It’s time for another twentieth-anniversary salute, this time we focus on a Hip Hop album that solidifies and personifies the soul of what Hip Hop represents: education, love of culture,…
…the underground circuit when it was released in 1987 and today is celebrated as an early classic of Hip Hop as a revolution and visionary political vehicle in hardcore rap….
HipHopGoldenAge was founded to celebrate classic Hip Hop and the pioneers of the music and culture we all love, and also to provide a counter-weight to the emptyheaded bubblegum rap…
…Hip Hop albums and comments on its musical legacy, “Recorded at a time before ‘street’ and ‘experimental’ were mutually exclusive terms, it ushered in hip-hop’s sampladelic golden age and laid…
…the author of nine books, including The Hip Hop 10 and Hip Hop Scholar, all of which are available in paperback and Kindle. In addition to his own site, his…
Pretty much ever since Hip Hop originated, there have been projects that couldn’t be stickered with one specific genre-label. At first, there were artists who used Hip Hop influences but…
…a few) but the few that are there have brought eyes back to that nineties type of dark, grimy New York Hip Hop. Back in the nineties, the gritty, brooding…
…prowess. Eric B. & Rakim ended their influential partnership with Don’t Sweat the Technique, leaving behind a legacy that had shaped the sound of Hip Hop throughout the late ’80s…
…Hip Hop was still a relatively new genre, and many people still viewed it as a fad that would soon fade away. Paul’s Boutique proved that Hip Hop was capable…
…a Marvel comic, and Nas’s features, emphasizing preservation amid Hip Hop’s commercialization. In essence, Nas is Hip Hop’s president—elected by acclamation through decades of leadership. He presides not from a…
50 Under-appreciated 1990s Hip Hop Albums: Discussing ‘best ever’ Hip Hop albums is fun, but at the same time often a futile exercise. It’s fun because it forces you to…
…Hip Hop , dress Hip Hop , live and love Hip Hop , how can I in good conscience turn a blind eye and respond in silence to the blatant…
