Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Happy Friday! I don’t know if you’re excited that it’s nearly the end of February, or if you’re stressed that the beginning of the year seems to be going by so quickly because, well, I...
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Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Did you guys hear about Lupe Fiasco getting escorted off the stage by security at a pre-inaugural concert for performing a thirty minute song railing against Obama? This is the kind of thing I can...
Hip Hop Hooray: A Very Crunk Christmas (Leah)
Happy holidays, everyone! If there’s anything we can truly be grateful for this year, make it novelty hip hop. Tune in Sunday to KOOP 91.7FM to hear this mix live on the radio! :Sweet Tee...
Leah’s Top 5 Hip Hop Albums Of 2012
1. Killer Mike – R.A.P Music In perhaps the most flawless and listenable album of this year, Killer Mike and El-P team up to make R.A.P. Music, a combination of ferocious lyrics and dirty, hard...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Those that know me know that I have an enormous amount of respect for hip hop – that’s why I listen to it, do a radio show about it, and love it with a fire...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Just in case you didn’t know, 1989 was a pretty amazing year. For one, the USSR pulled out of Afghanistan after a nine-year occupation (man, they had the right idea there). Also, apartheid in South...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
Alright guys, the game is up. The students are back from summer travels and we have to rescind our bar stools and parking spaces to their butts and their cars and retreat to our comfort...
Hip Hop Hooray (Leah)
This month’s mix is inspired by my own contemplation of how great horns and horn samples sound in hip hop. Instead of wax rhapsodic about the great depth brass instruments can bring to hip hop,...
