January 16, 2014

The Rub "Hip-Hop History" (1993-1995, Mixes)


Cosmo Baker, DJ Ayres, and DJ Eleven of The Rub now present their history of hip-hop series on BrooklynRadio! After a tour of the 80s, the crew dug into the genre as it became a pop culture phenomenon in the 90s. Starting with the jazzy samples of the Native Tongues movement in the early part of the decade, with groups like A Tribe Called Quest and the Jungle Brothers, the series moves into the gangster pop of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry. Theres plenty of Biggie, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, club classics, forgotten singles, the start of the indie era with Rawkus, and flavors from different parts of the country as the genre expanded to the South... (Updated in 2019: some original links I'd posted were removed by their respective streaming sites, so I had to update and consolidate a bunch of posts, but with new info and links, you can still enjoy this timeless music, presented by The Rub. This is Hip-Hop History). Here's 1993, 1994 and 1995 below...