On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the ...
Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...
The Telepathy Tapes is a series which explores claims that certain non-verbal autistic children can read minds. The podcast is presented by documentary maker Ky Dickens, who says she is a ...
Hip-hop's inception came from house parties hosted in the Bronx in the1970s. As hip-hop has evolved with several sub-genres like gangsta rap, conscious rap, trap, and many more, there's no ...
After all, he co-founded the vinyl-focused label Third Man Records and under it has released several of his albums on not only vinyl but also cassette. As have the likes of Taylor Swift and Phoebe ...
Mr Loh’s love for this vintage form of music player started when his 20-year-old girlfriend gave him a portable cassette tape player and a "mix tape" of some of their favourite songs in 2023.
While I have no intention of actually watching them — oy, the embarrassment — I recently received the original tapes from my parents and felt like they were worth preserving in a more enduring ...
2024 has been filled with hip-hop highlights. While the culture experiences celebratory moments, the rap world has also been shaken multiple times due to the deaths of members of the hip-hop ...
“It was a Sunday afternoon, and the soccer was on TV, and George disappeared upstairs [where] he had a little Fostex four-track recording studio, which used a cassette tape to record four tracks ont ...