# Bust a Move *A label history and biography by Peter Relic, with a foreword by B-Real of Cypress Hill.* > I did not read this book. It is a 2026 release in copyright, so I read the publisher's description, author interviews and reviews' excerpts on the publisher page, plus Wikipedia pages on the people and songs. Everything below about the book's content comes from those descriptions. ## 1. Book facts | | | |---|---| | Title | *Bust a Move: Matt Dike, Delicious Vinyl, and the Hip-Hop Hits That First Conquered Pop* | | Author | Peter Relic; foreword by B-Real of Cypress Hill (publisher page) | | Publisher | Kensington Publishing, Citadel imprint (publisher page) | | Published | 30 June 2026, hardcover and ebook (publisher page) | | ISBN | 9780806545257 (hardcover); 9780806545271 (ebook) | | Pages | 336 (publisher page) | | Genre / subject | Music history; label history of Delicious Vinyl; biography of co-founder Matt Dike | **Where it came up.** - [He DETESTED His #1 Hit…Till This Legend Made Him REALIZE He was Being a BABY!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBjorOePnk), Professor of Rock: the vault note records a book plug, saying the host had just finished *Bust a Move* and that the link was in the video. Vault note: [[Video Summaries/Professor of Rock/He DETESTED His #1 Hit…Till This Legend Made Him REALIZE He was Being a BABY!]]. - [2 of the Biggest Hits of 1988 were TOTAL RIP OFFS Of Van Halen & Foreigner--Stolen by the Same Guy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBbozXRpIJE), Professor of Rock: queue lists it as a source; the vault note discusses Young MC's song "Bust a Move" (not clearly the book). Vault note: [[Video Summaries/Professor of Rock/2 of the Biggest Hits of 1988 were TOTAL RIP OFFS Of Van Halen & Foreigner--Stolen by the Same Guy!]]. ## 2. Book resources - [Kensington: *Bust a Move*](https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/shop/bust-a-move/) (description, praise, formats) - [Penguin Random House listing](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818161/bust-a-move-by-peter-relic/) (distributor page) - [Kensington author page: Peter Relic](https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/authors/peter-relic/) - [Delicious Vinyl on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_Vinyl), [Matt Dike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dike), ["Bust a Move" (song)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_a_Move_(song)) **Where to get it (legal, free).** No legal free full text located; the book is a 2026 commercial release. Borrow it through a public library or inter-library loan, or buy it (the publisher page lists retailer links). I did not check library catalogues for holdings. Open Library has no cover for this ISBN (cover request returned not found). ## 3. Author biography Peter Relic is a music journalist. Kensington's author page says he has written for hip-hop publications including VIBE, XXL, Rap Pages and the Beastie Boys' *Grand Royal*, was associate editor at VIBE (where, it says, he wrote the magazine's first stories on Eminem and Serena Williams), had an XXL story on the Geto Boys anthologised in *Da Capo Best Music Writing*, and has also appeared in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest and The Plain Dealer. He lives in Georgia and is senior writer for public relations at Savannah College of Art and Design ([Kensington](https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/authors/peter-relic/)). In a Sounds Visual Radio interview he says he began the project in 2010 and wrote to the label at its old Sunset Boulevard address; in the UCLA *Ethnomusicology Review* interview he says he grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and first saw Delicious Vinyl through Tone Lōc's "Wild Thing" video on MTV in October 1988. ## 4. Author interviews and talks - [Bust a Move: An Interview with author Peter Relic on Delicious Vinyl](https://ethnomusicologyreview.ucla.edu/content/bust-move-interview-author-peter-relic), *Ethnomusicology Review* (UCLA), 4 August 2026. Written interview with Samuel Lamontagne; I read the introduction and first answer. - [Peter Relic](https://www.soundsvisualradio.com/peter-relic/), Sounds Visual Radio: a Q&A page I read in part, on how the book became a mystery around Matt Dike. - [Talking Delicious Vinyl with 'Bust A Move' Author Peter Relic](https://www.podpage.com/the-questions-hip-hop/talking-delicious-vinyl-with-bust-a-move-author-peter-relic/), The Questions Hip-Hop podcast (listing page; I did not listen). - [The Aftermath: Peter Relic](https://theradioshow2015.podbean.com/e/the-aftermath-peter-relic/), The Radio Show ATL (listing page; I did not listen). - [What Difference Does It Make: Delicious Vinyl Knows When To Bust A Move](https://exa.ai/library/podcast/gf2xkbpwb73/episode/w5xwlqjtmkx), a podcast-library listing (did not listen). - [Local author goes inside growth of Hip-Hop with 'Bust a Move'](https://www.wtoc.com/2026/07/09/local-author-goes-inside-growth-hip-hop-with-bust-move/), WTOC, 9 July 2026: says Relic launched the book at the Grammy Museum with Young MC. ## 5. Summary **Thesis (publisher's description).** It bills itself as the first complete account of the scene, artists and label that took West Coast hip-hop into the American mainstream in the 1980s and 1990s. Two LA club DJs, Matt Dike and Mike Ross, started Delicious Vinyl in Dike's apartment on Santa Monica Boulevard, signed Tone Loc and Young MC, and with "Wild Thing," "Funky Cold Medina" and "Bust a Move" sold nearly ten million copies worldwide, according to the description. Dike then disappeared from the scene, cutting himself off from friends and family, and the book frames its research as the answer to that mystery, drawing on dozens of interviews including, it says, the only in-person sit-down with Dike. **Key points from the description and interviews.** - Delicious Vinyl's circle included Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Hughes and the Beastie Boys (publisher). - Relic says he started the project in 2010 intending a label history, which became a mystery around Dike (Sounds Visual Radio interview). - Wikipedia says Dike died on 16 January 2018. The blurb's "only in-person sit-down" with him is the publisher's claim; I did not find a date for it. **Chapter outline.** No table of contents located (the publisher page lists none), so I give no chapter list. **Reception.** The publisher page quotes Kirkus Reviews calling the book "informative and wildly entertaining"; I did not open the Kirkus page. ## 6. Fact-check Overall verdict: **mixed**. The book's existence and the song chart facts are confirmed; several figures the Professor of Rock video notes attach to the story are unverified, and one is disputed. | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |---|---|---| | *Bust a Move* by Peter Relic is a book about Delicious Vinyl | Supported | [Kensington](https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/shop/bust-a-move/) | | It is a "bestseller" (video note) | Unverified | I found no bestseller list; it was published 30 June 2026 | | Young MC's "Bust a Move" reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989 | Supported | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_a_Move_(song)): released 22 May 1989, number 7 on the Hot 100, 1990 Grammy for Best Rap Performance | | The song appears in *Uncle Buck* (1989) | Supported | Same Wikipedia page lists the film | | Young MC's album *Stone Cold Rhymin'* was double platinum (video note) | Disputed | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Rhymin%27) shows Platinum certifications (US, Canada); I found no double-platinum source | | "Wild Thing" peaked #2 and "Funky Cold Medina" #3 (video note) | Partly supported | Wikipedia's Matt Dike page says all three songs reached the Hot 100 top ten, and the Delicious Vinyl page says "Wild Thing" did not reach the top. The exact #2 and #3 peaks are unverified | | Young wrote "Bust a Move" in a 2.5–3 hour burst, working title "Make That Move" (video) | Unverified | Not in any page I opened; the video's two notes differ (1.5 hours vs 2.5–3 hours) | | Those songs were ~85% of his career income (video) | Unverified | No source found | | Delicious Vinyl was founded in 1987 by Matt Dike and Mike Ross | Supported | [Wikipedia: Delicious Vinyl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_Vinyl); the book blurb says 1987 | | The three hits sold nearly ten million copies worldwide | Unverified | Publisher blurb only | | Young MC studied economics at USC | Supported | [Wikipedia: Young MC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_MC) says a degree in economics from the University of Southern California | ## 7. Citations and references - [Kensington book page](https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/shop/bust-a-move/); [author page](https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/authors/peter-relic/); [Penguin Random House](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818161/bust-a-move-by-peter-relic/). - Interviews: [Ethnomusicology Review](https://ethnomusicologyreview.ucla.edu/content/bust-move-interview-author-peter-relic); [Sounds Visual Radio](https://www.soundsvisualradio.com/peter-relic/); [WTOC](https://www.wtoc.com/2026/07/09/local-author-goes-inside-growth-hip-hop-with-bust-move/). - Wikipedia: [Delicious Vinyl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_Vinyl); [Matt Dike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Dike); ["Bust a Move" (song)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_a_Move_(song)); [Young MC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_MC); [Stone Cold Rhymin'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Rhymin%27). - Videos: [He DETESTED His #1 Hit…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBjorOePnk); [2 of the Biggest Hits of 1988…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBbozXRpIJE).