The name John Hillyard might be unfamiliar to many of our readers, even though you’ve likely seen him before. He is the man on the cover...

"I've always loved electro and old school rap. Stuff where if you get a feel for it, it's unmistakable and it's also undeniable..."

"85-86 that's when you start hearing samples in rap records so it went from DJs playing those records to people putting it in the sampler."

"Most of my early memories were from a town we lived in called Middletown, California..."

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Endtroducing, DJ Shadow’s debut album. It was composed almost entirely of samples, and many of...