"I was interested in elviscostello and the clash, or whatever it was," he says. "What we did with beasty boys wasn't so different than what we were doing with rund m c." The fact that they were white allowed it to spread in a way that was harder to do otherwise,. He adds: "It's actually another interesting aspect of this, which is that ultimately, there is a race issue involved"
Revisionist History presents the first episode of a new podcast, Broken Record. It's a conversation between Rick Rubin and Revisionist History host Malcolm Gladwell, covering everything from Rick’s role in the very beginning of hip-hop to his role in introducing Johnny Cash to a new generation of writers, performers and music lovers. Rick and Malcolm delve deep into Rick’s back catalogue – which is really a history of contemporary music – to reveal more about the artists that defined a new era, and why they are still vital listening today.
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