Bomb Hip-Hop Records
The Magazine
The Bomb ''Hip-Hop Magazine was created by Bay Area DJ David Paul in 1991. The black & white zine focuses on all four elements of the hip-hop culture on the local, national and international level. 48 zines were issued on a monthly basis for two dollars. Funken-Klein, Billy Jam, Spence Dookey, Cheo Coker, Jazzbo, Faisal Ahmed, Dave Tompkins, DJ Shadow, KutMasta Kurt and many others were writers for the Bomb during its existence. Authors who have contributed to the Bomb have advanced to major publications or have transitioned into other fields of the music industry. Filmmaker Joseph Patel, who produced Summer of Soul, noted that "The Bomb is where I learned to write." Hip-hop publications were limited, and bigger publication companies only published established hip-hop groups, so Bomb became the voice of hip-hop culture around the world.
In 1992 The Bomb issued two flexidiscs by Dan the Automator, Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf and other artists. In 1994 Bomb Magazine released the first Bomb album titled "Bomb Hip Hop Compilation" that featured Blackalicious, Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, Homeliss Derilex, Mystic Journeymen, Madchild, Q-bert as well as many others that the magazine had been in contact with by receiving and reviewing their demos. Bomb's'' first compilation was the start of something revolutionary.