Exploring the great Louis Vega's legacy and re-visiting the raw impact and enduring influence of Mobb Deep, tracing their blueprint on East Coast hip-hop and beyond. Wax Poetics is back with Volume 3, Issue 1. We've been away for a minute with fresh words but this Summer we return and return hard. Our spiritual home is New York and in this issue the city is a character and the mag is a movie. With our cover star Louie Vega we explore his legacy - from Bronx discos to the highs of house via Latin, hip-hop, freestyle and New York club culture. This is a trademark Wax Poetics deep-dive, with classic photos provided by the man himself. Then we flip from the dancefloor to the street with our second cover stars of Mobb Deep. We go hard on their career, their role in defining that 90's gritty, loopy, heavy heavy heavy hip-hop sound. With unique photos and ephemera lifting the story, there has never been a piece like this about the duo. Wider articles include: Ace Records, Arthur Baker, Chris Clark, Dante's HiFi, Daupe!, Jazzy Joyce, Lotti Golden, Re:Discoveries, Record Rundowns and Tony Wilson... You know the score, the best god damn music journalism around.