…its release, Life Is… Too Short has rightfully earned its place in the pantheon of classic Hip Hop albums. It may not have the widespread name recognition of some of…
…Hip Hop along with KRS-One. Schoolly D contributed songs and music to many Abel Ferrara films, such as “P.S.K.” as well as “Saturday Night” (from Saturday Night! – The Album),…
…Riches in 1989. This album and their two later albums, Wanted: Dead or Alive (1990) and Live and Let Die (1992), are highly regarded and considered Hip Hop classics. Eventually…
…in the Hip Hop community, and their reputation kept growing as they issued classic tracks like “I Ain’t No Joke” and “Paid in Full.” Their first two full-length albums, 1987’s…
…clear that Ricky is one of the founding fathers of “bling” and Hip Hop fashion. Most recently, entrepreneur and style innovator will.i.am has partnered with the Hip Hop icon to…
…Performance. In 2006, MC Lyte became the first solo female rapper to be honored/inducted on VH-1’s HIP HOP HONORS. Lyte serves as a beautiful example that females can rock the…
…influence on the “hardcore” Hip Hop scene with their funk-based grooves and laid-back rhyming. A string of hit albums featuring the word “Business” in the title conveyed an ethic that…
…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…
Lord Finesse is a Hip Hop artist and producer, hailing from The Bronx, New York. In 1989, Finesse, and his former partner DJ Mike Smooth, signed to Wild Pitch Records,…
…of the most sampled songs in Hip Hop. Redman’s second album was notable for having most of the tracks produced by the artist himself (later on Redman would let other…
…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…
THE SOUL Pete Rock was born in the birthplace of Hip Hop—the Boogie Down Bronx, and raised in Money Earnin’ Mount Vernon. Music was a constant for the young man…
