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Old School Hip Hop
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Melle Mel
"The song "The Message" from 1982 is a masterpiece and is arguably the first rap song that incorporates an element of social criticism. The group, with its rapper Melle Mel, would go on to influence the socially conscious music that was created in the Golden Age of Hip Hop." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrfO6kW8EIs -
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The Golden Age of Hip Hop
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LL Cool J
the Golden Age of Hip Hop: Def Jam Records.
Def Jam Records was founded by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
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Gangsta Rap
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Mainstream Hip Hop
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East Coast vs. West Coast
It was a conflict between two cities, New York and Los Angeles, two record companies, the East Coast based Death Row Records and the West Coast based Bad Boy Records, but most of it all, it was a battle between two of the most important rappers of all time: 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. -
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2Pac
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The Notorious B.I.G
A year after, The Notorious B.I.G. was killed in a drive-by shooting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JZom_gVfuw -
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New Millennium Rap
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Eminem White Rapper
Eminem is not the first white solo artist to achieve mainstream 10
success in the genre, a rapper like Vanilla Ice sold millions of records in
the 1990s, but he was not respected in the hip hop community. Eminem
has achieved both success and respect, and he has renewed the genre with
his postmodern play with personas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdcCD5V-d8