29 of the best Hip Hop songs of 1991. Tracklist: Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks On Me A Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhime DJ Jazzy Jeff &…
Hip Hop is notorious for short-lived careers, but LL Cool J (born January 14, 1968) is the inevitable exception that proves the rule. Releasing his first hit, “I Can’t Live…
Although he never became a household name, Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs — perhaps THE greatest — of all time within the Hip Hop community….
In 1991, Nas hit the East Coast rap scene with a guest spot on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbecue,” a song that brought together his writing background with his…
29 of the best Hip Hop songs of 1989. https://open.spotify.com/user/1130211159/playlist/3OSC2PqYgprofWQZaKmuMH Tracklist: Public Enemy – Fight The Power MC Lyte – Cha Cha Cha De La Soul – Potholes In My…
The most influential MC-and-DJ tandem of the 1990s, Gang Starr set new standards for East Coast rap with a pair of early-’90s touchstones, Step in the Arena (1991) and Daily…
Because every Hip Hop artist needs a nom de guerre, “Ice-T” came into being with help from author Robert Maupin Beck III, whose pen name “Iceberg Slim” became Tracy Marrow’s…
The best Hip Hop playlists on Spotify, brought to you by HipHopGoldenAge #realhiphop Tracklist: Jurassic 5 – Ducky Boy U-God – Train Trussle Inspectah Deck – City High Paris –…
Ice Cube was the first member of the seminal California rap group N.W.A. to leave, and he quickly established himself as one of Hip Hop’s best and most controversial artists….
As the first white rap group of any importance, the Beastie Boys received the scorn of critics and strident Hip Hop musicians, both of whom accused them of cultural pirating,…
To call Eminem Hip Hop’s Elvis is correct to a degree, but it’s largely inaccurate. Certainly, Eminem was the first white rapper since the Beastie Boys to garner both sales…
Though EPMD’s hardcore style influenced the urban-oriented gangsta ’90s, Erick Sermon (aka E Double E; b. Nov. 25, 1968) and Parrish Smith (aka Pee MD; b. May 13, 1968) were…