I’ve always been a big fan of Hip Hop throughout the years, but like a lot of my ‘jack of all trades’ interests I’ve never had much in-depth knowledge in terms of the history of how the scene really began. I just know what I…
Last post of Hip Hop Week here. If you’ve missed the previous entries you can check out the links at the bottom of this post. I’ve just come out of seeing Straight Outta Compton about 30mins ago, so this is pretty fresh in my mind….
Day 4 of my Hip Hop Week. Check out the links at the bottom of this post if you haven’t read any of the previous posts. One of the things I love about Hip Hop is the culture associated with it. And by that I’m…
Hip Hop Week continues. Welcome to Day 3. If you’ve read my previous posts this week you’ll be aware of my limited hip hop knowledge. That will probably be very clear in this post, where my Top Ten Hip Hop Songs are chosen from a…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s first post of Hip Hop Week, I’ve always had a passion for Hip Hop and Rap but I know I have had some gaping holes in my knowledge. One of those holes has always been Run-DMC. I’ve known about the…
It’s perhaps a bit of a departure from my normal retro topics but I wanted to focus on the subject of Hip Hop for a few posts. The main spur for this is my excitement for the upcoming NWA biopic ‘Straight Outta Compton’ which is…