In 1985 Doug E Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew dropped the Hip Hop Classic “The Show” (In my opinion the greatest 12″ Single in Hip Hop History) The Show http://eclectikrelaxation.com/Music/TheShow.mp3 The song was an immediate hit, from the Inspector Gadget theme sample to the drum programing, and the voice sample “is it real” in…
Another Hip Hop list similar to the 50 Greatest Hip Hop Groups of all time, this time we are counting down the 50 Greatest Hip Hop albums of the 80s. So these are Hip Hop Albums released from 1980 to 1989. I had my own list completed to put on the site, but much in…
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 first known as Kid Wizard? 2. What Hip Hop emcee co-wrote “Naughty Girl”, “Me Myself and I” , “Baby Boy” among others for Beyonce? 3.…
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 Golden Era and that in changes and shifts in the Hip Hop content so should the era Golden Era – Gold Chains and Sneakers Silver…
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 Box dynamic is one of the cornerstones of early Hip Hop and one of the more raw forms of the music … what I did…
In the 80’s the DJ and the Beatbox were more important than the emcee in Hip Hop, the DJ has now turned into producers and “Mix Tape” crators and the Beatbox has all but been forgotten, I figured I’d make a post to spotlight 10 of the Greatest Beatbox artists in Hip Hop History Special…
Top 15 Beat Box Songs of All Time 
Top 10 Beat Box Artists 
Top 50 Hip Hop Groups of All Time (50 – 25) 
Podcast: EPMD 
Top 50 Hip Hop Albums of the 80’s (50 – 25) 
The Crates: “Truly Yours” (Kool G Rap) 
Top 20 Hip Hop Crews (20 – 11) 
When I fell in love with Hip Hop 
Top 10 Native Tongues Collaborations 
Story Rhymes #50 I Cram To Understand U – (MC Lyte) 
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