The Hip Hop Chronicle UK

Eric B. was born Eric Barrier in 1965 in Elmhurst, Queens.
Eric B. was a hugely influential DJ and beatmaker whose taste for hard-hitting James Brown samples touched off a stampede through the Godfather of Soul’s back catalog that continues up to the present day.
Rakim was born William Griffin, Jr., in 1968. He came from Long [...]

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Nowadays in Hip Hop we have the term a ‘conscious rapper or MC’ but over 20 years ago, a group known as Public Enemy revolutionised conscious Hip Hop forever.

Consisting of the lead MC, Chuck D, partner Flavor Flav and fabolous production from the legendary Bomb Squad, PE became one of the most definitive groups of all time. [...]

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Here is a video from 1996, Biggie Smalls performing at Harlem’s Apollo. He performs Warning and Juicy, Me and My B*tch
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Shouts to DJ SWB & Big Murph

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A fitting tribute to those celebrating Mother’s Day today. This week’s edition of ‘Back In The Day’ is a mother’s day special.
Tupac Shakur - Dear Mama
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Props to nasforum.net for this. This is a special edition of ‘Back In The Day’
We are told this is a rare interivew of Tupac Shakur from The Death Row Studios in 1995
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Imagine what Tupac would say over the Sean Bell verdict!

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To celebrate Foxy Brown’s release from jail and for all the Foxy Brown fans of the site, we dedicate this week’s ‘Back In The Day’ to Foxy and her smash ‘I’ll Be ft Jay-Z’
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekSuZ1Xi738]
Leave your comments for Foxy below. We should hopefully hearing from Foxy soon.
Welcome Back Foxy

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Big Daddy Kane (real name: Antonio Hardy) a rapper from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn was influencial in helping both Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls. Kane was part of the Juice Crew.

Kane has worked with artists like Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Big L, Patti Le Belle, Public Enemy and Barry White. 
His debut album ‘Long Live Kane’, which ‘Aint No Half Steppin’ is from was [...]

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This brings back memories. 1994 was a good year for Hip-Hop music.
Warren G and Nate Dogg Regulating.
Trivia for y’all, hes Dr.Dre’s Step-Brother.
Big props to ‘The Godfather’.  He will be bringing you knowlege in the near future.
So keep it locked to ‘The Hip-Hop Chronicle’
Regulate
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=6x5Olen_1co]
B-Side
I Shot The Sherriff
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=41gvI3XH_zI]

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Classic track.
Public Enemy and BDP (after Scott La Rock’s Death) headed consious rap in the 80’s.
This was and still is a classic track.
Chuck D and Flavor Flav = Public Enemy
Fight The Power
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=CuTi9UZtPbw]
Props to ‘Best Friend’
We da Best!

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In the second part of our ‘Back In The Day’ series, we go all the way back to 1982 with Afrika Bambaataa’s ’Planet Rock’. 
This song is considered extremely influencial to the hip-hop genre. It was the first hip-hop record to use a drum machine and it’s influence can be heard in hip-hop styles like G-Funk.
It was also a [...]

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The Hip-Hop Chronicle every sunday will be taking viewers back in the day to classic tracks.
The first in the series will be more recent (P Diddy - I Need A Girl Part 2).
Keep it locked to ‘The Hip-Hop Chronicle’ where you’ll get real hip-hop journalism.
P DIDDY - I NEED A GIRL PART 2
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=3QvrM8HCnrQ]
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