A new report examining the wants, wishes, needs, and demands of fans of hip-hop music has revealed a few interesting things. The study, commissioned by the Digital Media Association (DiMa) focused mostly on
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If you look at the touring music industry, the acts that are filling big venues from from rock, pop, and country. Hip-hop artists in general don’t have this ability. Why? B-Real of Cypress
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This year marks 50 years since the birth of hip-hop. BoingBoing directs our attention to this video that highlights the genre’s most iconic samples for everyone one of those 50 years.
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Yesterday was a big day in hip-hop. August 11, 1973, is regarded as the day hip-hop began, marking the 50th anniversary of its birth. It took about 20 years for it to catch
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It’s exceedingly rare to be able to pin down the birth of a music genre to a specific date. With rock, there was no Big Bang; the music evolved and coalesced over many
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Thanks to the way the calendar fell this year–Canada Day on Saturday, American Independence Day today–it’s a bit of news desert. It’ll probably be this way for a day or two yet. Meanwhile,
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For years, rock and pop marched in lockstep in a cycle that ran 12-13 years. When rock was on the ascendent, pop was dropping in popularity. After peaking about six years into the
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Hip-hop has been the driving musical force in culture in many parts of the world for years now. There are, however, signs that its dominance is beginning to weaken. According to The 2022
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Today is my parents 65th wedding anniversary. Yay, mom and dad! I put together this round of music news for August 3, 2022, just for you. Chuck D’s hip-hop documentary Fight the Power
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Relax. It’s supposed to be funny. (Via Boing Boing)
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Yeah, it’s hip-hop causing all the violence in America. When all else fails, blame music. So how are things in the music festival world now that we’re not as afraid of COVID? This
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