Collector Spotlight
The Crate Speaks
A series featuring the DJs, collectors, and curators who have been building their crates since before the algorithm existed.
"Treat catalog like history, not content."
MICK
Rebrands Are Important
MICK, formerly Mick Boogie, on building concept mixtapes instead of chasing exclusives, the J Dilla tribute Busta Rhymes called hip-hop historian work, a decade of Summertime with DJ Jazzy Jeff, and why simplifying his name to one word was a good decision.
DJ Skee
Nostalgia Is the Most Powerful Drug in the World
The first DJ to play Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, and Post Malone on the radio, co-founder of Dash Radio, and now founder and CEO of The Realest, on breaking artists, fighting fraud in memorabilia, and why vinyl is the baseball card of music.
DJ Perly
Leave It All on the Stage
A two-time DMC USA Champion and Heavy Hitters DJ on the night she made history, the DJs who shaped her ear, and what she'd tell the next young woman trying to break into turntablism.
DJ Kast One
The Crate Doesn't Lie
A Bronx native and Hot 97 morning DJ on the record that hooked him, the mixtape era grind, and what independent artists get wrong about pressing vinyl.