November 15, 2023 “Living Colour Bassist Doug Wimbish Celebrates Hip Hop Anniversary with Harper” by Harper’s Introduction to Journalism course • Harbinger Media
Doug Wimbish, a pioneer in Hip Hop music and the bassist for Grammy award winning rock band Living Colour, visited Harper College on November 2, 2023, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop with storytelling, history and a jam session. Read the full article here →
August 11, 2023 “Connecticut Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop” by Jeremy Chen • nbcconnecticut.com
Doug is interviewed by NBC CT’s Jeremy Chen discussing his early Hip Hop history with Sugar Hill Records on the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop. Read story here →
Dec 30, 2020 “Bassist Doug Wimbish on Being Attuned to Rap, Funk & Rock Frequencies” by Scott Goldfine • Funknstuff
Doug Wimbish talks with Scott Goldfine about Doug’s journey into a multitude of musical genres, adapting to the frequencies and the artists he has worked with throughout his career. Listen to interviews here →
Sep 18, 2020 “The Most Important Bassists in Hip Hop” by J. Brox • Weekly Rap Gods
Doug Wimbish is well known for being the bassist in Living Colour, but 80’s Hip Hop fans know Doug as the original bassist for the iconic All Platinum and Sugar Hill Record labels. Doug is the bass behind some of the greatest Hip Hop songs of all time including Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s & Duke Bootee’s “The Message”. Read article here →
Oct 17, 2019 “The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop's First Godmother: Sugar Hill Records' Sylvia Robinson” by Dan Charnas • Billboard
Sugar Hill Records House Band bassist Doug Wimbish recalls his history with Sylvia Robinson, Sugar Hill artists and the label in an in-depth Billboard feature on Sylvia. Read article here →
May 24, 2017 “The Sequence: The Funked-Up Legacy of Hip-Hop’s First Ladies” by Christopher R. Weingarten • Rolling Stone
Doug Wimbish describes how he created the iconic bass line to The Sequence’s ‘Funk You Up’ on the spot. Summoned by Sugar Hill Record’s Sylvia Robinson while on a Sugar Hill Gang tour stop at Township Auditorium in South Carolina, Doug listened to the trio and wrote the bass line in “about five seconds”. Read article here →
Dec 5, 2012 “The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time” by Rolling Stone • Rolling Stone
Doug Wimbish’s bass playing as the Sugar Hill Records house band bassist is heard on three of Rolling Stone’s top 50 greatest hip hop songs of all times: #1 ‘The Message’ - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five #47 ‘That’s the Joint’ - Funky 4 + 1 #49 ‘Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel’ - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. Read article here →
Oct 10, 2006 “Hip Hop Happens” by Steven Daly • Vanity Fair
Sugar Hill Records, Joe & Sylvia Robinson, Rapper’s Delight, Hip Hop History - Doug Wimbish talks about “Vice”, a track he composed with Melle Mel, featured on the soundtrack of “Miami Vice”, that Doug was not credited for. Read article here →
Jan 19, 1988 “HipHop Nation: What It Is” by John Leland and Steve Stein • The Village Voice
“DOUG WIMBISH: The reason you hear tunes [on Sugar Hill raps] and say, “Damn, I heard that tune before” is that you did hear it before…” Read interview here →
Sep 22, 1985 “George Clinton: Pop Music’s Precious Natural Resource” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
George Clinton’s album “Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends” includes “contemporary rap and hip hop’s definitive rhythm section” Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Dennis Chambers. Read article here →
Dec 30, 1982 “Urban Anthems of Rap Music” by Geoffrey Himes • The Washington Post
The Sugar Hill Records funk rhythm section of Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc & Skip McDonald is the band behind the groundbreaking rap song ‘The Message’, the title track of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s first album. Read article here →