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MC Hammer was more than You Can't touch this and baggy pants, it was different being around during his rise

Run-DMC are the Defending Champs, can they take down the young newcomers? Let's find out! I'm doing a league, no more who is the best, who is the goat, etc. etc. We are treating Hip Hop like a sport, each year is a season, we are taking Albums, Songs, Videos, Features, Impact all into consideration FOR THAT YEAR ONLY Not what you eventually did, what happened when it happened, and the Calendar matters, if you dropped near the end of the year, welp ... see you next year We are doing 1984 to 1997 ... lets have some fun!

This episode I ask 12Kyle what is his Favorite and Least favorite song on 5 Classic Hip Hop Albums ... lets see if You or I agree with him

I'm doing a league, no more who is the best, who is the goat, etc. etc. We are treating Hip Hop like a sport, each year is a season, we are taking Albums, Songs, Videos, Features, Impact all into consideration FOR THAT YEAR ONLY Not what you eventually did, what happened when it happened, and the Calendar matters, if you dropped near the end of the year, welp ... see you next year We are doing 1984 to 1997 ... lets have some fun!

People forget that Hip Hop started well before Boogie Down Productions, Eric B and Rakim, and Public Enemy ... so with this episode I'm give you ONE song per every year 1979 to 1985 that I think it's essential for a Hip Hop music fan to have in their mental rolodex.

Whodunit goes overlooked as one of the pioneers of Hip Hop music especially making it to mainstream, they weren't just Hip Hop they were the closest to R&B you could've gotten at the time. Today, my favorite Whodini songs in order

This is my list ... The Top 5 Greatest Hip Hop songs ever made, in order Lets see if you agree and what you think

Everyone has a list of the greatest diss tracks in Hip Hop, I decided instead of doing "The Best" I'd do my favorite ... so we don't see the same songs over and over. And of course, they are in order

Going back looking at some of my favorite videos of the 80s and 90s to tell you or remind you how dope , wild, or just funny they were ... then you can go back and check them out again or for the first time. This time Public Enemy: Night Of The Living Baseheads

A lot of people that listen to the show think I dislike Jay-Z or think he's bad (I mean now he is) but he used to be dope ... here's the thing ...

What happened to the First Album Chubb Rock did? Why is it largely forgotten? Why did he rhyme completely different afterwards? I don't know, I just liked the album ... so I'm talking about it!

Looking back at the Self Destruction song and video with 12Kyle

This is why I believe the songs we grew up listening to in the 80s and the 90s have lasted this long and will forever "age well"

In this new series we are asking does some of our favorite emcees truly have 10 timelesss songs, that regardless of generation the majority loves and will rock with an/or has stood the test of time since they were released It's Kyle and I, so you know what's happening ... this time Jay-Z

First edition of Hip Hop Trivia, this time with @12Kyle of the 12Kyle Podcast and the Rapsoul Podcast 10 Questions ... I think they are easy, how will he do? How would you have done?