An Updated Guide to Underground Hip Hop© Steve Scarbriel
Jun 24, 2000
The Guide to Underground Hip Hop On MP3.com
I got turned on to MP3.com by a friend of mine
who was excited about their Beam-It program (software that allows you to upload cds from your collection in minutes) and was bragging about how he could access
his cds online from any place in the world with any computer and internet
access. I went to MP3.com with the intent of downloading the program and moving
on. I wasn't interested in unknown artists, earlier I made the mistake of
clicking on a freestyle that was "wack" and I figured if that
kid was on the top of the charts, the rest had to be super wack to say the
least. I was just about to give up when a song title caught my eye. It was
" The
Elements" by Rha
Goddess. Anyone who knows hip hop knows the elements: emceeing, deejaying,
graffiti and breaking. Hmmmm...a song about the elements by a b-gyrl! I knew
this was a sign. I had to click. And I click I did. That click changed my
opinion of hip hop on MP3.com. There is good hip hop on MP3.com, as a matter of
fact, there's GREAT hip hop on
MP3.com, you just have to know where to find it.
Below is an introduction to hip hop on MP3.com. It might change the way you
think about hip hop music, especially underground music on the internet. It did
for me.
The
best place to start is Wordz
of Wizdom, the official hip hop station magazine on MP3.com and whatever you
do, don't leave this station magazine without stocking up on the Essentials,
the Official MP3.com Hip Hop Guide to "10 Definately Downloadables"
broken down by category. Current categories include: Hip-hop/Rap
CDs, Hip-hop,
Rap,
Alternative
Hip-hop, Hardcore
Hip-hop, World
Hip-hop, Women
Of Hip-hop, Latin
Hip-hop, Dancehall,
Top
20 1999 Countdown, and Paradise
Interviews. Other features include Vote
for Your Favorite Essential Hip-hop CD!, Nominate
a CD, and Create
Your Own Essentials.
Hip Hop is broken down into 13
subgenres: Alternative Hip Hop, Bass, Beats, Dirty South, East Coast,
Freestyles, Hip Hop, Horrorcore, New School, Old School, Rap, Spiritual Rap,
West Coast, and Hardcore Rap and each subgenre has it's own official music
director and station page. My favorites are Hip
Hop Music Director (for obvious reasons) and the East
Coast Music Director (did i fail to mention I'm from the east?).
Next
I recommend you examine b-gYrL
Radio - The All Female Hip Hop Station from
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