B-Real of Cypress Hill recalls listening to Run-D.M.C. Everyone who loves hip-hop has an origin story - that lightning-in-a-bottle moment when you hear a lyric, see a performance, recognize a sample flip, or write your own rhyme and realize that, whatever it is that you just discovered, you are willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen again. Pioneers like the Cold Crush Brothers and Roxanne Shante are getting their due era-spanning performances including the Grammys’ tribute curated by Questlove and DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Live! show at Radio City are showcasing the breadth of sonic, stylistic, and thematic excellence within the genre and there are important conversations being held in live panels and editorials about rap’s obsessions with misogyny, transphobia, and death.Īll told, hip-hop 50 has been a welcome moment of retrospection. Still, hip-hop has had a chance to shine elsewhere. ![]() Following years of sporadic corporate investment in the culture, some major companies have clumsily attempted “hip-hop 50” projects, and people who dismissed the genre or are decades removed from knowing it are being tasked with gatekeeping its record books and delivering tired eulogies. Much of this year’s anniversary festivities have been met with understandable cynicism as a result. ![]() The 50th birthday of the genre has been all of that in spades: plenty of reason to party, with even more problems to face once the speakers turn down and the lights turn on. Hip-hop was always rooted in the party: a place to enjoy good vibes, to embrace the moment, to celebrate despite troubles that aren’t going anywhere. ![]() Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos: Backwoodz Studioz, Getty
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