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Revision as of 20:09, 2 August 2007 by ESkog (talk | contribs) (rm deleted image)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Scratch is a magazine about the art of creating hip-hop. It features articles regarding producers, musicians and DJs that make beats for rap records, and details the secret methods, stories, partnerships, philosophies and equipment behind the music. The magazine's tagline is "The Blueprint of Hip-Hop".
Scratch is owned by Harris Publications, the same company that publishes the popular hip-hop magazine XXL, as well as King, Rides and Slam. It debuted in January 2004, and is currently published bi-monthly. Various hip-hop producers, DJs and rappers have graced their cover, including Dr. Dre, The Neptunes, RZA, Lil Jon, Kanye West, DJ Drama, Timbaland, Jermaine Dupri, Mannie Fresh, Just Blaze and Eminem.
Starting with its March/April 2007 issue, Scratch was relaunched as XXL Presents Scratch. It is now operating under the wing of XXL Magazine, with XXL's former Senior Editor, Online, Brendan Frederick, acting as the new Editor-in-Chief and XXL's current Editor-in-Chief, Elliott Wilson, overseeing the magazine as the Editorial Director.
Since the relaunch of the magazine, and at points beforehand, fans of the magazine have been very critical about the content of the magazine. Many letters have been published in the magazine calling Scratch a Source clone and that is used to focus on the producers that have pioneered the sound of Hip-Hop (i.e. Boogie Down Productions, Dr. Dre, RZA, Marley Marl), but it now focuses only on mainstream Hip-Hop, sub-par production and generic rappers who don't produce, such as Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and the like.
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