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6 Music's Hip Hop Hooray: 12 hours of Hip Hop & Music from its family tree

As part of 6 Music's Hip Hop Hooray, Mary Anne looks at the West Coast's influence on Hip Hop with DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill), Kendrick Lamar and KRS-One.

Mary Anne looks at the West Coast's influence on hip hop with DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) and Daddy Kev of the LA club night Low End Theory.

We also hear from Harvard student Obasi Shaw, who graduated with honours after submitting a hip-hop album as a dissertation, plus clips from Kendrick Lamar and KRS-One.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 12 Aug 2017 07:00

Music Played

  • Missy Elliott

    4 My People (feat. Eve)

    • elektra.
  • Young MC

    Know How

    • The Hip Hop Collection.
    • Universal Music TV.
  • FLOHIO

    Fights (feat. God Colony)

  • The Streets

    Let's Push Things Forward

    • Lockedon.
  • De La Soul

    Me, Myself and I

    • Warner.
  • Glass Animals

    Life Itself

    • Wolf Tone / Caroline Music.
  • Common

    The Light

    • MCA.
  • Erykah Badu

    On & On

    • Universal.
  • Kae Tempest

    Don't Fall In

    • Fiction Records.
  • Kendrick Lamar

    Alright

    • POLYDOR.
  • Why I submitted a Hip Hop album as my final thesis

    • Obasi Shaw

      Declaration of Independence

  • Roots Manuva

    Witness (1 Hope)

    • BIG DADA MUSIC.
  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Apache

    • Gas.
  • Eminem

    Lose Yourself

    • Curtain Call: The Hits.
    • Interscope.
  • Roxanne Shant茅

    Have A Nice Day [Edit]

  • The club night that spawned Flying Lotus and more...

    • Flying Lotus

      All In

      • WARP RECORDS.
  • Kamasi Washington

    Truth

  • LL Cool J

    Phenomenon

    • Def Jam.
  • Kano

    3 Wheel Ups (Glastonbury 25 June 2017)

  • The Roots

    The Seed (2.0) (feat. Cody ChesnuTT)

  • Arrested Development

    Tennessee

    • Cool Tempo.
  • Dizzee Rascal

    Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome) (feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Dirtee Stank.
    • 1.
  • Trim

    13th Apostle

    • 1-800 Dinosaur.
  • 2Pac

    I Ain't Mad At'Cha

    • Death Row.
  • DJ Shadow & Run The Jewels

    Nobody Speak

    • Mass Appeal Records.
  • Snoop Dogg

    Gin And Juice

    • INTERSCOPE.
  • 26 Years of Cypress Hill

    • Cypress Hill

      I Ain't Goin' Out Like That

  • Donny McCaslin

    Beyond Now

  • David Bowie

    Lazarus

    • RCA / Sony Music.
  • Fugees

    Ready Or Not

    • COLUMBIA.
  • JAY-Z

    Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)...

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Roc-A-Fella.
  • Loyle Carner

    Ain't Nothing Changed

    • AMF Records.
  • Queen Latifah & Monie Love

    Ladies First

    • TOMMY BOY RECORDS.
  • Gaika

    Heco (6 Music Session, 12 Jul 2016)

  • Redman

    Smash Sumthin

  • Yasiin Bey

    Quiet Dog

    • Downtown.
  • Rage Against the Machine

    Know Your Enemy

    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Aug 2017 07:00

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