• 2016
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 30m
Hip-Hop Evolution

Summary MC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound. View more details

  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 30m

Hip-Hop Evolution

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : LL Cool J Cheo Hodari Coker Big Daddy Kane Shad

All cast & crew

8.4

Details

Genres : Music Documentary

Release date : Sep 3, 2016

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : Official Site Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Banger Films

Summary MC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound. View more details

Details

Genres : Music Documentary

Release date : Sep 3, 2016

Countries of origin : Canada

Official sites : Official Site Official site

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Banger Films

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 03, 2016
The Foundation
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.
Episode 2 • Sep 11, 2016
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."
Episode 3 • Sep 18, 2016
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.
Episode 4 • Sep 25, 2016
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.

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