The Hip Hop Box
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Who knew that "Rapper's Delight" would kick-start the most thorough alteration of pop culture since rock & roll itself? Marking 25 years of commercial hip-hop recording, this four-CD set gathers dozens of key tracks for connoisseurs of every age. In fascinating fashion, it brings together early strains of party rap, gangsta styles, and socially conscious lyrics from a time when they happily coexisted, while showing a convincing grasp of later developments as far afield as Timbaland & Magoo and 50 Cent. (A lack of permissions no doubt accounts for the absence of Eminem, Missy, the Beasties, and Slick Rick.) Ever
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Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
Release date: 20 April 2004
EAN: 0044006958828 UPC: 044006958828
Release date: 20 April 2004
EAN: 0044006958828 UPC: 044006958828
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