…There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By”. The album has since been hailed by several music critics as a classic Hip Hop album. Its success is matched by…
…I celebrated the 15th anniversary of Blueprint with a tweet. This year I’ll honor Graduation’s 10-year with this article, an expose on how lightning struck twice in Hip Hop, on…
Normally, we prioritize positivity on this site. On HHGA, you can discover numerous articles celebrating excellent Hip Hop releases from over the decades. It’s important to note that all lists…
Making it in any music industry is tough, but you have your work more than cut out for you in Hip Hop. Rap and Hip Hop are the number one…
VH1 has hosted 7 VH1 Hip Hop Honors shows (between 2004 and 2010). Hip Hop Honors honored old school and Golden Age Hip Hop artists with live performances by most…
…York City Hip Hop, made disrespecting your contemporaries a sport and provided a frame of reference for the socially conscious rap to come. Though the debate over Hip Hop’s birthplace…
…#24 on Matt Deapo‘s Hip Hop Top 50, a ranking of 50 of the best Hip Hop albums recorded between 1978 and 2006, based on this consideration and these rules….
Top 40 Hip Hop Songs 1991: this was another major year for Hip Hop, expanding further on the incredible growth the genre showed in the years previous. As was the…
…as “Black, like my baby girl’s hair”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5aVI2zsFE The next song, and first single, “Definition“, is a stern response to Hip Hop’s fascination with death, and a dedication to slain…
1988 was Hip Hop’s break-out year, arguably the second or third year of its Golden Age, but THE year that artists creativity, innovativeness, and diversity truly took Hip Hop to…
…& Rakim – Paid in Full was ranked #12 on Matt Deapo‘s Hip Hop Top 50, a ranking of 50 of the best Hip Hop albums recorded between 1978 and…
…by the major corporations; ignoring the creativity, originality, and skill that characterized Hip Hop in the early days. But there always was and still is plenty of excellent Hip Hop…