encyclopedia Hip Hop

The Albums that never were

Hip Hop has always loved collaborations. Two rappers get on the same record. The chemistry is crazy. Everybody hears it and immediately says: “YO…THEY NEED TO MAKE A

Best Member: Hip Hop Groups w/12Kyle

A Quick game with 12Kyle finding out who he thinks is the best member of various Hip Hop Groups ... do you agree with him?

You Had To Be There: When NY Came Back

In the early ’90s, the West Coast had taken over Hip Hop, and New York was no longer running the show. But the city that helped create the culture wasn't going down quiet

Halloween: Why was Freddy Rapping?

Instead of a corny Halloween special, figured I'd look back to 1988 and try and find out why the hell was Freddy Kruger so interested in Hip Hop?!

You Had To Be There: When The West Took Over

In the early ’90s, the West Coast changed the landscape of Hip Hop. From N.W.A and Ice Cube to The Chronic, Doggystyle, and the G-Funk explosion, the spotlight shifted fr

You Had To Be There: MC Hammer

MC Hammer was more than You Can't touch this and baggy pants, it was different being around during his rise

Who's The Champion: 1985 Hip Hop Season

Run-DMC are the Defending Champs, can they take down the young newcomers? Let's find out! I'm doing a league, no more who is the best, who is the goat, etc. etc. We are

Favorite/Least Favorite song: Classic Albums

This episode I ask 12Kyle what is his Favorite and Least favorite song on 5 Classic Hip Hop Albums ... lets see if You or I agree with him

Who's The Champion: 1984 Hip Hop Season

I'm doing a league, no more who is the best, who is the goat, etc. etc. We are treating Hip Hop like a sport, each year is a season, we are taking Albums, Songs, Videos,

Essential Song (1979 - 1985)

People forget that Hip Hop started well before Boogie Down Productions, Eric B and Rakim, and Public Enemy ... so with this episode I'm give you ONE song per every year 1

My Top 10 Whodini songs in order

Whodunit goes overlooked as one of the pioneers of Hip Hop music especially making it to mainstream, they weren't just Hip Hop they were the closest to R&B you could've g

My Top 5 Hip Hop songs ever made

This is my list ... The Top 5 Greatest Hip Hop songs ever made, in order Lets see if you agree and what you think

My Favorite Diss Tracks aren't yours

Everyone has a list of the greatest diss tracks in Hip Hop, I decided instead of doing "The Best" I'd do my favorite ... so we don't see the same songs over and over. An

Music Video Rewind: Night of The Living Baseheads

Going back looking at some of my favorite videos of the 80s and 90s to tell you or remind you how dope , wild, or just funny they were ... then you can go back and check

The thing about Jay-Z

A lot of people that listen to the show think I dislike Jay-Z or think he's bad (I mean now he is) but he used to be dope ... here's the thing ...

Chubb Rock - The First Album

What happened to the First Album Chubb Rock did? Why is it largely forgotten? Why did he rhyme completely different afterwards? I don't know, I just liked the album ..

Self Destruction [The Stop The Violence Movement]

Looking back at the Self Destruction song and video with 12Kyle

Why early music has lasted

This is why I believe the songs we grew up listening to in the 80s and the 90s have lasted this long and will forever "age well"

Does Jay-Z have 10 Timeless songs?

In this new series we are asking does some of our favorite emcees truly have 10 timelesss songs, that regardless of generation the majority loves and will rock with an/or

Hip Hop Trivia

First edition of Hip Hop Trivia, this time with @12Kyle of the 12Kyle Podcast and the Rapsoul Podcast 10 Questions ... I think they are easy, how will he do? How would