Golden Era (and Inspired) Hip Hop
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Hip hop from, and inspired by, the so-called 'golden era', when MCs weren't afraid to smile and tell a good story.
Really cool music video.
posted by rasch187 1 decade 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,300 viewsclassic.
posted by EndAll 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,487 viewswiki: "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" is the humorous lead single from the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince album "'And in This Corner...'" For a 20-year-old song, it's still catchy. Look for cameos... continue reading
posted by quantumushroom 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,294 viewsKid Frost (b. May 31, 1964, as Arturo Molina Jr), now known as Frost. He is a popular and first widely recognized chicano (Mexican-American) rapper from East Los Angeles, CA. Frost spent parts of his... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,375 views • 4:44Schoolly D is the moniker of American rapper Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. (June 22, 1966—) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a pioneer of hardcore rap and the pioneer of gangsta rap, being one of the first... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,193 viewsVeteran hip-hop producer Diamond D has helped out with several of rap music’s most acclaimed LPs, including A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory and the Fugees’ The Score. In 1992, he recorded... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,526 viewsThe rebirth of hip-hop’s originating borough the Bronx can be credited in part to this two-man crew. While late-’80s/early-’90s hip-hop had gotten to be mostly party-oriented and at times downright... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,017 views • 3:59Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop group originally comprised KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded. ... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,797 viewsCompton’s Most Wanted is a gangster rap crew from the early nineties. Members included MC Eiht, MC Chill, DJ Slip and DJ Mike T. Their first three albums were produced by Slip and west coast pioneer... continue reading
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posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 7 months ago • 1,514 views"Who in their right mind can mimic a style like mine? I design rhyme and get mine all the time" - KRS-One
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,585 views • 4:12D-Nice is the stage name of beatboxer, rapper, producer and photographer Derrick Jones (born June 19, 1970 in Bronx, New York), who began his career in the mid-1980s with the hip hop group Boogie Down... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 5 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,650 views