@NewYork @FIFTY950 both of you real as hell

First memory with hip hop,
Was when I was bout 3-4 years old and my older cousin put on “hypnotize” by Biggie on his stereo for me. And I started to dance, presumably like a dumb little kid would. He proceeded to turn off the music and say “nah, that’s not how you dance to this” I remember being sad af after that.

Damn sooooo fire that you got a memory that early with hip hop

Cousin mean asf for that though

Favorite first day out songs?

okayplayer.com/hip-hop-birthday-kool-herc

S/o @sentient_sherm_bag

Super classic

npr.org/2023/08/10/1192466118/hip-hop-50-los-angeles

Does anyone have any other articles like this that they really liked besides the 50 for 50 NYT and okayplayer ones?

I know, I know when it comes to the corporate side of the celebration being annoying at best and a sign of a larger problem at worst but this shook me when I saw it yesterday

Also that don't really look like Keef

daily.bandcamp.com/best-hip-hop/the-best-hip-hop-on-bandcamp-july-2023?utm_source=notification

Houston-based B L A C K I E is a musical force of nature who dwells in a self-created sonic world that melds together distortion-embossed noise, punk, electro, and hip-hop influences. “People, the ones that did me wrong/ People, the ones for whom I write these songs,” hollers the artist in MC mode on the punchy “still got love,” a curt introductory blast that heralds a distilled project that brims with motivational mantras and pockets of lyrical catharsis set to abrasive production. “Forget what’s hurting/ Remember your purpose/ Remember your purpose,” implores the hoarse-voiced MC over the growling bass tones that fire the penultimate cut, “born inside excrement,” before defiantly rallying against “these devils trying to put me in my place—there’s no way I can fit.”

Houston legend getting some love

This gotta get stickied again c'mon

@sab @safe Can this get a sticky?

REAL

@FIFTY950 you real for showing this thread so much love

I'm so glad I met these guys before they disbanded

Saw them at some ragged festival set early on but skipped the full fledged show when they were on their own tour because of some homework...I f***ed up so bad

hip-hop unironically saved my life im showing love wherever i can

Real as can be

Here's an old bootleg of Grand Wizzard Theodore DJing in 1977

ktt2.com/bootleg-of-grand-wizzard-theodore-inventing-turntable-scratching-in-32556198

Thanks for putting me on @simulacrum

Real hip hop