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VIDEO: MY MIC SOUNDS NICE: A TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN AND HIP HOP

Sistertoldja just posted the tailer for My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop and hopefully many of you caught it already. If not, you can watch right now. In hip hop today, there are so few female emcees prevailing. Aside from Nicki Minaj, there is a major lack of representation of the ladies in the genre–which has even resulted in many award shows eliminating the category all together. BET did an excellent job of interviewing industry veterans like MC Lyte and making the connection to new school artists. It’s informative from a historical perspective and highly entertaining.

UPDATE: The video originally posted had been removed from the original source. I have updated this post to view the full epoisode in it’s entirety by BET…   ENJOY –Merlin

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HISTORY: CHICAGO HIP HOUSE DOCUMENTARY 1989

Having graduated with a degree in English and Comparative Literature I was drilled with the importance of the history and the origins of words, people, and movements. This nice, short documentary showcases the often neglected offshoot of House music, Hip House. I remember De La Soul during the 90′s pumpin’ out Hip House tunes to the masses.

Hip House was revolutionary in the fact it fused two different genres of music together (besides the “Run DMC x Aerosmith” joint) during a time when House music was still looked down upon as “gay” music.

Big ups to my boy Co-Flo (Mind Body Flo) for this important bit of musical knowledge.

Tags: Chicago, Hip House, History