Recorded on February 28, 2016. Episode 320: Straight Outta Compton The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip-Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. Music by The Melvins and Nina Gordon Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, and …
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Episode 275: Hip Hop Family Tree
Recorded on April 6, 2014. Episode 275: Hip Hop Family Tree This encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop captures the vivid personalities and magnetic performances of old-school pioneers and early stars like DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, plus the charismatic players behind the scenes like Russell Simmons; …