Authors: Akili Walker interviewed by Frank Gattie

Date: Time Period: 1980s

Subject: Hip-hop | Music trade | Drum machine | Concert tours

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:19859

Description: Akili Walker discusses his thoughts on on hip-hop, the significance of the drum machine, why some artists hated hip-hop, and why studio engineers relished different genres of music. Akili also talks a ... More

Authors: Akili Walker interviewed by Frank Gattie

Date: Time Period: 1980s

Subject: Hip-hop | Music trade | Concert tours | LL Cool J, 1968- | Beastie Boys | Run-D.M.C. (Musical group)

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:19862

Description: Akili Walker's most memorable experience as a touring sound engineer was during LL Cool J's first solo tour. Mr. Walker also was on the road with his idols Run-D.M.C and the Beastie Boys who came toge ... More

Authors: Akili Walker interviewed by Frank Gattie

Date: Time Period: 1970s

Subject: Hip-hop | Music trade | Liston, Lonnie

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:19860

Description: Akili Walker knew he wanted to be a studio engineer at the age of nineteen. This revelation occurred when he walked into a jazz club and saw his friends using a mixing board to control sounds. He lear ... More

Authors: Akili Walker interviewed by Frank Gattie

Date: Time Period: 1960s - 1990

Subject: Hip-hop | Rap (Music) | Music trade | Concert tours | LL Cool J, 1968- | Beastie Boys | Run-D.M.C. (Musical group)

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:19861

Description: Akili Walker was born in Queens and then moved to Freeport, Long Island. His family were the first african americans to move into a white neighborhood. At nineteen he became interested in learning to ... More