30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 28: Yo, praise me not for being simply what I am

The elephant in the room is that Hip Hop has always had an issue with women. Whether it’s marginalizing early artists like Sha-rock and Roxane Shante or the casual misogynoir that is rampant in rap lyrics to this day, there … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 28: Yo, praise me not for being simply what I am

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 25: Now honeys play me close like butter play toast / From the Mississippi down to the East Coast

What’s good, Hip Hop History community- readers, lurkers, posters, enthusiasts, neophytes, and err’ybody! We took a look through the decades of hip hop history, and now we’re going through the spaces of hip hop history, an integral part of its … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 25: Now honeys play me close like butter play toast / From the Mississippi down to the East Coast

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 22: Haven’t you heard this change of rhyme

Whether it’s an artist who has already made a name for themselves on other songs or hip hop projects, or a rapper who is introducing themselves to a widespread audience, a debut album has a singular significance. Throughout the years … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 22: Haven’t you heard this change of rhyme

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 21: You better shine on ’em baby, you a star

Ok, Hip Hop enthusiasts, community, lurkers, commenters, neophytes..err’ybody. It’s your girl HP over here with an actual pen and pad of paper for this day’s challenge! Everybody went through some things in 2020; it was impossible not to. And here … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 21: You better shine on ’em baby, you a star

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 20: I don’t dance now, I make money moves

Yo yo yo Hip Hop History community! We’re still in the time machine, but we’re getting closer to the present, closer to that half century. The maximalist/backpacker/regional/hip hop takes over the cultural landscape of the late 1990s through the beginning … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 20: I don’t dance now, I make money moves

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 18: Cash Rules Everything Around Me

What’s good, Hip Hop History Month community! One fascinating thing has become very clear very quickly as we work our way through the chronological decades of hip hop history: the development of the genre is far, far from linear. And … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 18: Cash Rules Everything Around Me

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 15: It was a clear black night, a clear white moon

Aww yeah, again and again! Here we are, halfway through the month- we’ve had bars, we’ve had samples, we’ve had DJs, we’ve introduced each other to hip hop, we took a trip around the world, and hopefully we’ve heard some … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 15: It was a clear black night, a clear white moon

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 12: Who but us, to supply ya with the fire

Hello, Hip Hip History Month readers/contributors/community members/interested lurkers! A dozen days, a dozen and more ways to pay tribute to a cultural force that has shaped popular culture around the world for half a damn century! In a way, today … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 12: Who but us, to supply ya with the fire

30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 10: I let my tape rock ’til my tape popped

Here we are, Hip Hop fans, neophytes, and everyone in between- Day 10! I hope you all have been as excited and moved as I’ve been at this challenge thus far. Big up to everyone reading, everyone posting, and everyone … Continue reading 30 Day National Hip Hop History Month Challenge Day 10: I let my tape rock ’til my tape popped

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