classic hip-hop

Fans who are waiting for the July 7 physical release of Jay-Z’s 4:44 album will get three additional tracks in addition to the 10 available on the current Tidal/Sprint exclusive. According to XXL, the CD will feature “Adnis,” “Blue’s Freestyle/We Family,” and the James Blake-assisted “ManyFacedGod.” No I.D. first tipped fans to the extra offerings […]

Faith Evans is keeping the memory of her husband alive. Though her first husband The Notorious B.I.G., has been gone for twenty! years, she’s continuing his musical legacy with a duets collection, The King And I, using his vocals and hers. She’s just dropped a revised version of his classic joint “Ten Crack Commandments” called […]

“Now what you hear is not a test/I’m rapping to the beat…” If you can complete not just this sentence, but the verse before and the rest of the song, then you know the seminal hip-hop classic “Rapper’s Delight,” perhaps the most addictive sing-along song ever recorded. Big Bank Hank, Master Gee and Wonder Mike […]

DJ Spinderella, born Dee Dee Roper, is one of hip-hop’s most enduring pioneers. As the longtime deejay for hip-hop duo Salt N Pepa, Spin has had a front row seat to many of hip-hop’s most historic moments. Her turntable skills have allowed her to travel all over the world, both with the rap duo and […]

LL Cool J’s DJ Cut Creator has been by his side for over two decades. The two met as teenagers in Queens when the hip-hop scene was first blowing up in the late 70’s. While LL, or James Todd Smith, has gone on to a career in films and TV, Cut Creator, born Jay Philpot, […]