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Early 1980s
- The early 1980s was a vital turning point for hip hop and music production. Synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines became cheaper and more accessible.
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During the mid 1980s and early 1990s, hip hop spread across the country in full force. It brought an era that significantly transformed hip hop culture. This new era became known as “the golden age of hip hop.” Many characterize this turning point by its explosion of diversity, influence, stylistic innovation, and mainstream success.
1982 – Co-written by Duke Bootee and Melle Mel and produced by Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s hit single "The Message" becomes a turning point in the genre. Bootee and Melle Mel’s stark descriptions of poverty signal to fans and critics that hip-hop is capable of more than just party music.
Jul 23, 2015 · By Laure Fourquet. July 23, 2015. PARIS — In the summer of 1985, when some neighborhoods in New York were ruled by gangs, Philippe Fragione, an aspiring hip-hop artist in his teens, was...
Aug 8, 2023 · GRAMMYs. | GRAMMYs / Aug 8, 2023 - 12:23 pm. At its core, hip-hop began as a joyful expression, a grassroots community-organizing method, and an outlet to creatively and freely rebel against the socioeconomic turmoil happening across America in the early '70s.
Aug 11, 2023 · August 11, 202311:23 AM ET. By. Juana Summers. , Kat Lonsdorf. , Patrick Jarenwattananon. , Noah Caldwell. Enlarge this image. Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR. On August 11, 1973, a young innovative...
Jul 18, 2023 · These 50 histories detail hip-hop from countless vantage points: the past forward, and vice versa; the underground upward; the less populated regions outward; the big cities out into the...
Aug 9, 2023 · Those looking for a hip-hop starting point have landed on one, turning this year into a 50th-birthday celebration. Aug. 11, 1973 was the date a young Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc...
