Listen as Taylor and Dacoda breakdown the iconic tv show Hip Hop Evolution - Found on Netflix.

Mixtapes spread the hottest sounds, infringe on copyrights and break artists; among them: 50 Cent polarizes, T.I. takes off with trap and Lil Wayne clicks.

Recommended Song List:

• How to Rob – 50 Cent
• Rubber Band Man - T.I.
• A Milli - Lil Wayne
• Jackin for Beats - T.I.

Listen as Taylor and Dacoda breakdown the iconic tv show Hip Hop Evolution - Found on Netflix.

Auteurs such as the Neptunes' Pharrell and Chad expand the sonic palette; Missy Elliott and Timbaland move forward; Kanye West and J Dilla re-imagine rap.

Recommended Song List:

• Work It – Missy Elliott
• Up Jumps Da' Boogie – Missy Elliot, Timbaland, Magoo, Aaliyah
• Drop – Pharcyde
• Find My Way – A Tribe Called Quest

Listen as Taylor and Dacoda breakdown the iconic tv show Hip Hop Evolution - Found on Netflix.

Innovators explode out of the South; Houston's DJ Screw slows down hip-hop; Memphis' Three 6 Mafia goes dark; Atlanta's Lil Jon brings the crunk.

Recommended Song List:

• Poppin’ My Collar – Three 6 Maffia
• What A Job? – Devin The Dude
• Mystic Stylez – Three 6 Maffia
• Pimp Tha Pen – DJ Screw

Listen as Taylor and Dacoda breakdown the iconic tv show Hip Hop Evolution - Found on Netflix.

From roots in New Orleans' rich music culture, No Limit mogul Master P and bounce breakouts DJ Jimi and Juvenile shake-up rap and put twerking on the map.

Recommended Song List:

• Where They At? – DJ Jimi
• Rollin The Dice – Master P
• Real Big – Mannie Fresh
• Drag Rap (Triggaman) – Show Boys
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Sam Nabi is a rapper and community organizer living in Downtown Kitchener on the Haldimand Tract. He curates the TriCityHipHop.com website, where he shares stories, photos, and music videos from local hip-hop artists in Waterloo Region. Sam grew up in the GTA and moved to Kitchener-Waterloo for university, where he got his start performing at local restaurants and bars through a connection with the campus radio station and the alternative weekly magazine The Echo. He writes conscious rap with witty wordplay and a hyperlocal focus. Where you have played, performed, and with who etc. Sam honed his craft in KW’s house show scene, as well as slam poetry and open mics. This city is too small to have a strict separation between genres, so he has shared the stage with folk singers, pop/R&B artists, screamo bands, reggae and roots bands, poets, electronica and more. A little bit about your sound, awards and recognition, etc. Sam’s sound is influenced by a pastiche of music he listened to growing up, from Run-DMC to Nelly to The Roots. His lyrical delivery speaks truth to power while not being abrasive; his words land with rounded edges. In recent projects, Sam selects a consistent sonic palette to set the tone for a record. 2016’s Late Convert brought quirky vaporwave aesthetics to a boom-bap foundation; a 3-track EP from 2019, titled Fallout, was full of apocalyptic ennui. 2020’s Attract Hazard, produced by STEVEDAVE, lands with lush warm electronic tones and pop culture samples flipped beyond recognition. 2021’s Out of Body was a gritty, Buffalo-style neo-boombap sound produced by Sovren, who has made her name with recent production credits with Griselda Records’ Westside Gunn. Any Current projects you want to discuss or share.  Sam is currently working on a yet-to-be-titled EP focusing on Jazzy Boom-Bap sounds, inspired by iconic jazz and poetry clubs in New York City. He is also an organizer for the Mel Brown Festival, happening at the Kitchener Public Library in the last weekend in May, as well as a documentary project titled “Hope in Hip Hop” that explores what hip-hop means to local emerging and established artists.

Listen as Taylor and Dacoda breakdown the iconic tv show Hip Hop Evolution - Found on Netflix.

A hot and sticky music scene is born in Atlanta as the infectious hooks of TLC and Kris Kross yield to the gritty originality of OutKast and Goodie Mob.

Recommended Song List:

• Cocaine – Kilo Ali
• Red Dog – Goodie Mob
• Africa's Inside Of Me - Arrested Development
• Git Up, Get Out – Goodie Mob

Listen as Taylor and Dacoda breakdown the iconic tv show Hip Hop Evolution - Found on Netflix.

Alternative hip-hop bubbles up from the streets; Mos Def spits in New York City, the Freestyle Fellowship chops it up in Los Angeles, and Eminem battles on the circuit.

Recommended Song List:

• Definition – Black Starr
• Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
• Park Bench People – Freestyle Fellowship
• Infinite – Eminem

Listen as Taylor and Dacoda breakdown the iconic tv show Hip Hop Evolution - Found on Netflix.

In New York City, the Notorious B.I.G. fosters an empowering protege, Lil' Kim; when the East-West feud claims Biggie, Puff Daddy and Jay-Z vie for the throne.

Recommended Song List:

• Come On – Notorious BIG
• Feeling it – Jay Z
• Get Money – Jr Mafia
• The Originators – Jaz O & Jay Z