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DJ Scott La Rock, whose real name is Scott Sterling, was a talented musician and producer born on March 2, 1962. He is best known for his contributions to the hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions, which was one of the most influential groups in the history of the genre. La Rock played a key role […]
Sex and Violence is the fifth and final album released by hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. The next year, 1993, the group’s lead member, KRS-One, would begin recording under his own name. The track “Build And Destroy” deals with KRS-One’s ideological differences—as a self-proclaimed humanist—with X Clan and its brand of Afrocentrism. Previously, and […]
After being one of the first mainstream hip-hop old-school producers in the late ’80s, Lord Finesse released his third album The Awakening February 20, 1996. The album was heralded for its unique blend of jazz, funk, and hip-hop sounds, drawing inspiration from old-school rap and R&B from the ’70s. The project was a commercial success, […]
Lord Finesse, born on February 19, 1970, is a hip-hop artist from the Bronx, New York. He is best known for his 1990 single Funky Technician, which was released on the Wild Pitch label. He is also the leader of the legendary Diggin In The Crates drew. Finesse has released five solo albums and has […]
Kid Capri, born on February 7, 1967, is a renowned American hip-hop DJ, producer, and rapper. His influence extends across the entire music industry, and he has had a hand in producing some of the biggest hits of the last four decades. Kid Capri has been called the “king of mixtapes” and has earned numerous […]
Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip-hop scene in the Bronx borough of New York City in the early 1990s, he came to prominence upon being discovered by fellow Bronx rapper […]
Uptown Saturday Night is the debut studio album from American hip-hop group Camp Lo, released January 28, 1997, on Profile Records and distributed through Arista Records. The album was largely produced by Ski and spawned the hit single, “Luchini AKA This Is It”. The album peaked at twenty-seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached […]
Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known as Slick Rick, is an English-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence with Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. Their songs “The Show” and “La Di Da Di” are considered early hip-hop classics. “La Di Da Di” is […]
Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), popularly known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American DJ and rapper. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Hip Hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, […]
Planet Rock: The Album is an old-school hip-hop album by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, released in 1986 as a collection of previous singles. The song “Planet Rock” was one of the earliest hits of the hip-hop music genre and remains one of its pioneering recordings. The single’s liner notes include members of Kraftwerk with […]
