…on Black life in 2020 America, touching on the topics of police brutality, racism, gentrification, economic inequality and cancel culture, among others.” 30 years after his classic debut The Devil…
…Butcher and Freddie Gibbs are the two top-dogs of this subgenre, and they have the right chemistry. Involve Roc Marciano too, and all the ingredients for a classic are there….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oQj4bHc88E Public Enemy 1987 Live @ Def Jam Tour London: Ever since they exploded on the scene in 1987, Public Enemy has been one of the most influential and powerful…
…has a couple of classic projects on his name – especially his third album and Definite Jux debut Labor Days (2001) is a monumental album, followed by the equally excellent…
…and collaborations. He also founded the influential (and now sadly defunct) record label Def Jux, which put out now-classic releases from Cannibal Ox, Aesop Rock, and more. Meline has as…
…been a hate-him or love-him kind of artist. Like him or not, there’s no denying he has a couple of classic projects on his name. For this list, we take…
Long before SoundCloud, digital downloads, ringtones, and even compact discs, Hip Hop fans purchased their favorite musical releases in the form of vinyl records or cassette tapes. The true old…
…performances, ATCQ landed a major recording contract with Jive Records in 1989. Sonically, ATCQ was a decisive and welcomed tangent of jazz, bass-heavy rhythmic vibes and eclectic sampling when compared…
…millions of records. The group’s second album, Straight Outta Compton (1988) rocketed the young men to fame. Anchored by the controversial hit “F*** tha Police,” the record made them one…
…Roots and became even more important as the group set hip-hop longevity records in the 2000s and approached their third decade of existence. Black Thought was born Tariq Luqmaan Trotter…
…1972 in Brooklyn, New York, in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Biggie, or “The Notorious B.I.G,” as he’d later become known, experienced a rough childhood—at an early age, he was surrounded…
…him on the ‘Lung Collapsing Lyrics’ intro) and basically all of DITC (via Lord Finesse, who he battled in ’89). He’s cut records with everyone from Kane & Kool Keith…
