How Run-D.M.C. Changed the Rap Game
Here’s a piece by cultural critic Nelson George on the pages of Billboard. – Though rap had been selling records and…
Month: October 2014
The Birth Of Def Jam
In this Rolling Stone interview, Def Jam founder and legendary producer Rick Rubin returns to the New York University dorm…
The Triumphs and Tragedies of Larry Smith
Remember when Run declared to the world that “Larry put me inside his Cadillac” on Run-DMC’s breakthrough single “Sucker MCs”? That very…
LTB Live Set @ CPA Firenze
Per raccontare la rivoluzione culturale, musicale ed estetica che portò la cultura Hip Hop a conquistare una posizione di primo…
How Hip Hop Got Its Name
The origins of the phrase go deeper than Sugarhill Gang. Hip-hop — they were the first words on the genre’s first big hit,…
ExSnia, il sociale al centro
Domenica 12 ottobre ci sarà una nuova mobilitazione a sostegno del lago dell’Ex Snia. Un momento di festa con due…
XXL’s A Great Day in Hip Hop
Michael Gonzales takes a look back at the circumstances behind one of rap music’s greatest magazine covers on its 16th…