Old-School Rap and Hip Hop
Remembering When Old School Was New
The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Ice T and Ice Cube, Midnight Star and Doug E Fresh: if these names make you want to start breakin' and pop-lockin', you've come to the right place. Old-School rap and hip hop took elements from funk, disco, jazz, and blues, stripped them of any pretensions, and made songs about enjoying music and life in general. If you weren't around in the 1980s, when all of this was coming to a head, you may have missed some inventive and highly entertaining music and trends. He...

Justin Garner - RunAway | New HOT R&B Music
Did You Hear About Justin Gardner?
Justin Garner is a singer, songwriter, and scholar. This lens is dedicated to his new song RunAway. On this lens you'll find his tweets and you can follow him and his Facebook fan page where you can like it. Learn more about Justin Garner and read his bio. You can listen to his song and watch videos on his YouTube channel below. I hope you'll like it. Shall we begin? Let's go :)

OD Hunte - Soul, R&B & Hip Hop Producer
Urban Music Producer, Writer, Mixer, Remixer, Artist...
"I'm a Soul, R&B and Hip Hop Producer, Platinum Songwriter, Remixer, Mixer, Music Video Director, Entrepreneur but most of all I'm an Outside-Of-The-Box-Thinker! I like positive people and positive things." OD Hunte Business MySpace Profile Treasure Hunte Productions Southern Cuba Records Southern Cuba Records on MySpace Audio iTunes - OD Hunte iTunes - Ten Days Till iTunes - Slic One CHECK OUT OD'S LATEST RELEASE! ======================= Braaa!!! (Request the Text) [feat. General L...

Hip Hop Stories (for the Record)
On Hip Hop Music Culture, Past and Present
Documented stories of Hip Hop music as told by various artists, producers and researchers in the field. Explore the origins and evolution of Hip Hop culture through a media-mashup of texts, audios, videos, books and web resources. This lens is designed to help you move quickly between major topics and themes. The large blue boxes act as stepping stones to themed content like artwork, movies and performances. New content appears daily via automated media feeds and user participation. The inf...

Indie Hip Hop 101
"Indie Hip Hop 101" is an advice column and business tool for the independent hip hop artist struggling to bust out of the current log jam of talent. To see previous "Indie Hip Hop 101" articles, go to http://hiphop101.wordpress.com. Quanstar's "4/11" in stores now. www.quanstarmusic.com

9 Great Old School Hip Hop Music Videos
The Old School Hip Hop Video Showcase
Many fans of old school hip hop music will agree that the rap music that came out of the late 1980s and 1990s was unparalleled. Although hip hop music is experiencing commercial success like never before today, the amount of creativity and expression from each artist was so much greater back then. During the "Golden Age" of hip hop, you could find yourself enjoying rap music from either the East or West Coast and being enticed by deep lyrics as well as head-nodding beats. Below are just a fe...