Hip Hop 24/7

I didn't know where too put this piece on general hip hop so don't persecute me for putting this in the wrong category. I know I'm wrong. Read on anyway. Okay, Hip Hop music began as a largely black, inner-city phenomenon from the early 70's to nowadays. Hip Hop was originally performed at clubs and parties. The music grew out and originated from the electro-funk sound. The DJ's began to call out chants and rythmic phrases between records and tracks. MC's and DJ's began to introduce back spinning and scratching. After about 10 years hip hop had been defined as a music genre and began to branch out into a number of different styles and ...

The last six months have seen a huge swell of interest in Hip Hop, and with UK talents like Mark B and Blade, Skitz and Rootz Manuva releasing critically acclaimed albums, there has been a rush to capitalise with the compilation market. Tim Westwood came up with Westwood Presents, there has been two compilations called Pure Hip Hop and now Decadence release Hip Hop Twenty Four Seven, a chunky cross-sectional brew of old, new and middle school beats laid down comfortably together on a triple CD costing only £10!!!!! Yes £10!!! The range of tracks is mouth watering, all original 12” mixes, CD1’s pushes the Dr Dre flavoured West Coast sound foremost, ...