D-Nice – (Bronx #21)

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“Think realistically, not egotistically It’s suicide if you even think of dissing me ‘Cause if you try, I’m a make you wait To learn the reason I’m the 808, but just call me D-Nice” Derrick Jones is dope, Photographer, Beatbox (Breath Control), DJ, Producer; he even brought us Kid Rock! But here we focus on…

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Top 10 Native Tongues Collaborations

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I love the Native Tongues posse, they are ranked #2 in the Greatest Hip Hop Crews and helped usher in the Silver Era of Hip Hop “Black medallions, no gold” When they got together on a track it was always magic, so what I wanted…

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Podcast: Hip Hop Roundtable II

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    Hip Hop Roundtable Part II! The continuation of the conversation with @12Kyle and @RashanJamal PART ONE HERE The three of us discuss Golden, Silver, and BronzeHip Hop music including: Self Destruction Flavor in your ear remix Big and Jay-Z Redman and the Def…

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#49 Act a Fool – (King Tee)

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Counting down the 50 greatest Hip Hop story rhymes of the Golden and Silver era   Song: Act a Fool Album: Act a Fool Year: 1988 Producer: DJ Pooh “It’s Friday…

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Smooth B – (Bronx #22)

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“Smooth, I drop jewels like, paraphenalia, I’m infallable, not into failure” This list will have a lot of Rap duos I think, Smooth B one half of Nice & Smooth…

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Podcast: Hip Hop Roundtable I

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    New Encyclopedia Hip Hop Podcast Episode! Today we are freestyling with a Hip Hop “roundtable” if you will, I’m joined by: @12Kyle and @RashanJamal The three of us…

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#50 I Cram To Understand U – (MC Lyte)

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Counting down the 50 greatest Hip Hop story rhymes of the Golden and Silver era Song: I cram to under stand you Album: Lyte as a rock Year: 1988 Producer:…

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Dr. Jekyll – (Bronx #23)

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Most people recognize Dr. Jekyll as Andre Harrell the CEO of Motown records, the founder of Uptown records and the man who “discovered” Puff Daddy But he was also a…

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The Diss: How ya Like Me Now (Kool Moe Dee)

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Kool Moe Dee rocked with The Treacherous Three and had a legendary battle with Busy Bee (If you’re here on this site, you already know this) In 1987 Kool Moe…

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Hip Hop Battles were not Beef

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Back before the days of “Beef” Hip Hop was about Battling, the battle for supremacy, all the emcee wanted to do was rock the party and be considered the best,…

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Greatest Emcee Tournament Finals Rakim v. LL

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There’s been a TON of upsets and interesting advances … It’s come down to these two … The God Emcee and The GOAT Lyricism Longevity Discography Relevance Classic Songs Any…

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10 Hip Hop Questions: The What

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More Hip hop Questions, just some fun trivia … I heard that the last 10 were too hard so I’ve tried to make these easier 1. What legendary emcee was…

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Roxanne Shante

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Roxanne Shante The Queen of Rox Hip Hop Hall of Fame for: Influential contributor/ambassador Group/Crew From: Queens, NY Crew Affiliation: The Juice Crew Debut Album: Bad Sister (1989) Best Song:…

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Peter Gunz – (Bronx #24)

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“New York to the heart, but got love for all Lie and die in the fire, where I learned to ball …” Peter Pankey Sr. One half of the Duo…

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The 15 Greatest Old School #HipHop Dances

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In the golden era of Hip Hop of course you had Breakdancing … Top rockin and the whole bit, but after a while that wasn’t prevalent in the clubs When…

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Posse Cut – Uptown’s Kickin it

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Uptown’s kickin it was one of the first posse cuts I had ever heard, this was 1987 and at first the video was the only way I could hear it;…

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Kid – (Bronx #25)

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Christopher “Kid” Reid Born and Raised in the Bronx; Kid Coolout, bka Kid Former background dancer for Salt N Pepa (As seen in the Shake your thang video) Famous for…

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Greatest Emcee Tournament Brackets #HipHop

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Who is the greatest emcee of all time? We know Rakim is the greatest lyricist … IMO LL Cool J is the greatest Rapper When you put them all together,…

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Top Between the Sheets Samples in #HipHop

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In 1983 The Isley Brothers released “Between the Sheets” it was an immediate hit and eventually went platinum (their first platinum album in the 80s … as they were a…

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Levi 167

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Levi 167 was a part of KRS One’s first group “Scott La Rock & The Celebrity Three” Scott La Rock, KRS ONE, Levi 167, and MC Quality they made “Advance”…

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The Bridge Wars

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The Bridge Wars The Bridge wars was one of the greatest events in the Golden Era of Hip Hop, it sparked multiple classic songs, verses and gave birth to one…

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Top 50 Hip Hop Groups of All Time (24 – 1)

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Continuing on with the Top 50 Hip Hop Groups of all time, this is the final stretch … you’ve seen the bottom 25, and now it’s time to cap it…

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1988 The GREATEST year in Hip Hop Music

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I’ve designated The Golden Era of Hip Hop 1983 – 1988 a 5 year span, thought process is every year a good album or song came out cannot be the…

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Record and Response: Dear Yvette

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Back in 1985 LL Cool J released his debut album “Radio” a Hip Hop Classic, on the first side the third song was “Dear Yvette” The song was about a…

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10 Hip Hop Questions: The Who

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I post a lot of questions on Twitter (@TweetRhymesLife) So I figured why not put a couple on here, testing your Hip Hop Recollection … I’ve seen a lot of…

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Top 15 Beat Box Songs of All Time

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Inspired by the “Top 10 Beat Box Artists” post I did, I wanted to actually shine a light on some of the songs those guys made, The emcee / Beat…

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