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Reading Well: Tricia Rose on Hip Hop

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

You may have noticed a lot of content on hip hop here lately … As part of that, I re-read Tricia Rose‘s 1994 book Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America and read for the first time … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part VII

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 7: 2001 to Kendrick Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. Part 4 can be found here. Part 5 can be found here. Part 6 … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part VI

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 6: 1997 to 2000 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. Part 4 can be found here. Part 5 can be found here. Ah, the … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part V

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 5: 1994 to 1996 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. Part 4 can be found here. For many, this is the “Golden Age” of … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part IV

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 4: 1992 to 1993 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. To paraphrase Posdnous of De La Soul, F*ck being hard, hip hop history’s complicated. –In … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part III

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 3: 1989 to 1991 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. We’re really just going along with the steady growth of the musical form here. But things are beginning to split … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part II

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 2: 1983 to 1988 Part 1 can be found here. Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1) by Run-DMC (1983). It is hard to overestimate the impact of this trio from Queens on the genre. We’ll talk about how they … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part I

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

{I’m speaking on the history of hip hop at HSPVA in a few weeks; in preparation for that, m and I are working on some playlists. This is the first in a series of posts meant to be listening guides … Continue reading →

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