
hip-hop
noun
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a style of music typically featuring rap, sample-based production, and pronounced beats
- 1986-05-15 Run-D.M.C. "Hit It Run" [Raising Hell]
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1986-12-01
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
"Renegades of Funk"
[Planet Rock - The Album]
You know we're poppin', sockin', with a side of hip-hop
- 1986-12-08 Salt-n-Pepa "Beauty & The Beat" [Hot, Cool & Vicious]
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hip-hop
adjective
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of or relating to hip-hop music, culture, etc.
-
1984
Man Parrish
"Boogie Down Bronx"
feat.
Freeze Force
[Boogie Down Bronx]
This hip-hop music is here to stay
- 1984 Ice-T "Reckless" feat. Dave Storrs, The Glove [Breakin' Soundtrack]
-
1984
Ice-T
"Reckless"
feat.
Dave Storrs,
The Glove
[Breakin' Soundtrack]
The turntable wizard of the hip-hop scene
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hip-hop
noun
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a subculture originally organized around rapping, DJing, break-dancing, and graffiti in late 1970's New York City
- 1979-08-25 The Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" [Rapper's Delight]
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1980
The Sugarhill Gang
"8th Wonder"
[8th Wonder / Sugar Hill Groove]
I said ah, hip-hop, ah thanks a lot
-
1987-03-03
Boogie Down Productions
"South Bronx"
[Criminal Minded]
Now, way back in the days when hip-hop began
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