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Rolling Stone Lists The “100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Of All Time”

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: News

(AllHipHop News) Rolling Stone magazine has once again presented a greatest of all time list. The latest edition focuses on songs by Hip Hop artists. The nearly 50-year-old music publication counted down from L’Trimm’s “Cars With the Boom” (100) to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” (1). [ALSO READ: Rolling Stone Magazine Declares “The Message” As Greatest Hip-Hop Song of All Time] The magazine wrote about “The Message”: It was the first song to tell, with hip-hop’s rhythmic and vocal force, the truth about modern life in inner-city America. Over seven minutes, atop a Seventies P-Funk jam, rapper Melle Mel and co-writer Duke Bootee, a member of the Sugar Hill Records house band, traded lines and scenes of struggle and decay, with a warning at the end of each verse: “Don’t push me ’cause I’m close to the edge/I’m trying not to lose my head.” The Furious Five’s pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash later said that “The Message” proved their music could “speak things that have social significance and truth.” Here is the Top 10 of Rolling Stone‘s 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs Of All Time. To check out the full list visit rollingstone.com. 10. Eric B. and Rakim – Paid in Full 9. N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton 8. The Notorious B.I.G.- Juicy 7. Public Enemy- Fight the Power 6. Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang 5. Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks on Me 4. Run-DMC – Sucker M.C.’s 3. Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock 2. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight 1. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Message [ALSO READ: Kanye West Posts “Unauthorized” Rolling Stone Cover, Takes Issue With Billboard For Calling It “Fake”]

DMC Talks About His Disappointment With Hip-Hop And The Lack Of Respect For Its Pioneers

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Run-DMC is considered one of (if  not the) greatest Hip-Hop groups of all time and is often credited as the foundation of rap music crossing over to a larger audience. When you have those credentials on your résumé, your voice on the culture is seen as valuable. Founding member Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels spoke with Access Atlanta, and the Hip-Hop icon provided his thoughts about where the culture is now. “What bugs me about Hip-Hop is that we created it to go against everything that is on MTV and BET today,” said DMC. “The real gangsta rap told a story and said, ‘Shorty, you can do something better than that’.” When asked about recent deaths and health scares involving Hip-Hop artists, DMC points out that the culture has 40 years of experience to look back on for guidance but does not do so. “The problem is this, we don’t learn from the lessons that have been put forth to us from the generations preceding. We are not being responsible, and the people who want to be responsible are afraid because they don’t get no support,” stated the 48-year-old veteran. [ALSO READ: Kendrick Lamar Says “Molly Rap” Is Watering Down Hip Hop] DMC also addressed what he felt was a lack of respect by the Hip-Hop media when fellow legendary group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five became the first Hip-Hop act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. “I was kind of disappointed in the culture of Hip-Hop. Grandmaster Flash was the first group to be inducted into the Rock Hall, and people did not celebrate it,” said the Rock Hall of Famer. “When the press came knocking [for our induction], I said, ‘Before you come talk to me, you need to talk to Grandmaster Flash.’ Magazines like the Source, XXL … they should have been the front cover. I’m happy that we’re in, but I’m not happy about how my people handled them.” [ALSO READ: Grandmaster Melle Mel: “Hip-Hop Has To Grow Up”]