This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...
Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Salt n Pepa (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Michael Putland/Getty Images) In August 1973, the ...
DJ Cassidy has been your new quarantine best buddy in 2020, if you have any affinity at all for the classic R&B that came between the Motown era and the turn of the century, or for early hip-hip. In ...
Legendary Philly soul architect Thom Bell, prolific rock session pianist Nicky Hopkins, and trailblazing studio bassist Carol ...
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Musical adventure lies at the heart of hip-hop music
Primarily through direct sampling, hip-hop music provides a blatant tapestry of historical information that the listener can ...
Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there's pride, still hard times
BRONX, NEW YORK — Before it was a global movement, it was simply an expression of life and struggle: a culture that was synonymous with hardship and suffering, but also grit, resilience and creativity ...
Hip-hop started out in the parks and traveled around the globe and back, picking up new accents and flavors in every region and time zone, rubbing elbows with other genres and cultures, and adapting ...
If hip-hop were a person—that person would be none other than Lawrence “Kris” Parker. Please believe the hype. As hip-hop enters its senior years—turning 50, to be exact—quite a few folks can say they ...
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