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N.W.A's debut album Straight Outta Compton (which had attracted controversy for its song "Fuck tha Police") includes the song "Express Yourself", which criticizes the censorship of music by radio stations, and hip-hop musicians who write inoffensive songs to target mainstream radio airplay. "Express Yourself" is the only song on the album to ...
OPINION: When Griselda’s Conway the Machine accused Funkmaster Flex and his ilk of gatekeeping, he opened up a convo about the evolution of hip-hop. The post Are DJs still gatekeepers in hip-hop?
National DJ Day is commemorated on Jan. 20 every year to celebrate the work of amateur and professional disk jockeys. The post National DJ Day: Top 10 hip-hop DJs of all time appeared first on ...
Hip hop music, developed in the South Bronx in the early 1970s, has long been tied to social injustice in the United States, particularly that of the African American experience. Hip hop artists have spoken out in their lyrics against perceived social injustices such as police brutality, poverty, mass incarceration, and the war on drugs.
DJ Kool Herc is a pioneer in developing hip hop music. DJs such as Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash, and Jazzy Jay refined and developed the use of breakbeats, including cutting and scratching. [40] The approach used by Herc was soon widely copied, and by the late 1970s, DJs were releasing 12-inch records where they would rap to the beat.
"Closer" (Nine Inch Nails) – banned for depiction of nudity, S&M bondage, a live monkey being strapped to a crucifix, and sexually charged lyrics. An edited version was also made to censor some of the explicit content. "Erotica" (Madonna) – banned from the MTV music channel, but later seen in the Beavis and Butt-Head episode "Door to Door" [34]
As the ceremony began, the fill-in DJs could not figure out how to work the equipment and get the music to play. "I was not happy," the bride wrote. "The banquet manager at the restaurant saved ...
Norman Rogers (born August 25, 1966), known professionally as Terminator X, is an American DJ best known for his work with hip hop group Public Enemy, which he left in 1998. He also produced two solo albums, Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets (1991) and Super Bad (1994), featuring Chuck D , Sister Souljah , DJ Kool Herc , the Cold ...