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This page indexes the individual year in hip hop music pages. 1970s. 1979 in hip hop music; 1980s. 1980 in hip hop music; 1981 in hip hop music; 1982 in hip hop music
0–9. 1979 in hip-hop; 1980 in hip-hop; 1981 in hip-hop; 1982 in hip-hop; 1983 in hip-hop; 1984 in hip-hop; 1985 in hip-hop; 1986 in hip-hop; 1987 in hip-hop; 1988 in hip-hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (formerly known as disco rap) [7] [8] is a genre of popular music that emerged in the early 1970s in New York City. The genre is characterized by stylized rhythmic sounds—often built around disco grooves, electronic drum beats, and rapping, a percussive vocal delivery of rhymed poetic speech as consciousness-raising ...
As hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 11, The Times looks back at the artists, songs and innovations that changed the course of popular culture.
A key part of recorded hip-hop’s early years of relying heavily on session musicians for backing tracks, bassist Larry Smith played on early ‘80s classics including “The Breaks.”
The term golden age hip hop frames the late 1980s in mainstream hip hop, [20] said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence, [21] and associated with Public Enemy, KRS-One and his Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MCs, [22] [23] De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers [24 ...
Jay-Z, Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest and Black Star all dropped albums on this seminal day in hip-hop history. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) ... 50 years ago on Aug. 11 ...
Hip-hop music by year (49 P) 0–9. 20th century in hip-hop music (3 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "History of hip-hop" The following 22 pages are in this category ...