Clipping.’s Dead Channel Sky crashes in like a dial-up modem screech ripping through a quiet room—jarring, nostalgic, and impossible to ignore. This fifth album from the Los Angeles trio—Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes—plunges into a cyberpunk-inspired sound thick with industrial noise and electric tension. After a five-year gap since Visions of Bodies Being […] The post clipping. – Dead Channel Sky | Review appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

“Top Billin'” is a single by Audio Two, released as the B-side of the single “Make It Funky” from the album What More Can I Say? It was released before First Priority Music inked a distribution deal with Atlantic Records. The song had a deep cultural impact on Hip Hop. The song was voted #8 in About.com’s Top 100 Rap Songs. It was […] The post Audio Two “Top Billin'” (1988) appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

At HHGA, we hold Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” as one of our favorite songs of all time—a blazing, defiant masterpiece from our favorite rap group, and one of the most significant tracks in Hip Hop history. Released in 1989 for Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing soundtrack and later anchoring 1990’s Fear of a […] The post “Fight The Power”: Public Enemy’s Revolutionary Anthem And A Hip Hop Cornerstone appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

At HHGA, we rank Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s “The Message” among the most important songs in Hip Hop history—a track that reshaped the genre with its raw honesty and enduring resonance. Released in July 1982 on Sugar Hill Records, this seven-minute masterpiece, driven by Melle Mel’s searing verses and a minimalist funk beat, […] The post “The Message”: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s Timeless Cry And A Hip Hop Milestone appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

“Sound of da Police” is the second and final single from KRS-One’s first solo album, Return of the Boom Bap. The song is produced by Showbiz from DITC. Sound Of The Police begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a police siren (the “sound of the police”); this recurs several times throughout the song. Sound Of The […] The post KRS One “Sound Of The Police” (1993) appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

In 1987, “Juice Crew Allstars” hit the streets as a seven-minute posse cut, a B-side to “Evolution” on a Cold Chillin’ Records 12-inch, and it still reverberates through Hip Hop’s golden age like a boombox on a Queensbridge stoop. Produced by Marley Marl, the track unites Kool G Rap, Craig G, Glamorous, MC Shan, Roxanne […] The post “Juice Crew Allstars”: A Golden Age Anthem And The Legacy Of Marley Marl’s Juice Crew appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

When Wu-Tang Clan dropped “Triumph” in 1997 as the lead single from Wu-Tang Forever, it landed like a Shaolin fist shattering concrete—raw, forceful, and unforgettable. Produced by RZA, this posse cut stretches past five minutes, uniting all Clan members—Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB), Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Cappadonna, U-God, RZA, GZA, Masta Killa, Ghostface Killah, and […] The post “Triumph”: Wu-Tang Clan’s Relentless Victory Cry And The Shaolin Legacy appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

“Jazz (We’ve Got)” is the second single from A Tribe Called Quest‘s second album The Low-End Theory. A segment of the track “Buggin’ Out” appears in the music video. The sequences from “Jazz (We’ve Got)” are in black and white, while the “Buggin’ Out” sequences are in full color. In the video, directed by Jim […] The post A Tribe Called Quest “Jazz (We’ve Got) / Buggin’ Out” (1991) appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

MIKE’s Showbiz! is a hazy, free-flowing meditation on movement and memory, built from warm loops and scattered thoughts that linger like smoke. His delivery is unhurried, his voice thick with experience, letting each bar settle into the grainy, off-kilter production. Recorded between tours, the album captures the push and pull between transience and stability, with […] The post Mike – Showbiz! | Review appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more

Pink Siifu’s BLACK’!ANTIQUE is loud, layered, and unshaken by convention. Over its sprawling runtime, Siifu pulls from punk, jazz, soul, and Southern rap, colliding these elements into something unpredictable but intentional. The album doesn’t hold the listener’s hand—it throws them into its world, where beats dissolve and reform, voices weave in and out, and the […] The post Pink Siifu – BLACK’!ANTIQUE | Review appeared first on Hip Hop Golden Age ..read more