Janice Headley takes us back to 1976 with graffiti artist Lee Quiñones and the time he and The Fabulous Five tagged a ten-car subway train in a single night.
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Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas revisit 1995 with the track “Shook Ones, Pt. II” by Mobb Deep, who we’ll hear from in this episode.
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Larry Mizell Jr. revisits 2008, a pivotal year in the rise (and fall) of Kanye West.
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Isabel Khalili talks with two members of DAM about the themes from Ben Haana Wa Maana, and more.
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Isabel Khalili revisits 2019 with the album Ben Haana Wa Maana by the Arabic hip-hop pioneers DAM.
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Vitamin D and Supreme La Rock join Larry Mizell Jr. to revisit 1984, a year so foundational in hip-hop history that we couldn’t focus on just one artist.
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Roddy Nikpour and Martin Douglas revisit 2009 with an earworm: the Reese’s Puffs rap.
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Dusty Henry revisits 2004 with the track "All Caps" by Madvillian, the brainchild of MF DOOM and Madlib.
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KEXP’s DJ Supreme La Rock talks with the renowned DJ Hollywood, who was there when it all started in 1973.
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Dusty Henry revisits 1989 with the track “Cha Cha Cha” by MC Lyte.
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Janice Headley revisits 1981 with the track “Rapture” by Blondie, who leveraged their celebrity to shine a spotlight on hip-hop.
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Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas team up to revisit the 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast.
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