…was a Hip Hop classic with great cuts including “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” and “Straighten It Out.” They later collaborated with Mary J. Blige for a remix of her…
…Every song on the album inverts a hoary Hip Hop cliché. With classics like “Oh S***,” “Otha Fish”, “Ya’ Mama,” and hit single, “Passing Me By,” it is not surprising…
…and recording artists. Pete was brought into the rap game by the late great Heavy D, his cousin. His bond with CL Smooth gave the world three classic albums: All…
Boasting an impressive rap résumé that includes membership in the legendary Juice Crew and a verse on the classic 1988 posse cut “The Symphony,” Brooklyn’s Masta Ace is an underground…
…the three ‘Rawkus Soundbombing’ collections, as well as contributing “Break the Walls Down” to the Platinum selling ‘WWF Aggression’ compilation. The past decade has fortunately seen many of these classics…
…staple of classic early 1990s Hip Hop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mdRv0ZdR8 Pete Rock in a 2007 interview with Village Voice: “I had a friend of mine that passed away, and it was a…
…Wyclef–step to the mic to talk about the influences, environment, equipment, samples, beats, beefs, and surprises that went into making each classic record. Studio craft and street smarts, sonic inspiration…
…else I had ever heard. How many rhymes am I trying to keep up with in one sentence? Sure, internal rhyming had been done all the way back in the…
…from Public Enemy’s classic second album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. It is built on a high-pitched piano sample from the 1969 Isaac Hayes song…
…a versatile, and translucent term. It’s part of a classic song, which fueled an unofficial title name, during a historic time in the subject culture. It is a real thing,…
…man has created so many classic Hip Hop anthems, it’s about time we celebrate his very best party tracks. These joints are guaranteed to make a crowd go wild. Enjoy!…
Oh No is a classic track from Lyricist Lounge 2 with A+ verses from Mos Def and Pharoahe Monch and with Nate Dogg on the hook. An East Coast –…
