…district like Conant, Hip Hop in the late ‘80s was paramount, and the initial relationship between the three was based on word-of-mouth and the pursuit of neighborhood MC supremacy. Altman…
2018 was an excellent year for Hip Hop, a year that decades down the line may very well be mentioned among the best years Hip Hop ever had to offer….
[East Coast Hip Hop is a regional subgenre of Hip Hop that originated in New York City during the 1970s. Hip Hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first…
…small Hip Hop time capsules, snapshots into the state of hip-hop at the time of their release. This is best exemplified by the different rosters for the soundtracks to the…
…on the evolution of West Coast Hip Hop. https://youtu.be/TMZi25Pq3T8 Straight Outta Compton redefined the direction of Hip Hop, which resulted in lyrics concerning the gangster lifestyle becoming the driving force…
…summer evening and featured that night were Hip Hop veterans Biz Markie and De La Soul, newcomers Reflection Eternal, as well as Hip Hop’s all-in-one entertainer, Common. This was a…
…with artists taking Hip Hop into all kinds of new, exciting directions. Authentic-sounding Hip Hop will forever be one of our go-to subgenres though, that’s why we will keep highlighting…
Over the past months, we’ve published a series of articles that dive deep into the vibrant, distinct local and regional Hip Hop scenes that have shaped the genre. From the…
[Underground Hip Hop is an umbrella term for Hip Hop music outside the general commercial canon. It is typically associated with independent artists, signed to independent labels, or no label…
Hip Hop is a forever changing scene, with many faces and names who come and go. But sometimes there are some unforgettable artists, such as the Canadian Hip Hop duo…
…taking Hip Hop into all kinds of new, exciting directions. Authentic-sounding Hip Hop will forever be one of our go-to subgenres though, that’s why we will keep highlighting great boom-bap…
Nas and DJ Premier share one of Hip Hop’s most enduring alliances. Nas broke through as a teenage wordsmith with Illmatic in 1994, an album that redefined lyricism with its…
