…of the earliest examples of rhyme as mnemonic comes from the Chinese Shi Jing or Classic of Poetry. Later on, it became essential to the survival of the Quran, one…
…Ultramagnetic MCs often referenced his time as a patient of Bellevue, a psychiatric hospital, where he was treated for depression. Keith later claimed that his claims to having been a…
…the song is 20 years old, it resonates for me even stronger today than when I first heard it. In my opinion, this is the rap equivalent to Prince’s “Take…
…Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards + Museum launched over 20 years ago. “We are very excited about this 2016 Inductee Class as it continues to fulfill our commitment to…
…stripped the track down to its drums just to let him go off. All these years later it still translates into a an intriguing listen when the last few seconds…
…people who didn’t understand them at the time, but later did. “Sometimes you can say something that won’t affect somebody until five years, 10 years down the road,” Lou said….
…come from your soul in the capacity of an avalanche…” – Kool G Rap Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (born July 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Kool G Rap…
…greet in August during the Harlem Week Celebration at Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem where the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards + Museum launched over 20 years ago. “We are…
…like “WHOA! this is a game-changer!” Years later, when you “put your hands where (his) eyes could see and (you were) straight buckwildin’ in the place to be” – Busta…
…and subjects that meant a lot to him. in 1998, two years later, he returned with one of his biggest hits and CRAZY matching video “What U See Is What…
…album together, called Survival Skills, on September 15, 2009 on Duck Down Records. Its first single “Robot”, produced by Havoc, was released on iTunes on May 5, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba2AdFBEjjY In…
…off to inner-city blacks. The characters in N.W.A. stories found the fabled American Dream in cars, guns, criminal enterprise, sex and chaos. Three years later, that artistic discontent would find…