Old School Archives Archives: 07/2024

Why 50 Cent was warned against signing with Eminem: “My favourite white boy”

A bizarre warning.

Jul 31, 2024

Dr Dre - 2024 - Rapper - Producer

‘Addictive’, Dr Dre and the $500m beat

A $500m beat.

Jul 31, 2024

Grandmaster Flash and ther furious Five - Hip Hop Hero

The Black CNN: How ‘The Message’ changed hip-hop forever

How one song changed hip-hop.

Jul 31, 2024

Mustard - Hip Hop Hero

“I didn’t hear till everybody else heard it”: DJ Mustard recounts listening to ‘Not Like Us’

“I’m just listening to it over and over.”

Dale Maplethorpe

Jul 30, 2024

The artists Moneybagg Yo wishes he could be like: “I just fell in love”

Moneybagg Yo’s idols.

Jul 30, 2024

The musician Burna Boy called “my childhood hero”

A hero of the Nigerian.

Jul 30, 2024

Common - Hip Hop Hero

‘Blue Sky’: The song Common labelled “that good music”

It was simply “good hip-hop”.

Jul 30, 2024

Lil Wayne - hip Hop Hero

The beat Lil Wayne hated rapping on: “I don’t like this beat”

The Lil Wayne beat he hated.

Jul 29, 2024

André 3000 - 2024

André 3000 thinks Erykah Badu cursed his career

The Erykah Badu curse.

Jul 29, 2024

The Jay-Z album 2 Chainz called “way before its time”

A forward-thinking album.

Jul 28, 2024

Listen to The Notorious B.I.G.’s isolated vocals for hit song ‘Juicy’

Powerful

Jul 28, 2024

How Remy Ma “bullied” her way onto MOP’s classic ‘Ante Up’

Get the job done.

Jul 28, 2024