Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ 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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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ 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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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ 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 Hopâs[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #1 documents Hip Hopâs birth on wax and its formative years, 1979-1983, from[…]
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Classic Material is back! In celebration of Hip Hopâs 50th year, weâve teamed up with the crate diggers’ journal Wax Poetics to present our series of chronogically themed Hip Hop history mixtapes with updated artwork, new additions to the series and much more! Edition #1 can be found on the Wax Poetics Soundcloud now.[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “This month marks the 25th Anniversary of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth’s 2nd (and final) full length LP ‘The Main Ingredient’. Following in the footsteps of 1992’s Mecca and the Soul Brother, the album comprises tracks built from densely layered samples, frequently previously un-sampled jazz fusion cuts mixed[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “This weekend marked the 25th Anniversary of Common’s classic sophomore LP ‘Resurrection’. The follow up to his 1992 debut ‘Can I Borrow a Dollar?’, the album is produced almost entirely by No I.D., with contributions from Ynot. With a heavy reliance on jazz, samples on the LP come from the[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “April 19th 1994 saw the release of one of what would go on to be recognised as one of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time, Nas’s seminal debut, ‘Illmatic’. Following much talked about appearances on Main Source’s ‘Live at the Barbecue’, MC Serch’s ‘Back to the Grill’, and[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “On March 3rd 1989, De La Soul released their critically acclaimed debut album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ and Hip Hop music changed forever. Released on Tommy Boy Records, the same label that had been instrumental in the evolution of early Hip Hop with releases including Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock,[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Released October 19th 1993, Black Moon’s classic debut LP ‘Enta Da Stage’ celebrates its 25th Anniversary this week. Produced entirely by Da Beatminerz, the album’s production style epitomises early 90s East Coast boom bap sonics with laid back, filtered jazz-funk samples meeting crunchy drums, cut choruses and gritty wordplay.[…]
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