…us, trap music is like a separate genre, Hip Hop adjacent maybe, but different from Hip Hop like neo-soul and R&B are different from Hip Hop. But even if we…
…10 Hip Hop songs with New York in their title. Missing any? Hit us up in the comments! Also read: Top 50 East Coast Hip Hop Albums Of The 1990s…
Top 40 Hip Hop Songs 1992: This was a good year. While 1992 saw the definite rise of West Coast Hip Hop to prominence, there was still plenty of excellent…
…contributed significantly to Hip Hop’s rise to global prominence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGQ0tBfoRVw B-boying or breakdancing dates back to DJ Kool Herc and the birth of Hip Hop in the Bronx during the…
https://youtu.be/3Bu3DFTP0co In this fourth instalment of Classic Recipes, the legendary DJ/producer Marley Marl explains and demonstrates how he produced and mixed the lead single off Biz Markie’s 1986 debut album…
In this eight part of our ongoing 5 Classic Records You Don’t Own, But Should series, we feature five more albums from the early 1990s that received plenty of critical…
Some have proclaimed André 3000 to be one of the greatest Hip Hop artists of all time, an especially impressive honor considering he’s never officially released a solo album (The…
Occasionally, it takes time to recognize greatness. While fanatics of The Roots and Hip Hop heads that appreciate lyricism have been touting Black Thought’s extraordinary ability since the mid-’90s, it…
Marley Marl is unquestionably one of the greatest producers and DJs in Hip Hop history. His influence and importance to Hip Hop are undeniable, and his innovative productions and pioneering…
Dr. Dre is the king of Hip Hop. He has about a billion dollars. He has now released three classic solo albums and a revolutionary group album. Even his unreleased…
…In this fifth part of the series, we highlight another five monumental Golden Age Hip Hop albums that received widespread acclaim and are highly rated to this day, but that…
…Ghetto Heisman (2002) “Southside [Remix]” off Lloyd’s Southside (2004) “Pushin’” off Bun B’s Trill (2005) “Sunshine to the Rain” off Miri Ben-Ari’s The Hip-Hop Violinist (2005) “Hustler’s Story” off The…