The great ambassador of hip hop waxes lyrical about the early scene with a sense of detail that puts you right in the heart of the action.

Wowed by the first flowerings of hip hop, Englishwoman Ruza Blue gave the emerging culture a wild weekly showcase at her legendary nights at the Roxy.

A delightfully frank account of running New York's hottest label, Sleeping Bag, his relationships with leftfield luminary Arthur Russell, before the dream crashed and burned in a haze of.... freebasing.