the most obscure. But who’s buying the records? WE ARE! And nobody seems to be interested in US – the crate diggers spending hours/days/months/years pouring through stacks of wack, dusty vinyl just to find that one buried treasure.  So we at Vinyl Addicts thought it’d be a nice idea to shine the spotlight on the people who have dedicated their lives to collecting wax. When did they first hear a song?  What was their first record? Why are they torturing themselves on a never-ending search for the next undiscovered joint? We hope you enjoy it as much as we do…

"IT WASN'T ANY FUN FOR ME ANYMORE; I HAD LOST MY GRANDMOTHER AND I LOST HIM"

Just hours before flying to South-Africa, Ol’ EightyFive e-mailed me the biggest and probably best article you’ll get to read on Vinyl Addicts this year. On November 27th Ol’ Eighty got the chance to interview the Funky Man himself, Lord Finesse. Reppin’ VA to the fullest Ol’ Eighty went ‘head to head’ with the living legend and this resulted in a thorough, far from ordinary interview. Finesse talks about the ‘early days’, Raheem, Big L, Lords Of The Underground, rare records, Percee-P, Muro, future projects and so on. Definitely some great stuff.