Bonus Episode: Rapture
It was the first #1 song to feature rap. It was the first video played on MTV that featured rap. But it wasn’t from The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Fl...
Bring the Noise, presented by The Space Monkey X Audio Workshop
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Exploring the early days of hip-hop based on the record collection of the host, Rob Lammle
Episode 4: That’s the Joint
After Rapper’s Delight introduced the world to the underground hip-hop scene, more and more record labels began releasing rap singles. Many preferred ...
Episode 3: Rhythm Talk
Tracing a line through rap history is virtually impossible. With so many precursors and proto versions, it’s hard to say definitively what impacted th...
Episode 2: Rapper’s Delight
When the DJ superstars like Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash moved from the house parties to the dance clubs, it left a hole in hip-hop that only an ac...
Episode 1: The Birth of Hip-Hop
New York City in the 1970s was a pretty rough place to live. So in order to escape from the trials and tribulations of The Big Apple, people attended ...