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...Frank Sinatra’s voice has been used on a version of the hip-hop song “Gangsta’s Paradise” while Johnny Cash’s has been deployed on the pop single “Barbie Girl”....
...Which single of the 1990s — a number one in both Britain and America (where it was the first hip-hop song to top the Billboard charts) — samples “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie?...
...Once you’ve spotted the connection, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier. Which hip-hop act had a worldwide hit in 1991 called “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”?...
...Jazz bassist Tom Herbert firms up the track’s rocking hip-hop pulse, Boothe’s London-accented lyrics celebrate up-by-your-bootstraps advance and retro synth builds the track to a high....
...A photographic shout-out to hip-hop in Manhattan Hip-hop was born at a basement party in the Bronx in 1973, so it’s said....
...But I don’t like the classic hats everyone wears, so I went to Mühlbauer with my design – a hip-hop cap – and they said, fantastic, let’s do it! It is called the Erwin....
...Polish acts now dominate the Polish charts, as well, albeit many are performing hip-hop, an American genre. Localisation of artists, but globalisation of genre....
...Hindenburg cited the inclusion of Cash App in hip-hop songs where rappers brag about using it for criminal activities....
...By sampling these artists, I wanted to show that hip-hop was keeping their energy alive.”...
...But how a haircut that originated in the US military, and became a staple of the American hip-hop scene and high fashion by way of Thom Browne, ended up being the speciality of Turkish barbers in Britain...
...News round-up FCA lays out scale of investigation into Crispin Odey (FT) PwC tipped off Google on timing of Australian tax law (FT) Diddy claims Diageo dismissed his vodka as black brand with hip hop...
...In the early ’80s, the latter was the ne plus ultra of covetable trainer brands, with a roster of star athletes and endorsements from pioneers of the burgeoning hip-hop scene, including Run DMC....
...Smart rhymes reflecting on south London life and snappy hip-hop beats characterised this strong, atmospheric set....
...Berlin-based conductor, composer and arranger Jules Buckley has proved a pivotal figure in this movement; his vast repertoire has included multi-genre BBC Proms concerts (from B-boy hip hop to soul) and...
...But to those in the know, it’s a place where hip-hop history was made. It was once visited by 2Pac and Biggie, and has since hosted performances by Young Thug and 2 Chainz....
...A mix of hip-hop, house and even goth aesthetics, attuned with the rising popularity of Y2K culture across TikTok, represents crossover potential for some of the scene’s dominant producers: Juls, P2J, GuiltyBeatz...
...“When I wasn’t at school or the company rehearsals, I was going around doing hip-hop battles in London, but also in Paris, Germany, Holland, Morocco,” Nash continues....
...It was also the birthplace of hip-hop....
...Lofi (low fidelity) beats are soft hip-hop rhythms with no vocals, optimised to engender calm and focus....
...For me, it’s the human connections that have changed my life. [Hip-hop dancer] Thony Maskot taught me a lot about dance....
...His melding of India’s music has been continued by Sawhney, whose compositions incorporate classical Indian music with forms as modern as hip-hop, R&B and reggae....
...humour and tenacity of Ukrainians, of little children singing Frozen’s “Let it Go” in their basements, or teenagers like @valerissh who shares films of her shelled home town in Chernihiv but sets them to hip-hop...
...With its metronomic groove, memorable piano hook and socially conscious theme, it went on to be widely sampled in hip-hop, notably by Tupac Shakur....
...The catchy melodies of Bongo Flava — a blend of Afrobeat, Swahili, English slang and American hip-hop — roll out of a radio, mixed with police sirens and the hollow sound of a train’s horn....
...Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, while US hip-hop became an international sensation, British charts and festival line-ups were dominated by rock and pop....
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