…in a nutshell.” – Donald Phinazee Big L is buried at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey. The tracks “Get Yours”, “Way of Life”, and “Shyheim’s Manchild” b/w…
…all day about Pete’s classics with CL Smooth like “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” or “Straighten It Out.” But Pete’s catalog runs deeper. He’s produced for everyone from Nas to…
…to Children, by author/activist Professor Nikki Giovanni (Oct. 2008), as well as Yale University’s Anthology of Rap (Nov. 2010). Aesop is also co-founder of 900bats.com, a creative resource of arts,…
…Tongues, Flavor Unit, Flipmode Squad, D.I.T.C., Project Blowed, Hit Squad, and Odd Future served as umbrellas for multiple acts but never released (non-compilation) albums together as a collective. As you…
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bueFTrwHFEs “Check Yo Self” topped both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap charts while also reaching number 20 on the Hot 100 chart. The song retains two main versions, the original…
…book, as will anyone interested in the early days of hip-hop, the art/music/street life of New York City in the 1980s, and the alternative-nation zeitgeist of the ’90s.”— Kirkus Reviews…
…during the Grammy award show, King Kendrick surprisingly released a brand new EP without prior notice. Demos from To Pimp A Butterfly. In Raw Form. Unfinished. Untitled. Unmastered. https://t.co/YlAszcK4e4 —…
…https://open.spotify.com/user/1130211159/playlist/40XCrfOVIa6ZhNa8TxpwYU Tracklist: Universal Magnetic Definition (with Talib Kweli as Black Star) Re: Definition (with Talib Kweli as Black Star) Children’s Story (with Talib Kweli as Black Star) Brown Skin Lady…
“Respiration” is the second single from Black Star’s eponymously titled 1998 album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTnog5RRQo It features guest rapping from Common and guitar playing by DeChown Jenkins. It also features a Hi-Tek…
…the tempo of the music for a variety of effects on the audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3YXyK-gWvc What truly separated these Hip Hop pioneers from the DJ’s of the past was that they…
…Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Memphis, and Miami—five cities that constitute the “Southern Network” in rap music. The music was a reaction to the 1980s flow of Hip Hop culture from…
…music. Other lives and movements have been deeply affected by the song as well. More than twenty-five years later, we are still fighting the power. Salute to you, PE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_t13-0Joyc…