Hip Hop 50
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: Top 10 Pioneering R&B/Hip Hop Songs
We couldn’t end our week of Celebrating Hip Hop 50 without featuring an R&B aspect of Hip Hop. “UB’s Top 10 Pioneering R&B/Hip Hop Songs,” celebrates music that combined R&B and Rap in the beginning of Hip Hop. In early 1980, Sugarhill Gang‘s “Rapper’s Delight” reached the Billboard Top 40 on the Hot 100, making them the first rap act…
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: MC JB of J.J. Fad Talks ‘Supersonic’ + Rap History
Just Jammin’ Fresh And Def, known as J.J. Fad, were the first female rap group to rise out of Los Angeles and burn up the charts. The ladies perfected the bubblegum style of rap with the monster-hit “Supersonic.” One of the original acts, signed by the late great Eazy E to his Ruthless Records imprint. Along with East Coast peers…
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: Top 10 ‘UB Hip Hop Interviews’
It’s day five of UB’s Celebration of Hip Hop 50. Tomorrow our new interview with Juana from J.J. Fad launches, so what perfect time to countdown the previous “Top 10 UB Hip Hop Interviews.” Our e-zine was originally designed towards R&B, we gradually shifted in our early years to include more Hip Hop. As record labels were reaching out, to…
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: Honoring Nate Dogg + ReVisit UB Interview
Day four of UB’s Celebration of Hip Hop 50 continues today with someone who didn’t spit rhymes when he held the mic. Nate Dogg masterly laid vocals down on countless classic tracks, that changed the course of Rap and Hip Hop music in the 90s and early 2000s. Nate Dogg made 16 appearances on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &…
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: Saluting Raps First Platinum Female MC Da Brat
Continuing with UB’s Celebration of Hip Hop, today we spotlight one of our favorites, Da Brat. With So So Def celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year, there’s no better artist to feature. In 1994, Da Brat born Shawntae Harris, was one of the first of a new breed of hard-edged female MCs to hit the hip-hop scene. The original first…
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: ReVisit Emerging Rapper Dolla’s UB Interview
It’s day two of UB Celebrating Hip Hop 50 and today we spotlight someone we saw mad longevity in, emerging rapper Dolla. Dolla was born, Roderick Anthony Burton II in Chicago on November 25th, 1987 and moved with his family to Los Angeles and later to Atlanta. Dolla was born a twin, his twin brother unfortunately died at birth as…
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: Celebrating Anniversary of Monie Love’s ‘Down to Earth’
As UB continues to Celebrate Hip Hop 50, we continue with the gifted Monie Love. Monie Love is known for her diction, fast delivery and her signature, limp-wristed finger-pointing. Her vocal delivery gives true meaning to the term “rap attack.” Today her debut album “Down to Earth” celebrates it’s 33rd Anniversary, originally released on October 30th, 1990. Monie cites Queen…
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UB Celebrates #HipHop50: The Impact of MC Hammer’s ‘Too Legit To Quit’
This week UB is Celebrating Hip Hop 50! Stay tuned for UB Hip Hop Features, Archived Interviews + New Interviews, Top Lists Countdowns and More! To start this week, it was a no brainer on who to begin with. The pathbreaking MC Hammer, achieved something for Rap and Hip Hop that nobody had did before him, make his brand mainstream!…
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