…this up with his 1994 album, Dare Iz a Darkside. The first single, “Rockafella”, samples Leon Haywood’s “I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You” and George Clinton’s “Flash Light”, two…
…he was soon signed to Columbia records. Nas 1994. Photo by Danny Clinch / Courtesy of Sony Legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PnuIRnJW8 In 1994, Nas’s first record, Illmatic, was released, and it landed…
…s*** about how Wu-Tang was some ‘frontin’ a** fake Gangsta Rap s***.’ Hindsight is 20/20 and I know that was some super naïve stuff to say, but hey, we’re all…
…along with others like the R. Kelly-sampled “K-I-SS-I-N-G”, “I Want To Talk To You”, the Scarface-assisted “Favor For A Favor”, and the addictive “Money Is My B****”. The lead-off single,…
…1996), R U Still Down? (Remember Me) (1997), Still I Rise (1999), Until the End of Time (2001), and Better Dayz (2002). (Stephen Thomas Erlewine | Allmusic) Official site: 2Pac…
…won’t have as many essential indie/underground releases as 1998. For that reason, we’ll have 25 seminal/essential/classic Hip Hop/Rap projects in this list spanning the 52 weeks of 1998. Let’s begin:…
…rap of Public Enemy. This would be faithless protest music. Anarchic. Cynical. Comic. Depraved and unrelenting. Made for $10,000, N.W.A.’s fated follow-up Straight Outta Compton (1989-Priority) came out January 27,…
…to brands such as Reebok, Nike, FILA, and Adidas rising in popularity. All clothing brands that the average person might wear day to day now granted new purpose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNua1lFDuDI One…
…for mafioso-style street raps. The album features monumental singles “Ice Cream”, “Criminology”, “Incarcerated Scarfaces”, and “Heaven & Hell”, as well as the cult-classic “Verbal Intercourse” ft. Nas and Ghostface. When…
…If you enjoyed that one, you will no doubt love this one too. If you missed the first Immortal Titans, now is the time to get up to speed. https://open.spotify.com/album/0MG3l8Eztd9QZnNV4MKiP3…
…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…
…would become better known as X-Clan founding member Professor X The Overseer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYIpa1Ulvw Positive K scored a major hit with 1992′s “I Got a Man.” The song peaked at #14…