Rap Music

The Stories behind 36 immortal Rap Albums

The Stories behind 36 immortal Rap Albums

Released in 2007, the book Check the Technique – Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies is “an updated and hugely expanded edition of the underground classic Rakim Told Me” by Brian Coleman.
It contains “The stories behind 36 immortal rap albums, straight from the original artists” including:

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Kanye West is Back Recording a New Album

Kanye West is Back Recording a New Album

Kanye West has had an eventful few months but he’s back in the studio making rhymes for an upcoming new album.

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MuchMusic Rap and Hip-Hop Ringtones

MuchMusic Rap and Hip-Hop Ringtones

Similar to Thumbplay, MuchMusic is another place to get rap ringtones for your cell phone.

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Top 10 New Rap Ringtones from ThumbPlay

Top 10 New Rap Ringtones from ThumbPlay

Live Your Life by T.I featuring Rihanna takes the top spot this month in the Top 10 Rap Ringtones Chart at ThumbPlay.

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The Grime and Glory of the Hip-Hop Generation

The Grime and Glory of the Hip-Hop Generation

All rappers to have a good understanding about the history of rap and the roots of hip-hop. To help shape the future, it is useful to know where you came from and how it all started.

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Did President Obama learn public speaking from rap music?

It has been suggested that United State’s President, Barak Obama, could have learned public speaking by listening to rap music.

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How to Roll Your Own Beats From Scratch – The Easy Way

How to Roll Your Own Beats From Scratch – The Easy Way
By Sammy “JMZ” Jamz
A lot of beginning rap producers think that making hip hop beats is all about having the right equipment or samples. The fact of the matter is that some of the greatest beats of all time have been made with [...]

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NerdRap: Mac Vs. PC, The Rap Song

Hell yeah nerdrap is here to stay (unfortunately).
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After some geek (read: Weird Al Yankovich) put out some songs with Linux and MS Dos in them instead of chicks and billions of 100 dollar bills, nerdrap took off.
And I mean like…really took off.
This is what it lead to:

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Old School Rap Music – Nostalgia Trip

So I bought myself a copy of “Old School Rap, Vol 1-4” and I’ve been nostalgia tripping ever since.
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One of the best purchases I made in some time. A selection of some of the best songs from the Old School era, the 80s. This was the time when rappers were not everywhere, when hip hop [...]

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Blast From the Past: Rappers' Delight

[ad]I’m not sure what age group/demographic the readers of this blog fall into (maybe I’ll put up a poll sometime), but from what I gather, it has to be people who are young (like me – I’m 21 btw), and many aren’t really aware of hip hop’s true roots.
So here’s a song from 1979 that [...]

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