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Hip Hop Evolution

Season 1

4 episodes · Sep 5, 2016

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  • The Foundation
    S1E1

    The Foundation

    Sep 5, 201648m

    Bronx-based DJs set Hip-Hop's sonic foundations. MCs, inspired by African American oral traditions, create the modern template for rap music, culminating with the emergence of Hip-Hop's first crew, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

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  • From The Underground to The Mainstream
    S1E2

    From The Underground to The Mainstream

    Sep 12, 201646m

    Hip-Hop crews in the Bronx and Harlem begin to form around the DJs, but these pioneering groups never record any music. It would take R&B veterans to see the genre’s commercial potential and create Hip-Hop's first hit, "Rapper's Delight."

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  • The New Guard
    S1E3

    The New Guard

    Sep 19, 201649m

    Run-DMC ushers in a new era of Hip-Hop. Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin build Hip-Hop's first empire, Def Jam. An unknown producer finds a new way to make beats and launches Hip-Hop's Golden Age, culminating in the epic fury of Public Enemy.

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  • The Birth of Gangsta Rap
    S1E4

    The Birth of Gangsta Rap

    Sep 26, 201646m

    Ice-T uses Hip-Hop to reflect the violence of Los Angeles and inspires a new form of Hip-Hop: Gangsta Rap. N.W.A’s first album, Straight Outta Compton, shocks America. After the LA Rebellion, Dr. Dre makes The Chronic, and creates Hip-Hop’s first hardcore pop record

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