N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton Album Anniversary
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Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Album Anniversary
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Friday Movie Soundtrack Anniversary
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Yo-Yo's Make Way for the Motherlode Album Anniversary
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Ice Cube's Album Anniversary
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Ice Cube's Death Certificate Album Anniversary
Actor and rapper Ice Cube was born in South Central Los Angeles in 1969. With fellow rappers Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Yella and MC Ren, he rocketed to fame in the late 1980s as a member of the hard-hitting gangsta rap group, N.W.A. After breaking off on his own in '89, Cube has put together a successful recording and acting career, having appeared in the films Friday (1995), Barbershop (2002) and Are We There Yet?
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Westside Connection's Bow Down Album Anniversary
In 1995, Cube joined Mack 10 and WC in forming a side trio, the Westside Connection. Feeling neglected by East Coast media, a longstanding issue in rap's bicoastal rivalry, the group aimed to reinforce West pride and resonate with the undervalued. The Westside Connection's first album, Bow Down (1996), featured tracks like "Bow Down" and "Gangstas Make the World Go 'Round" that reflected the group's objectives. The album was certified Platinum by year's end.
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Hip Hop's Biggest Fan's Cappadonna Interview + Self Reflection
One thing there’s no shortage of on social media is hip hop accounts. Enter Hip Hop’s biggest fan - his YouTube channel ain’t just for anybody. But it is for “hoodlums, hooligans, knuckleheads, players and pimps, slayers and simps, hoes and freaks, nerds and geeks, strippers and tippers, thugs and gorillas, soldiers and kings, goddesses and queens…!”
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PART 4 - Rap, Race & Riots (How the Rodney King Verdict Changed Hip Hop)
If there’s anyone that ever wants to understand the state of mind of those during a revolt such as the one witnessed in LA some 23 years ago, ’The Predator’ may be the best depiction. The anger is evident, as is the cry for help. Neglect of entire city neighborhoods creates the attitude in which Cube posses throughout the album.
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PART 3 - Rap, Race & Riots (How the Rodney King Verdict Changed Hip Hop)
For years before the Rodney King beating, hip hop had been talking about the way young black males were being mistreated by the police departments in their neighborhoods. With the exception of the fans of the art, and those living in those communities, their cries were widely ignored. The most well known track about the relationship, N.W.A.’s “Fuck The Police”, got the attention of the federal government who would send a cease and desist letter to the groups' record label. The news of this only made the group more popular, and to make matters worse, their music was becoming more and more popular in the suburbs.
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PART 2 - Rap, Race & Riots (How the Rodney King Verdict Changed Hip Hop)
At the same time another group of citizens headed to the LAPD head quarters downtown. What ensued is something out of movies, officers rallied inside, but were clearly outnumbred. As rocks, and garbage cans begin to fly in the direction of the plated glass windows that extended throughout the exterior of the buildings structure. Residents wanted answers, and if they would not be given, it could gladly be taken in blood.
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The GREATEST Rapper Of All Time Has Not Reached His Prime.
Throughout my years as a hip hop junkie the NEVER ending debate of who was/is the BEST MC has been the topic of discussion. Wheather it was me and Lil Rob (RIP) arguing who’s better between Mobb Deep or 2Pac, the Grandmaster Caz vs. Melle Mel debates of the early 80s, the Rakim or Kane of the late 80s, or who can forget LL and Kool Moe Dee. Some of these fan rivalries resulted in verbal sparring, but more times than not the battle has been soley faught by the followers of a rapper and not the actual artist themselves.
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Top 10 Hip Hop Songs About Hip Hop - #5
Welcome Back and TGIF! Continuing our Countdown of the Top 10 Hip Hop songs about Hip Hop ...our #5 spot comes in from the West Coast
5. N.W.A. - Express Yourself
Cause some don't agree with how I do this
I get straight, meditate like a Buddhist
I'm dropping flavor, my behaviour is heriditary
But my technique is very necessary
It's crazy to see people be
What society wants them to be, but not me
Ruthless is the way to go, They know.
Others say rhymes that fail
To be original.
Or they kill where the hiphop starts,
Forget about the ghetto and rap for the pop charts
Some musicians curse at home
But scared to use profanity when up on the microphone
Yeah, they want reality.
But you won't hear none.
Cause if you wanna start to move up the chart
Then expression is a big part of it.
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