…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…
Top 40 Hip Hop Songs 1989: By 1989 Hip Hop’s Golden Age was in full swing. Where the previous years determined the new directions Hip Hop was going to take…
[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…
Top 40 Hip Hop Songs 1985: this was a pivotal year in Hip Hop. Def Jam Recordings was taking over and shaping Hip Hop into what would soon become a…
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…
…date now commonly seen as the day when Hip Hop was ‘born’. Of course, the foundations of Hip Hop were laid even earlier and in different places by different people,…
Rhymesayers Entertainment Best Hip Hop Albums: along with Mello Music Group, Rhymesayers Entertainment is one of our favorite record labels. [Rhymesayers Entertainment (sometimes abbreviated RSE) is an independent Hip Hop…
This last year of the 2010s decade was another GREAT year for Hip Hop. To give a good representation of the quality Hip Hop released this year, we’ve compiled this…
…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…
By 1989 Hip Hop’s Golden Age was in full swing. Where the previous years determined the new directions Hip Hop was going to take (with 1987 and especially 1988 being…
…Bay Area Hip Hop, with a focus on Bay Area Hip Hop’s earliest periods that have shaped the culture and inspired future generations. From classics that defined eras to underground…
…of mainstream ‘rap’ can hardly be called Hip Hop, but it’s a shame it sells while most real Hip Hop gets none of the spotlights these days. Real Hip Hop…
