The Message was the hip hop Sign Of The Times. Who made the best use of the sample?
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The radicalism of Nina Simone lives on in hip hop.
Method man and Redman create one of the most memorable albums of 1999.
Kendrick sampled a jazz classic to tell the story of a Good Kid growing up in Compton.
ATLiens was more than an album. It was an invasion.
Videos of KRS-One in the studio keep popping up on Youtube. What does this mean?
Murs and The Grouch deliver Thees Handz with new visual
Styles P got us all high with this obscure sample from the 70’s.
The city of Carson showed mad love to Reason & Ab-Soul while they shot the video for Flick It Up
MBDTF was released 9 years ago this month. Let’s take a look back at West’s Magnum Opus.
Styles P new album ‘Presence’ may be the most slept on this year.
Smif-N-Wessun turned a hardcore track into a smooth radio friendly single without compromising lyrics or flow
Check out the original samples from Black Sheep’s Similak Child!
If you like hardcore headbangers with a lot of funk and a dose of humor Redman is your guy.
Check out the video for Gang Starr’s new song ‘Bad Name’ .
Too Short gave us two bangers with the release of Born To Mack.
The D.O.C. and Dr. Dre sampled a legendary group for the hit single It’s Funky Enough.
Dr. Dre shut down his naysayers and ushered in a whole new era with the release of ‘The Chronic’.
Stalley’s project Reflection of Self: The Head- Trip comes out this Friday.
The Beastie Boys paved the way for MCs like Eminem with the release of Licensed To Ill.
Down Bad is the next single from Revenge of the Dreamers 3. Check out the visual.
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Digable Planets broke down barriers with the release of Rebirth of Slick.
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DJ Premier does it again with Rite Where You Stand featuring Jadakiss.
The Production on EPMD’s You’re A Customer is the epitome of creativity. Read and you’ll see why.
Wale released the visual for BGM just in time for his album release. Check it out
DJ Quik made a hot summer even hotter with Quik Is The Name
The Fugees used more than one sample for their hit single Ready Or Not. Can you name both?
A Tribe Called Quest ushered in a new era when they released this iconic album.
Every now and again someone comes and reminds you why you love hip hop. Murs is on the list of MCs who have done that for me this year.
This Ski Beats produced track is a no brainer for this week’s Saturday Sample Sessions.
You probably wouldn’t expect a song by Eric B & Rakim to use an Al Green sample. But that’s the beauty of hip hop.
Check out the new single from the upcoming Gang Starr album featuring J. Cole
Ice-T was making gangster rap before “gangster rap” was a thing. His song 6 ‘N The Morning defined the genre.
Redman has been flying under the radar for awhile. But over the weeekend he released a new visual. Should we expect a new album?
Lets take a look at a song from the Geto Boys ‘Grip it! On That Other Level’ album and listen to the original work it was sampled from.