Hip Hop Evolution

Season 1

2016 · 4 episodes · 3h 9m in all · 3.6/10

Episodes

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   1. The Foundation

   5 Sept 2016 · 48 min · 3.0/10

   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.

2. 

   2. From The Underground to The Mainstream

   12 Sept 2016 · 46 min · 3.5/10

   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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   3. The New Guard

   19 Sept 2016 · 49 min · 3.5/10

   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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   4. The Birth of Gangsta Rap

   26 Sept 2016 · 46 min · 4.5/10

   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