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Hip Hop
A – Hip Hop Pioneers
1- the Four Pillars – DJ-ing, Rapping, Tagging, Break Dancing
2 – The Three DJs – Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grand Master Flash
3- Hip Hop Influences – Coke La Rock, Gil Scott-Heron, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Pete Jones, Eddie Cheeba, Bobby Robinson, Brick,
B – Old School Hip Hop
1 – The First “Wave” – Sugarhill Gang, Fatback, Funky Four Plus One, Kurtis Blow, the Sequence, Spoonie Gee, Treacherous Three, Sugarhill Records,
2- Planet Rock/Electro Hip-Hop – Furious Five, Soul Sonic Force, Cosmic Force, the Zulu Nation, Warp 9, Tom Tom Club, Newcleus, Mann Parish, Steinski, Double Dee, Art of Noise, Herbie Hancock
3 – Mid-80s Crossover – Otherwise known as “new School” – Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Grand Master Flash & Melle Mel, Crash Crew, Fresh Three MCs, Blondie, Kevie Kev, Lovebug Starski, Davy DMX, Whodini, UTFO, Dougie Fresh, LL Cool J, Juice Crew
C – The Golden Age of Hip Hop
Golden Age of Hip Hop – Run D.M.C., LL Cool J, Marley Marl, Tommy Boy Records, Prism Records, Profile Records, Def Jam, Six Elements of Hip Hop, Consciousness Rap,
1 – East Coast – Eric B & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS-1, Public Enemy album “Fear of a Black Planet”, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Juice Crew, Ultramagnetic MCs, Slick Rick, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, Jungle Brothers, Russel Simmons, Rick Rubin
2 – West Coast – N.W.A., Ice-T, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, Easy-E, DJ Yella, Cypress Hill, B-Real, DJ Muggs, Geto Boys,
3 – Gangsta Rap – Schoolly Dee, Ice-T, Geto Boys, Cypress Hill, Body Count’s song “Cop Killer”.
D – Mainstream Hip Hop
1 – Mainstream Hip Hop – Tone Loc, Young MC, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice,
2 – G-Funk – Dr. Dre “The Chronic”, Snoop Dog’s Doggy Style”, Aftermath Records
3 -East Coast vs West Coast Rivalry – Tupac Shakur,Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy (P-Diddy), Nas, Bad Boy Records, Roc-A-Fella Records, Deathrow Records
4 – East Coast 90s Hip Hop – Wu-Tang Clan, The Fugees, Arrested Development, Digable Planets, Masta Ace, Native Tongues, Brand Nubian, Organized Konfusion, Ignacio Bernal Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, O.C.
a – Wu-Tang Affiliates – RZA, Raekwon, GZA, Ghostface Killah. O’l Dirty Bastard
b – Native Tongues – Daisy Age – DeLa Soul, Prince Paul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, 3rd Bass, Main Source, Black Sheep & KMD, Q-Tip
c – Atlanta & Florida – Arrested Development, Goodie Mobs, OutKast, 2 Live Crew
5 -Other West Coast – Freestyle Fellowship, Pharcyde, Solesides (DJ Shadow, Blackalicious), Jurassic 5, Ugly Duckling, People Under the Stairs, the Alkaholiks, Souls Mischief. House of Pain, Everlast
6 – Dirty South – Geto Boys, UGK, Scarface,
7 – Midwest Scene – Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Tech N9ne, Twista, Master P, No Limit
8 – Dee Jays – DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Buckwild, Large Professor, Diamond D, Master P
E – Millennial Hip Hop
Millennial Hip Hop – Eminem, 50 Cent, Nelly, Busta Rhymes
1 – Eminem, 50 Cent, Nelly, Busta Rhymes.
2 – Alternative Hip Hop -OutKast, Kanye West, MIA, The Roots, Dilated Peoples, Gnarls Barkley, Mos Def, Busta Rhymes, Aesop Rock J, Project Pat, Lord Infamous and Gansta Boo
3 – Crunk – Memphis’s Three Six Mafia. DJ Paul, Juicy, Atlanta’s Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz “Get Low”, Ying Yang Twins, Young Buck, White Dawg, Bone Crusher, Lil Scrappy, Trillville, Youngbloodz, Pastor Troy & Mississippi’s David Banner
a – Crunk & B – A mix of Crunk & Contemporary R&B. Lil Jon with Usher “Yeah!” and with Ciara “Goodies”, Crime Mob, Houston, Chris Brown, Cherish
b – Snap Music – D4L’s “Laffy Taffy”, Dem Franchize Boys “Lean In to It”, Cherish “Do It To It”, Lil Jon’s “Snap Yo Fingers”, “It’s Goin’ Down” by Yung Joc, Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em, One Chance.
4 – Glitch Hop – 80s pop, Indian ragas, eclectic jazz and west coast hip-hop. Push Button Objects, Prefuse 73, Dabrye, Flying Lotus, The Glitch Mob and Hudson Mohawke. David Tipper, KOAN Sound, Pegboard Nerds, Pretty Lights, GRIZ, Mr. Bill, Hefe Heetroc, Opiuo, Jersus.
Wonky Music – Purple Sound – Aqua Crunk – Rustie, Joker, Hudson Mohawke, Zomboy, Flying Lotus.
5 – World Hip-Hop – Latin Hip Hop – Big Pun, Fat Joe, Angie Martinez, Cypress Hill, Contorl Machete