Old School Rap

Wild Style: 25th Anniversary Edition

For those craving the true roots of rap, Wild Style (1982) captured the hard core South Bronx scene at its birth. The stars of Wild Style form the pantheon of hip hop s pioneers: DJ s Grand Master Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, D.St.; rappers Grand Master Caz and The Cold Crush Bros, The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Double …

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To The 5 Boroughs

The hiatus is back off, again, for the Beastie Boys, and music lovers will bob their heads with insuppressible glee. With its Nice & Smooth impersonations and shout outs to Brooklyn’s Albee Square Mall, To the 5 Boroughs, their first album in six years, harkens the return of the trio to the city that made them who they …

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G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time)

Almost from the start of his career, LL Cool J has simultaneously been kicking rough rhymes to get respect from the hardrocks, and when they’re looking the other way trying to sweet-talk their honeys. He’s still doin’ it. Whether he’s doin’ it well depends on whether you like mainstream rap: LL is a man of these times, and …

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