by Patrick Ganino | Sep 1, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Hailing from Long Island, NY, EPMD’s first album, Strictly Business, appeared in 1988 and featured the underground hit “Strictly Business,” which sampled Eric Clapton’s version of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff.” Many critics cite this first album as the group’s...
by Patrick Ganino | Aug 31, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Russell “Rush” Simmons is the Beastie Boys first manager and the person responsible for signing them to Def Jam Records. In 1984, Simmons and Rick Rubin established Def Jam Records. Earning early hits with LL Cool J, the two were able to increase Def...
by Patrick Ganino | Aug 24, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
The first time Russell Simmons saw Rap music being performed was at the Charles Gallery in Harlem, New York. Even though Eddie Cheeba was the first person he saw rapping, Cheeba and DJ Hollywood were labeled “disco rappers” because they were a little older and...
by | Aug 23, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Hip-hop’s master impresario brought marginalized voices to a mass audience — and cross-marketed a youth cultural movement in music, comedy, fashion, poetry, and social action. Born to middle-class parents in 1957, Russell Simmons grew up in Queens, New...
by | Jul 13, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
As the first commercially successful rap artist, Kurtis Blow is a towering figure in hip-hop history. His popularity and charisma helped prove that rap music was something more than a flash-in-the-pan novelty, paving the way for the even greater advances of...
by | Jun 30, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
“…I guarantee you…No more music by the suckas…no more music by the suckas…no more music by the suckas…” PUBLIC ENEMY celebrated the 28 year anniversary of their certified Platinum ground breaking album “It Takes a...
