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Chuck D and Bomb Squad leader Hank Shocklee wanted to push the innovation in hip hop instead of follow it and decided one key idea to separate themselves from other hip hop acts was to speed the BPM of the songs. Chuck D said in an interview "Most rap records at the time had a BPM of 98 BPM. Our stuff was around 109." [2] They had experimented ...
"Hard Times" is a rap song written by Jimmy Bralower, J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons, Larry Smith and William Waring originally recorded by Kurtis Blow for his 1980 eponymous debut album. A 1983 cover by rap group Run–D.M.C. was issued as their second single, and is the first track on their eponymous debut album Run–D.M.C. .
"Mass Appeal" is a song by American hip hop group Gang Starr, released on February 8, 1994 as the second single from their fourth studio album Hard to Earn. The song reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #42 on the Billboard R&B chart. [1] It was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. [2]
Run-D.M.C.'s second listed track, "Rock Box" (which was released as the album's third single on April 16, 1984), is credited by music critics for dissolving social and racial boundaries within the music industry between rock music and mainstream hip hop at the time of the album's release.
It became an MTV staple [2] and the song reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind "I Swear" by All-4-One) and No. 8 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. "Regulate" was number 98 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop [ 3 ] and number 108 on Pitchfork Media ' s "Top 200 Tracks of the 90s".
This is probably the most respectful rap song towards women, a lot of rappers can learn a thing or two from your boy Bangs @beaup8312. I come back whenever life gets hard @sarav.2219. Beautiful ...
Gangsta rap has often been associated with the hardcore hip hop style, and gangsta rap is generally considered a subgenre or offshoot of hardcore hip hop. However, not all hardcore hip hop revolves around "gangsta" lyrical themes, despite the considerable overlap between the two genres, especially within hardcore rappers of the 1990s. [2]
Hard to Earn is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Gang Starr. It was released on March 8, 1994, by Chrysalis and EMI Records in North America. The album featured the singles " Dwyck " (featuring Nice & Smooth ), " Mass Appeal " (their first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart), and " Code of the Streets ".