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Dubstep Special

Poster boys Skream and Benga, Caspa & Rusko, and Cluekid and Cotti are just a few of the many names we feature in this definitive look at the scene. We also check in with Glass Candy, Valet, Dennis Ferrer, and Karizma, and then head across the world to get the lowdown on Brazil’s Sany Pitbull and Israel’s Kutiman. Pedestrian expounds on the genius of N.W.A., and we try to figure out what the hell is up with powerviolence.

"You hold in your hands a powerful tool, a document rich in humor and obsessive devotion. Packed with history and compulsively readable, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists is bound to spark as many arguments as it settles. Buy the damn thing."
-Joe Levy, Music Editor, Rolling Stone

"A must-have for any rap aficionado."
-Russell Simmons

"Fearlessly funny, encyclopedic in scope, and sure to start more beef than Oscar Mayer, this book-like everything Ego Trip touches-is pure hip hop."
-Alan Light, Editor-in-Chief, Spin

"Essential brain-food for hungry hip hoppers."
-Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Editor-in-Chief, The Source

"A wealth of useful information on one of the four elements of hip hop. Wow! Who had time for this?"
-Danny Hoch

"The best book I've ever read-and I can't read!"
-Chris Rock

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Producer Dave “Switch” Taylor tops the list for 2007’s best artist, but there’s a lot more where he came from. XLR8R chats with Claude VonStroke, White Williams, Boys Noize, David Shrigley, DJ Food, Kid Acne, and Matt Furie, and get top-tens from Black Moth Super Rainbow, Pissed Jeans, selekta Max Glaser, and tons more.

Issue :110 with Future Soul on the cover. This is the annual style issue. Also in this issue is Animal Collective, Georgia Anne & Dudley, Les Savy Fav, Wiley, Turf Talk and Swayzak.