What Caught On: Believe it or not, most rap producers hadn’t truly dipped into the classic funk library before Eric Sermon got his hands on the decks. People had sampled soul records before, but ...

The year was 1988. Hip-hop music was really taking shape thanks to big name artists like Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, and LL Cool J. It was a year before the Grammy Awards would hand out the first ...

At that point in time, 1988, rap had a solid foundation as a result of over a decade of groundwork. Additionally, the barriers that acts like Run DMC and the Beastie Boys had recently knocked down ...

Ahead of his performance for CONTROL at Hollywood's Avalon on Friday (June 17) alongside FKi 1st and Gravez, the master rhymer offered up his favorites from '88 below in a #TBT-appropriate playlist. ?

1988 was a colossal year for hip-hop. Soon-to-be-classic albums from Public Enemy, N.W.A., Run-D.M.C, Boogie Down Productions and more solidified the artform birthed from the Bronx as a viable and ...

Will Smith is celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this fall with a new podcast that focuses on the artists that defined 1988 and helped turn the genre into a cultural phenomenon. On "Class of ...

1988: Hip-hop was introduced to the rhythm and rhyme of Big Daddy Kane with the release of his debut album, Long Live The Kane, on Cold Chillin’/ Warner Brothers Records. This album, produced by ...

Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia of NPR's podcast What's Good explain why they think 1988 was a banner year for hip-hop. How Slick Rick And Queen Latifah 'Breathed Life Into Hip-Hop' In 1988 1988 ...

1988 was a colossal year for hip-hop. Soon-to-be-classic albums from Public Enemy, N.W.A., Run-D.M.C, Boogie Down Productions and more solidified the artform birthed from the Bronx as a viable and ...