Project: Hip Hop History

The primary focus of this page will be based around the golden era of Hip Hop the late 80s and early 90s, garnished with a sprinkling of Nu Soul for good measure. Having said that, although we at wax wrx™ believe that’s where 95% of proper Hip Hop resides, the odd splattering of genius still makes it’s way out of the genre even today!

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More quotables, new articles, features, album reviews and content coming every week. Keep an eye out for our wax wrx™ featured playlists and mixes.

More quotables, new articles, features, album reviews and content coming every week. Keep an eye out for our wax wrx™ featured playlists and mixes. Peace brothers and sisters.

Where it all began!

All genres of music create a culture. They influence, behavior, fashion and create brother and sisterhoods. None more so than Hip Hop. Before we go any further, let’s straighten one thing up. Hip Hop is more than just a musical genre, it’s made up of what are known as pillars. Now, how many pillars are down to the individual telling the story. I’m going to go with five though. The way I see the advent of one of the most influential genres ever conceived is being propped up by the BEATS, the MCing, The CLOTHING, the DANCING, and GRAFFITI. All elements are important to the culture and I cannot imagine it becoming so surprisingly successful with any one element removed.

Jazzy Jeff Rock’s Bastid’s BBQ

A few years ago in Santiago, Jeff dug deep into his 45 crates to put together a great little set. Enjoy!

Hip Hop

Donuts! Is there anything they can’t do?

You haven’t felt control until you’ve used these bad boys! Used by the best for the ultimate feel and responsiveness when spinning tricky 45 sets. Used by the top DJs who need to feel confidence in their mixing, cutting and scratching. With an excellent international shipping program (that I have used personally) these are available to all.

STOKYO JP EXCLUSIVE COLORWAY! Dr. Suzuki’s been getting busy in his Lab to cook up more slipmat innovations for all the tablists out there. It works by placing the Donuts on a standard 12″, then the 7″ on the Donut and voila! The Donuts grip on to the 12″ making it possible to manipulate the 12″ and thus rock the 7″. I find they work best with metal 45 adaptors. More info on adapters coming soon!

Get em here

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Let’s clear this up quickly. Hip Hop is actually a term which encapsulates the culture, made up of pillars such as DJing, Breakdancing, The clothing, Graffitti, MCing. If you work for a company without signing a contract after a period of time you have what is known as an implied contract. It’s the same thing with Hip Hop. Rap music vs Hip Hop, to be honest for me it doesn’t really matter what moniker we use for the music.

I used the variants to differentiate the cheesy stuff (rap music) from the dope shit (hip hop). Do what works for you, we known what you mean!

Featured Albums

How I Got Over – The Roots

The ninth album from arguably the best live hip hop band of all time was released on June 22nd, 2010 on Def Jam Recordings. Produced by band members Black Thought, Questlove, Dice Raw, and Rick Friedrich this is probably their most underrated album to date. It is very rare for me to be completely absorbed by an entire album start to finish. The title of the album is very apt and judging by many of the comments and reactions to this masterpiece, as in fact helped many people get over many of life’s obstacles. Enjoy.

Voodoo – D’Angelo

Second studio album by the amazing singer, songwriter talent that is D’Angelo. Released on January 25, 2000, by Virgin Records, this nugget rewrote the rule books and the way the album is glued together is utterly superb and unique. His voice and musical abilities are beautifully showcased by a mouthwatering list of production talent such as D’Angelo, Questlove, Russell Elevado, DJ Premier, Raphael Saadiq, J Dilla. I don’t really need to say much more but I urge you to sit back with the headphones on and let the entire album wash over you.

Project: Hip Hop History

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