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Hip-Hop
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- 1990s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.
The clearest way to understand Hip-Hop is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Public Enemy, Foxy Brown and Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force.
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1990s starting recordings
01Eclipse Atletico Freestyle1998 · Old School Hip-Hop · old school hip hopOpen in new tab 02Vendredi 131998 · Old School Hip-Hop · old school hip hopOpen in new tab 03Brenda’s Got a Baby (radio mix)1992 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 04Playa Playa1994 · Old School Hip-Hop · old school hip hopOpen in new tab 05Tired of Ballin’1996 · Old School Hip-Hop · old school hip hopOpen in new tab 06L’Étranger1997 · Boom Bap · boom bapOpen in new tab 07Changes (a cappella)1998 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 08La Poudre aux yeux1998 · Jazz Rap · jazz rapOpen in new tab 09Rude Boy1999 · Boom Bap · boom bapOpen in new tab 10L’Essence de la quintessence1999 · Boom Bap · boom bapOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
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