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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material #10 (1996)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #10 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop[…]

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#HIPHOP50 Wax Poetics x Classic Material: The Breaks of 1992

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Bonus Mix #2 (Hip House)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This bonus mix rounds off the 1980s portion of our chronology, shining[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megamix #3 (1989)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1989 mixtape,[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megimix #2 (1988)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1988 mixtape,[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks #2 (1987)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks #1 (1979-1986)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, Classic Material has teamed up with iconic crate digger’s journal Wax Poetics to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This companion Breaks series takes the re-cap of[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Bonus Mix #1 (80s Electro)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Bridging the gap between the disco rap of the early 80s and[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megamix #1 (1979-1987)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to the first two mixtapes[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Edition 1 Part 2 (1984-1987)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Part 2 of this first edition in the series documents Hip Hop’s[…]

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