Two blocks away from his Harlem home, 88-Keys sits back and recalls the day Q-Tip introduced him to a little detroiter named Jay-Dee during a Beats, Rhymes and Life recording session. Back in 1994, Dilla hadn’t accomplished much yet, but somehow skillz recognized skillz, and 88 gave him a beat-tape with his beeper number on […]

Back in 97, young Charles is living in West Hempstead (Long Island) with his folks. Still in college, he hasn’t produce any track yet, doesn’t even have a single slice of pizza to his name. Too cool for school, 88‘ll soon get kicked out of home. All of a sudden, he has to prepare for […]

88-Keys goes back to ’01, when he and Kanye met in a legendary midtown studio. The rapper/producer remembers the first convo he ever had with his future great friend and executive producer, vibin’ on the way back to their respective places in Newark… while telling about their common history and the evolution of their friendship, […]