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Joseph Robert Saddler (born January 1, 1958), known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American musician and DJ. He created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory. [3][4] This technique serviced the break-dancer and the rapper by elongating the drum breaks through the use of duplicate copies of vinyl.
— 1964 Malcolm X speech sampled for the beginning of the album As on Mos Def's other albums, he speaks a dedication to God in Arabic ("Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem") at the start of The Ecstatic. This leads into "Supermagic" and its opening sample of Malcolm X's 1964 speech at Oxford Union. The sample prefaces the album's "small-globe statement", as Pitchfork journalist Nate Patrin explains ...
On July 14, 2022, YouTube made a special playlist and video celebrating the 317 music videos to have hit 1 billion views and joined the "Billion Views Club". [65] [66] On April 1, 2024, the communications app Discord incorporated a short trailer video into their in-app April Fools' Day prank regarding loot boxes. The video automatically looped ...
The song is dedicated to the group's mentor, the late gangsta rap icon Eazy-E, and other family members. The song was the highest-debuting rap single when it debuted at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 , reaching number one the following week and staying there for eight consecutive weeks. [ 1 ]
Tom's Diner. " Tom's Diner " is a song by American singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega. Written on November 18, 1981, it was first released as a track on the January 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine. [ 1 ] Originally featured on her second studio album, Solitude Standing (1987), it was released as a single in Europe only in 1987 ...
"24K Magic" is a funk, disco and R&B song, [22] [23] [24] heavily influenced by hip hop. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] It is composed in the key of F minor at a tempo of 94 beats per minute . [ 28 ] The song begins with a talk box intro, performed by Byron "Mr. Talk Box" Chambers and Mars. [ 14 ]
Straight Outta Compton is the debut studio album by American gangsta rap group N.W.A, which, led by Eazy-E, formed in Los Angeles County's City of Compton in early 1987. [3] [4] Released by his label, Ruthless Records, on August 8, 1988, [1] the album was produced by N.W.A members Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, and Arabian Prince, with lyrics written by N.W.A members Ice Cube and MC Ren [5] along with ...
Released: December 15, 2002. 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack album to the 2002 film of the same name. The album, performed by various artists, was released by Universal Pictures' then subsidiary Universal Music, through Interscope and Shady / Aftermath. It spawned the hit single "Lose Yourself ...