…Classic Nuts, Vol. 1. It can additionally be found on compilations including 1999’s The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 3, 2000’s Louder Than Ever, Vol. 1 and 2004’s Hip…
…minor hit on the R&B charts. Although not a huge success when it was released, “Strictly Business” has since become a Hip Hop classic. The song’s main sample is Eric…
…second studio album by Jungle Brothers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqwoyWPh9-k Done by the Forces of Nature was released on November 7, 1989 by Warner Bros. Records. Recording sessions for the album took place…
…Monkees’ song). Despite being given a mixed reception at the time of its release, it is now hailed as a seminal classic in Hip Hop and many see it as…
…songs. Chuck D said in an interview “Most rap records at the time had a BPM of 98 BPM. Our stuff was around 109.” They had experimented with faster beats…
…year of the new decade up til then. Along with more known albums such as Kendrick Lamar’s major label classic debut, good kid, M.A.A.D. City, Nas’ incredible Life Is Good,…
…Operation (1992), whose appeal has only grown over the decades. Beginning with these classic releases, both listeners and critics heaped mounds of praise upon Guru and DJ Premier – the…
…went quickly but what did they leave us 21st-century rap fans? London-based Isaac Bello and Karl ‘K-Gee’ Gordon made up the group, who were formerly known as Outlaw Posse, having…
…classic for Outkast, and they officially challenged A Tribe Called Quest and Eric B & Rakim for the greatest Hip Hop trilogy ever. While their other projects like the mega…
…whim. Mos Def nonetheless continued to draw attention, especially from critics and underground rap fans, and his classic breakthrough albums — Black Star (1998), a collaboration with Talib Kweli and…
…prominence using a sample-heavy style with booming drums to complement the artists rapping over his productions and never looked back. He was the production wizard behind two classic Little Brother…
…out classic cuts by Cypress Hill, Ice T, Eric B & Rakim, EPMD, Brand Nubian, Naughty By Nature, Black Sheep, Jay Z, House Of Pain, Kool G Rap, Public Enemy,…
