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On March 10, 1997, Angus Batey was due to interview Biggie Smalls, a conversation that never took place after the rapper was fatally shot a day earlier. Here, he takes an in-depth look at the "masterpiece" that was the debut album from the hip-hop luminary
First there came the blimp, then the graffiti, then the deep web album announcement, then a tQ scribe bound for a secretive listening party to hear Richard D. James' most celebrated guise making a long-awaited return. But is it any good? Joe Clay reports back from the Warp offices
Bassline and garage innovator DJ Q's debut album Ineffable hit 2014 with a thrilling and much-needed blast of UK rave-pop. Following the album's release earlier this year, Rory Gibb catches up with him to chat feelgood music, perfectionism and the demise of bassline
The Manchester indie band's frontman gives Christopher Sanders a tour of the formative records of his teenage years, and explains why they, along with Australia's longest-running soap opera, have made a lasting impression
With her new book The Melancholia of Class just out from Repeater Books, author Cynthia Cruz talks to Enrico Monacelli about identity politics, class consciousness, and why Mark E. Smith was one of the great working class militants of the 20th Century