Turns out I’m only a couple of years older than Hip Hop. It’s literally the novel musical form of my generation then. Sometime in the very early ‘90s, a mate at college spent his summer in NY. He came back with this C90 tape of Hip Hop mixes for me. Schooly D, Tribe Called Quest, LL Cool J. And of course Eric B and Rakim: Don’t Sweat The Technique #HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #JukeBoxFridayNight #ErikBAndRakim
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Don't Sweat The Technique by Eric B. & Rakim

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Bear with me this is a nostalgic skip though my 20s. Tribe Called Quest - massive debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. The singles were huge. But lots else going on on that LP. #HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #JukeBoxFridayNight #TribeCalledQuest #QTip https://songwhip.com/a-tribe-called-quest/rhythm-devoted-to-the-art-of-moving-butts
Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts) by A Tribe Called Quest

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Tricky with Martina Topley-Bird and their unique take on a PE classic, Black Steel “Got a letter from the Government the other day …”
#HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #JukeBoxFridayNight #Tricky #MartinaTopleyQuay #Maxinquaye
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Black Steel by Tricky, Martina Topley-Bird

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A gang of Irish art students went to Berlin for the summer of 1992. 2 mates and I out in the airport seeking seasonal jobs, in an empty arrivals hall, saw Public Enemy: Chuck D with a massive bag trolley. Flavor Flav looking to exchange US Dollars. We didn’t want to intrude on their busy arrival but when we saw them later on stage and it was visceral. #HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop#JukeBoxFridayNight #PublicEnemy #FightThePower #ChuckD
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Fight The Power by Public Enemy

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One of the college mates I was living with in Berlin, had Ice-T on the stereo all the time. As a Metaller he also had the new Bodycount album. There was Hip Hop and Head Banging (I had a lot of hair then). He’s died since and Ice-T always reminds me of that place then.
#HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #FridayNightJukebox #IceT #OG #Bodycount https://songwhip.com/icet/newjackhustlerninostheme
New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) by Ice-T

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The Beasties’ Sure Shot is one of my all time favourite tracks. Their run of albums - Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, and Ill Communication - is kind of my college years soundtracked, from leaving school through to a summer in the US on student work visa. Good times with the Beasties.
#HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #BeastieBoys #AdamYauchRIP #FridayNightJukebox https://songwhip.com/beastie-boys/sureshot
Sure Shot by Beastie Boys

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My favourite Arrested Development track is Revolution from the Malcolm X soundtrack. Speech’s social media presence is one of the few things I miss from the Other Site. I found this more recent live version on YouTube and it is a track meant to be engaged with live.
#HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #ArrestedDevelopment#Speech #FridayNightJukebox
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Arrested Development- "Revolution"

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There was an intense huddle at a table in the college canteen one morning in First Year. When I sat down it turned out it was De La Soul’s Three Feet High and Rising on vinyl was being passed around reverently, the outer and inner sleeve being pored over. That LP cover though: punk and hippie and very Hip Hop. Something very new had arrived. 🌼
#HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #FridayNightJukebox #DeLaSoul #TruGoyRIP #PlugTwoRIP https://songwhip.com/de-la-soul/me-myself-and-i1989
Me Myself and I by De La Soul

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I went looking for a link to Missy Elliott’s All N My Grill on my subscription streamer. Really digging listening to it again but then an American male rapper starts in English! Big Boi? Where’s MC Solaar en français? Turns out I had a European version of the CD back in the day. 😆 That’s a global music empire tailored to local circumstance. Well played. Here’s the European version.
#HipHop50 #FiftyYearsOfHipHop #FridayNightJukebox #MissyElliott #MCSolaar
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@MarkMaguire was lucky enough to catch the beasties in the tivoli around 91/92. Amazing show.
@slaine Great venue to see them at. A unique bunch.

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Bodycount was my gateway band into Metallica and Marilyn Manson...

Great music is great music!