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Product details
- ISBN 9781917516068
- Weight: 369g
- Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 19 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore
Club Music, music journalist Al Shipley draws from 18 years’ worth of
interviews with dozens of DJs, producers, vocalists, party hosts, promoters,
and the founders of the clubs, labels and record stores that shaped the genre.
With the untold stories behind labels like Unruly Records and clubs like The
Paradox, Shipley digs deep into big personalities, obscure samples, profanely
catchy chants, and friendship and feuds that drove a competitive scene to keep
the 130BPM beats going for decades. Baltimore icons who died tragically young
like Miss Tony and DJ K-Swift are remembered through the eyes of friends and
collaborators, and producers like DJ Booman, DJ Class, and Diamond K reveal the
inspirations behind some of their classic tracks.
Al Shipley has covered the Baltimore music scene for over 20 years for publications including Baltimore City Paper, the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Fishbowl and Urbanite, and the acclaimed MP3 blog Government Names, winning awards from the Baltimore Crown Awards and the Baltimore Sun. He's written about a wide variety of music and culture for Spin, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vulture, Vice, and Complex.
