…family in the Stapleton Housing Projects, watching his father leave their family at the age of six, sharing a small bed with three other siblings, picking roaches out of water-filled…
…Hip Hop began getting diluted to taste as our Hip Hop gods of the 90s banged the ‘real Hip Hop’ drum in a desperate plea to keep people ‘on message’….
…or some sort of uniform that separated the entertainer from the average person. Hip Hop was the genre of music where it was accepted, promoted, and preferred that the artist…
…in 1989. Angered over how little he’d been paid, he bolted the group and went solo. A year later, he released the first of several critically acclaimed albums, AmeriKKKa’s Most…
…is revered as one of the best and ranks it among legendary Hip Hop albums (Album art is reflective of the silly fun side of the group as well, with…
…C-N-N, and others). By the age of fourteen, she had a deal with Cold Chillin’ Records, and was hailed later in her career as “The Mother Of The Bridge”. Her…
…do damage, as Capital Punishment made history becoming the first Hip Hop album by a Latino artist to go Platinum. Big Pun left behind another album’s worth of material in…
…the Power” became the power anthem of its soundtrack and spread the message of Public Enemy further than ever before. The film also served as a bridge for Public Enemy’s…
…Star” logo symbolized power and excellence and it permeated into the cutting-edge music they created. With a handful of indelible classic albums on their resume, DJ Premier and Guru’s catalog…
…their offices, and a marriage made in Hip Hop heaven was born. However, Premier had to return to college in Texas, and so the duo’s liaison took place largely over…
…a five-mike rating in the Hip Hop magazine The Source. The album was also selected as one of The Source’s 100 Best Rap Albums in 1998. The album’s cover refers…
…has released 3 studio albums, 42 singles, 6 compilation albums, 1 soundtrack album, and 21 music videos. Another way Dr. Dre has shaped the music industry is by finding new…