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Five Songs By Golden Age Female Rappers That You’ve Probably Forgotten

by MJ on Jul 8, 2014 • No Comments

Some female fronted jams from the golden era of hip-hop.

bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Greatest Rap Albums Of All Time (Part 9)

by Popblerd Staff on Nov 23, 2012 • 13 Comments

bLISTerd / hip-hop / Lists! / music / Pop Music

It’s all about the Wu as we close in on the top 10 of our rap list. Where do hit albums by Raekwon and GZA land?

bLISTerd Presents: The 100 Greatest Rap Albums Of All Time (Part 6)

by Popblerd Staff on Nov 19, 2012 • 1 Comment

bLISTerd / hip-hop / Lists! / music

Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and BDP kick off the second half of our list of the 100 greatest rap albums of all time.

Friday Throwback – Yo! MTV Raps Final Freestyle

by GG on Jun 15, 2012 • No Comments

music / Videos

Last week, I saw a retweet of an Ed Lover tweet promoting a VH1 documentary about “Yo! MTV Raps” , the pioneering hip hop show that ran on MTV for eight years, from 1988-1995. I had absolutely no idea the show was on. While it was short, it was entertaining and took you back to a quintessential era in MTV history. Hosted by Fab 5 Freddy, Doctor Dre, and Lover, Yo! created a dedicated block for rap music and rap artists whose videos weren’t played in regular […]

The Top 40 Emcees of All Time: #4 and #3

by MJ on Jun 25, 2011 • 3 Comments

hip-hop / Lists! / music

I know, I know, I’m drawing this out. But #1 is within striking distance! Check out #5 and #6 here , and let’s keep it moving!! 4) KRS-ONE Representing: The South Bronx! South South Bronx! There’s no question that Kris Parker was one of the men who changed the game in 1987-1988 when hip-hop went out of the Adidas/brag rhyming era into something a little more lyrically complex. Truth be told, there were some compelling reasons to place him at #1. […]