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Article Sep 28 2016

Classic Hip Hop: Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

…within the blink of an eye, blink of an eye, you’re gone baby” There you have it. Hip Hop’s most cinematic album. Like going through scenes in a movie with…
Article Dec 20 2016

Classic Hip Hop: LL Cool J’s Mama Said Knock You Out

…my DAR submissions would know I talk about what I love and sometimes what I hate. There really are no in betweens, especially in Hip Hop, but somehow LL Cool…
Article Feb 3 2017

Classic Hip Hop: Busta Rhymes’ When Disaster Strikes

…the entirety of Hip Hop, I can only think of two rappers who have come in with a style and delivery that is so unique and so different that it…
Mixtape Aug 12 2017

Classic Hip Hop: 2

https://soundcloud.com/dj-friedz/classic-hip-hop-2?cn=bWVzc2FnZQ%3D%3D&refsrc=email Q Tip vs. Preemo O.C. KRS-ONE Outkast Shadez Of Brooklyn Lost Boyz Craig Mack Large Professor Nas Raekwon ATCQ D.I.T.C. Common ATCQ De La Soul Das EFX Showbiz &…
News Jul 25 2016

Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards 20th Anniversary TV Show Honors Harry Belafonte’s BeatStreet Movie, SugarHill Records, The Fever & More in NYC November Co-Hosted by Roxanne Shante

…the Hip Hop Hall of Fame at http://hiphophalloffame.org(in Beta), http://facebook.com/hiphophalloffame, http://facebook.com/hiphophalloffameawards,http://twitter.com/hiphophof, http://instagram.com/hiphophalloffameawards. For more information, media & press inquiries, sponsorship opportunities, and partnerships contact Ben Davis at Dove Entertainment or…
Article Sep 30 2024

A Tribe Called Quest: Innovators Of Jazz-Rap And Hip Hop’s Golden Age

…jazz and other genres that had previously been underutilized in the world of Hip Hop production. The Low End Theory: Jazz Meets Hip Hop If People’s Instinctive Travels established A…
Article Oct 20 2017

What Is The Definition Of A Classic Album?

Earlier, I presented a piece – The Beef Between 90s Hip Hop & Millenium Hip Hop – on the wide gap (both musically and in terms of respect) between nineties…
Article Sep 29 2020

The Birth Of Postmodern Hip Hop

…& Talib Kweli Are Black Star, and Aquemini were all released, postmodern Hip-Hop was born. Now, the phrase “postmodern Hip Hop” is super loaded (and also some s*** I sort…
News Jul 22 2016

The 20th Anniversary Hip Hop Hall Of Fame Awards Induction Ceremony & Concert TV Show Set NYC November At United Palace Co-Hosted By Roxanne Shante

…tickets previously purchased will be honored. Hip Hop Friends, Fans, and Community can follow the Hip Hop Hall of Fame at http://hiphophalloffame.org (in Beta), http://facebook.com/hiphophalloffame, http://facebook.com/hiphophalloffameawards, http://twitter.com/hiphophof, http://instagram.com/hiphophalloffameawards. For more…
Article Apr 10 2016

The Beef Between 90s Hip Hop & Millennium Hip Hop

…up as a very thorough Hip Hop child, I was first exposed to it around six or seven and it was all Eric B. & Rakim, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, and…
list Sep 1 2021

100 Essential Experimental Hip Hop Albums

100 Essential Experimental Hip Hop Albums: [Experimental Hip Hop or Alternative Hip Hop is a style of Hip Hop music that refers to the experimental use of eccentric Hip Hop…
Article Mar 16 2016

Hip Hop Then & Now – Modern Marketing & Promotion II

…mention the social lashings that Hip Hop received from Middle America. Nor did Richard mention the public outcry and outright shaming of Hip Hop that just about every politician (Black…