“Hip Hop Hooray” is one of the biggest hits from Naughty By Nature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz1Xn1vzOM4 The song spent one week at number one on the US R&B chart and reached number…
Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s debut solo-album. Release date: March 28, 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQJ2_T24JqY…
“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” is the second single released from Naughty by Nature’s self-titled second album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoSdfhaMXQU While not as successful as their previous single, “O.P.P.”, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”…
…the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN_Hix80m44 “Criminology” starts with dialogue from the film Scarface, where Alex Sosa insults Tony Montana through phone, calling him a “f****** little monkeybecause he failed to blow up…
Jaylib’s (J Dilla & Madlib) debut (& only) album. Release date: October 7, 2003. https://youtu.be/DPUCZ-2Sk-o Half of the songs are produced by Madlib and feature J Dilla on vocals, and…
“D. Original” by Jeru the Damaja, is the second single from his debut studio album The Sun Rises in the East. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49uSOT_Zxvw “D. Original” contains samples of “Give It to…
…this album was to Hip Hop, but also how Chuck and Flav made us politically conscious – whether we knew it or not. Scott @lightofscott Det @hostylecomedy JohnL @johnlsiv www.thelightpodcast.com…
“Rebel Without a Pause” is a song by Public Enemy and the first single from their 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djuc0kg97yo “Rebel…
…Control), serving as the fourth single from Hello Nasty. Three MCs and One DJ features scratching by Mix Master Mike, and marks his debut song with the group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflfiylNNXY The…
LL Cool J fifth album. Release date: March 30, 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYt5ouu4088 14 Shots to the Dome is the fifth studio album by LL Cool J, released by Def Jam Records…
…one of his favorite albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea-ezolZq5k It topped Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart for five nonconsecutive weeks and peaked at #31 on the Billboard 200. In 2008, the single…
…Breaks” by Kurtis Blow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnI8JEW7Ty4 Its lyrics deal with how lots of rappers who achieve positive chart positions and other commercial awards cannot perform well live. Ironically, it holds higher…