50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1985: "I Can't Live Without My Radio" by LL Cool J
Larry Mizell Jr. revisits 1985 with the track "I Can't Live Without My Radio" by LL Cool J. This young upstart from Queens delivered the seminal anthem for a generation of boombox-lugging, D-battery d...
12 Jul 202315min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2013: "3005" by Childish Gambino
Dusty Henry revisits 2013 with the track "3005" by Childish Gambino (aka the actor, writer, rapper, and all-around wunderkind Donald Glover). His album Because The Internet brought about a larger conv...
5 Jul 202312min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1979: "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang
Larry Mizell Jr. revisits 1979 with the track “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang. It was an obvious choice for this podcast. Upon release, this legendary song received mixed reactions, and we’re giv...
28 Jun 202312min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2020: "Atrevido" by Trueno
It’s a crossover episode with El Sonido: Cancioneros! Albina Cabrera revisits 2020 with the album Atrevido by Trueno, whose influences highlight the larger connection between hip-hop and Latin America...
21 Jun 202312min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2017: DoNormaal on "THIRD DAUGHTER" and Hip-Hop's Accessibility
Dusty Henry revisits 2017 with DoNormaal, a rapper formerly based in Seattle, to look back at her 2017 album THIRD DAUGHTER and explore what it means to truly embrace freedom as an artist. Interview b...
14 Jun 202322min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1991: "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" by Geto Boys
Martin Douglas revisits 1991 with the track “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” by Geto Boys. The rise of Scarface isn’t just a tale about a legendary rapper. It’s also a tale of how he (and so many other rap...
7 Jun 202312min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2015: "The Blacker the Berry" by Kendrick Lamar
Jasmine Albertson revisits 2015 with the track “The Blacker the Berry” by Kendrick Lamar. He raises an alarm for the ongoing discrimination against Black people, both by systemic oppressors and within...
31 Mai 20237min
50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1997: PaRappa the Rapper
Roddy Nikpour talks with Canadian author Mike Sholars about the 1997 Playstation game PaRappa the Rapper, in which a lovesick cartoon dog raps his way through teenage insecurity. It started a dynasty ...
26 Mai 202316min
