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How Top Dawg Entertainment Became the Current Most Powerful Label in Hip-Hop
SZA has become a force to be reckoned with. Her triple-platinum sophomore album SOS debuted at No. 1 in 2022. The album ...
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Today in Hip-Hop History: Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo Dropped Their Debut LP ‘Road to the Riches’ 36 Years Ago
On this day in 1989, Corona, Queens rap and street legend Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo released their first album on the ...
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3 Songs That Explain Rap in the 1980s
While hip-hop and all of its creative expressions was ... Indeed, here below are three songs that explain rap in the 1980s. After rap music’s salad days in the late 1970s and into the first ...
Angie Stone’s Hip-Hop Impact: From Dr. Dre To Alicia Keys To Sugar Hill Records
Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur talks about Angie Stone's profound impact on music talking to legends of Hip-Hop Culture.
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Big Daddy Kane’s “Word to the Mother (Land)”—A Powerful Hip-Hop Salute to African Heritage
Released in the late 1980s, “Word to the Mother (Land)” arrived at a pivotal moment in hip-hop. The genre was evolving beyond ...
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The Hip-Hop World Loved Roy Ayers, and He Found It ‘Wonderful’
he frequently toured and collaborated with hip-hop artists to bolster the rap canon. In 1999, Ayers collaborated with The Roots on “Proceed II,” sprinkling his Vibraphone atop a smooth ...
Revive Big Band’s Vinyl Release Honors Jazz And Hip-Hop’s Shared Legacy
Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...
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OPINION: Rap music is more than mindless violence and drug pushing
Rap and hip-hop music are in the spotlight once again, especially after the Grammy Awards and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX ...
The Hip-Hop World Loved Roy Ayers, and He Found It ‘Wonderful’
Roy Ayers was a beloved sample source who made it a point to collaborate with rappers as the genre rose to prominence ...