During Hip Hop’s Golden Age so many classic albums were released each year, that every year almost inevitably has a few excellent albums that were overlooked and forgotten. For this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIb-DttbjW4 In this episode of #vinyllockup Dave reviews Boogie Down Productions’s 1988 classic single ‘My Philosophy’. The Urban Art Dept is a digital content channel. Its programming maintains a focus…
…is often hailed as a classic by fans and critics. Leo Stanley of Allmusic called the album “a refreshing fusion of Hip Hop, soul, and jazz that manages to avoid…
Incarcerated Scarfaces is a song from Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, the classic solo debut album of Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0CmIRODuI4…
…WARREN G – I WANT IT ALL (ERIC THE TUTOR MATHCLA$$ CALL ME EDIT) 5. XZIBIT – X 6. Snoop Dogg ft Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy & Tha…
“Rock Dis Funky Joint” is the classic third single from Poor Righteous Teachers‘ debut album Holy Intellect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfMURCgM3GY Holy Intellect is broken down track-by-track by Poor Righteous Teachers in Brian…
“Jackin’ For Beats” is a track from Ice Cube‘s Kill At Will EP, released in 1990 not long after AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Ice Cube’s classic full-length solo debut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTfkAicXmEo…
…(after a few years of Dr. Dre initiated West Coast dominance) and the official rise to prominence of Southern Hip Hop. With classic album- and single-releases all across the board,…
“Can It Be All So Simple” is the fourth and final single from Wu-Tang Clan‘s classic debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m148vZDwJA It features production from RZA (credited…
…as an incredible year for Hip Hop—arguably one of its finest. Classic albums dropped left and right, accompanied by unforgettable singles. Here’s our list of the top 40 Hip Hop…
…the culture stopped and stared. I Used to Love H.E.R. has been ranked as the #1 Hip Hop song of all time by About.com, called a classic Hip Hop parable…
…of the earliest examples of rhyme as mnemonic comes from the Chinese Shi Jing or Classic of Poetry. Later on, it became essential to the survival of the Quran, one…
