• 2016
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Episode list

Hip-Hop Evolution
The Birth of Gangsta Rap
Sun, Sep 25, 2016
  • S1.E4
  • The Birth of Gangsta Rap
Ice-T uses Hip-Hop to reflect the violence of L.A. and inspires a new form of Hip-Hop: Gangsta Rap. N.W.A's first album, Straight Outta Compton, shocks America. Dr. Dre makes The Chronic, and creates Hip-Hop's first hardcore pop record.
8.6 /10
The New Guard
Sun, Sep 18, 2016
  • S1.E3
  • The New Guard
Run-DMC ushers in a new era of Hip-Hop. Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin build Hip-Hop's first empire, Def Jam. An unknown producer finds a new way to make beats and launches Hip-Hop's Golden Age, culminating in the epic fury of Public Enemy.
8.3 /10
The Underground to the Mainstream
Sun, Sep 11, 2016
  • S1.E2
  • The Underground to the Mainstream
Hip-Hop crews in the Bronx and Harlem begin to form around the DJs, but these pioneering groups never record any music. It would take R&B veterans to see the genre's commercial potential and create Hip-Hop's first hit, "Rapper's Delight."
8.3 /10
The Foundation

S1.E1 ∙ The Foundation

Sat, Sep 03, 2016
Bronx-based DJs set Hip-Hop's sonic foundations. MCs, inspired by African American oral traditions, create the modern template for rap music, culminating with the emergence of Hip-Hop's first crew, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
8.2 /10
The Underground to the Mainstream

S1.E2 ∙ The Underground to the Mainstream

Sun, Sep 11, 2016
Hip-Hop crews in the Bronx and Harlem begin to form around the DJs, but these pioneering groups never record any music. It would take R&B veterans to see the genre's commercial potential and create Hip-Hop's first hit, "Rapper's Delight."
8.3 /10
The New Guard

S1.E3 ∙ The New Guard

Sun, Sep 18, 2016
Run-DMC ushers in a new era of Hip-Hop. Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin build Hip-Hop's first empire, Def Jam. An unknown producer finds a new way to make beats and launches Hip-Hop's Golden Age, culminating in the epic fury of Public Enemy.
8.3 /10
The Birth of Gangsta Rap

S1.E4 ∙ The Birth of Gangsta Rap

Sun, Sep 25, 2016
Ice-T uses Hip-Hop to reflect the violence of L.A. and inspires a new form of Hip-Hop: Gangsta Rap. N.W.A's first album, Straight Outta Compton, shocks America. Dr. Dre makes The Chronic, and creates Hip-Hop's first hardcore pop record.
8.6 /10
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