Genre: Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop is dead. We've reached the point where we realized why it's dead, who killed it, and how much it meant to a generation that was lost and needed to express the pain of not having anything and loosing it all. Revelation! But good comes out of eveen the worst case scenarios, we've found that God has givin us the ability to ressurect what we... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
BIGGCHAC IS A MEXICAN SOLO HIP HOP ARTIST SETTING FLAMES WHERE-EVR HE STEPS!!!!!!!!!!
Genre: Hip-Hop
I haven't eaten in years. I'm hungry people. I'm the 215 lyrical assassin known as CZR short for CRIMINAL ZOO **** with RHINO strength.
Feel me!
Genre: Hip-Hop
AMU
Amu started rapping at a tender age inspired by his father who bought him a Hip Hop album in the early eighties while living in the United States. Upon his return to Soweto where he was born, Amu found it very difficult to exercise his love for Hip Hop, being a foreign artform his friends thought it to be rubbish. But...
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Genre: Hip-Hop
Willard Tyler Moulton, otherwise known as Twyll The ChyllTyrant, is the contributor to a generation gap known as freedom. He is the mastermind of many talents. Having a background in rap, poetry, and writing of all sorts, he is unafraid of any element or obstacle. The importance of literature as a creative medium was never lost on him, even... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Constituents/Collective/Collaboration: An ever-expanding Music based Network of Musicians, Artists, Producers, Performers, NO LIMITATIONS. Constituents will always be more than the sum of its individual members. I acknowledge that although it was my original concept, i am merely the administrator of some of the ideas involved. I remain confident... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
More than any other rapper, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions as well as the party vibes of old-school rap. Instead, Dre pioneered gangsta rap and his own variation of the sound, G-funk. BDP's early albums were hardcore but cautionary tales of the... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
The original Tennessean don dada” Eddie Meeks is a
true veteran of the music industry. Eddie Meeks who
makes up one-third of the Atlanta based super group
Prophetix has been releasing records for almost 10 years
and still going strong. Eddie Meeks who is originally from
Memphis, Tenn. got his start in the mid-90’s with...
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Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
On the surface, the sample-reliant productions and monotone rapping styles of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith had little to recommend them, but the duo's recordings as EPMD were among the best in hip-hop's underground during the late '80s and early '90s. Over the course of four albums (from the 1988 classic Strictly Business to 1992's Business... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
One-half of the legendary hip-hop duo EPMD, Erick Sermon was also among the genre's most prominent producers, deservedly earning the alias "Funklord" with his trademark raw, bass-heavy grooves. Born in Bayshore, NY, on November 25, 1968, Sermon -- aka E Double, the Green-Eyed Bandit, and MC Grand Royal -- teamed with rapper Parrish Smith in 1986... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s
Relatively minor stars in the Wu-Tang constellation, GP Wu released their debut, Don't Go Against the Grain, in 1998. That album was produced by Daddy O from Stetsasonic and Hank Shocklee of Bomb Squad and Public Enemy fame, making the Wu-Tang connection even more tenuous. However, as Wu-Tang Clan historians will undoubtedly know, the four GP Wu... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
When you think of Hawaii, what comes to mind? It could be everything from the beautiful beaches, crystal clear water, cool breeze, coconut trees, and everything that comes along with the island culture. Now, imagine a mix of Hawaii and the genre of hip hop. It seems somewhat ironic. I.A., a Hawaiian based rapper opposes the thought. Born Jordan... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Ice-T (born Tracy Morrow) has proven to be one of hip-hop's most articulate and intelligent stars, as well as one of its most frustrating. At his best, the rapper has written some of the best portraits of ghetto life and gangsters, as well as some of the best social commentary hip-hop has produced. Just as often, he can slip into sexism and... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
KRS-One (born Kris Parker) was the leader of Boogie Down Productions, one of the most influential hardcore hip-hop outfits of the '80s. At the height of his career -- roughly 1987-1990 -- KRS-One was known for his furiously political and socially conscious raps, which is the source of his nickname, "The Teacher." Around the time of 1990's... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Making sure the parental advisory sticker will never become obsolete, Lord Finesse broke into the rap game as yet another hardcore rapper. After gaining a following in his native New York, Finesse cut Funky Technician, an excellent debut for Wild Pitch Records. He then signed a management deal with Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate Management and recorded... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Initially regarded as one of hip-hop's most promising newcomers in the late '90s, Mos Def expanded his reach in the years to come, establishing himself as a serious actor and also making a bid to reshape the rap-rock genre. His artistic career began in the late '80s as a television actor, a profession he began directly out of high school. By the... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s
N.W.A, the unapologetically violent and sexist pioneers of gangsta rap, are in many ways the most notorious group in the history of rap. Emerging in the late '80s, when Public Enemy had rewritten the rules of hardcore rap by proving that it could be intelligent, revolutionary, and socially aware, N.W.A capitalized on PE's sonic breakthroughs... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Newkleus is a 23-year old MC from Carey, Ohio. He has been writing rhymes and laying down tracks since the age of 14. In July 2007, he released his mixtape "The 11-Year Old Boy in the Trunk of My Car". He is currently unsigned and will release an full-length album in Summer 2008, titled "Fungus Trunkus".
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap group of the late '80s and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time. Building from Run-D.M.C.'s street-oriented beats and Boogie Down Productions' proto-gangsta rhyming, Public Enemy pioneered a variation of hardcore rap that was musically and... [+] Read More
Genre: Gospel/ Spiritual
The Christian Version of Weird Al Yonkovic combined with Naturally 7
100% Solo performed 100% Vocally produced Hip Hop Music. Music/Songs produced without the aid of musical instuments, Electronic equipment, samplers, loopers, or nothin like that. Takin songs of the world and given em a gospel makeover.