encyclopedia Hip Hop

Instead of a corny Halloween special, figured I'd look back to 1988 and try and find out why the hell was Freddy Kruger so interested in Hip Hop?!

In the early ’90s, the West Coast changed the landscape of Hip Hop. From N.W.A and Ice Cube to The Chronic, Doggystyle, and the G-Funk explosion, the spotlight shifted from New York to California.

But was everything as great as history remembers?

Eclectik revisits the West Coast takeover, explains his issues with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and why he’d take Warren G over The Chronic any day.

The impact was undeniable. The hype? That’s another story.

You had to be there.

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