…the mainstream. Some of the albums on this list were completely slept on, some received enough critical acclaim upon their release or later on, but commercially they all performed disappointingly…
…awesome articles on Old School / Golden Age Hip Hop related topics to publish on HHGA. Think lists (Top 20 KRS One songs, Top 10 slept on albums, The 10…
…pit these legends against each other was more compelling than matching vibes. Plus, while noting that both of these songs were released after Hip Hop’s Golden Age, I feel an…
…impactful Hip Hop albums, 3 Feet would have to be near the top of that list without question. There are other albums from De La that are important, although nothing…
…do, as we get to look at the slept on parts of legends and their careers, and the albums that should be mentioned with their best. Let’s get into it….
…tribe – true “heads” – from all across the world. If you were lucky enough to grow up during Hip Hop ’s Golden Age, you probably remember the term “conscious…
…going to get real technical on the criteria – in previous posts, we matched albums that were released in the same month. Today, it’s slightly different because while these albums…
…Soul – 2 points, 6 total “Brooklyn’s Finest”: In addition to coming of age with Hip Hop, I also came of age with comic books. Back in the day, there…
…Pimp a Butterfly – Damn.). Yet, in full disclosure, by the time Kendrick was really putting his thing down I had aged-out of the serious purchaser of Hip Hop albums…
…are number of heads that feel that 1988 kicks off the Golden Age of Hip Hop, both of these albums have a hand in that declaration. They did not sound…
Born as Christopher Wallace on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York, Biggie Smalls, also known as Notorious B.I.G., became a drug dealer at a young age. He started experimenting…
…been acclaimed by critics as a classic album of Hip Hop’s Golden Age and new school aesthetic. The album’s abstract rhymes in strange syncopations laid on top of sampling experiments…