What’s the best rhyme cypher in Hip Hop history? Is it Shades of Hip Hop’s Cypher featuring Big Pun, Canibus, Mos Def, DMX, John Forte and Mic Geronimo? You tell me…
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What’s the Best Cypher in Hip Hop History?
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Make Hip Hop Great Again
Let me remind you that Hip Hop created a multi-billion-dollar industry of products, services and techniques out of blood, sweat, tears, garbage and concrete.
Unsigned Artist Review (Parts 6 & 7)
It’s hard not to diss whack music but I try to be as constructive as I can in criticizing some of the weaker submissions. I don’t know if I was successful, but you be the judge. Most of the reviews…
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Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts
Unsigned Artist Review (S2 E5)
Each week I try to go through as many post from the HipHopLives.net Group on Facebook and review what people have submitted. I can’t guarantee that I will be in a good mood all the time, and I won’t be…
Young Rappers Don’t Love Hip Hop
Most times, I stay in the background of these topical rap conversations and gossip because its pointless. I’m glad on one level not to associate with too many insiders because then you lose perspective. It’s hard to be an honest…
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Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, Recent Posts
Elizabeth NJ – A Place in Hip Hop History
Last year when I began to contemplate the ripple effect on the vast culture of Hip Hop, I singled out my small town of Plainfield NJ. In that piece, I had only just begun to reveal the puzzle that makes…
Tagged with: artist, culture, Duke Bootee, hip hop, kurtnice, Melle Mel, society, The Message
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Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, history, kurt nice, Recent Posts
Exhibition Open
We made it! The brand new Hip Hop Archive at Plainfield Public Library @800 Park Ave is finally open! On display for the collective is my personal collection of artworks depicting some contemporary Hip Hop history. This material illustrates how…
Tagged with: #kurtnicehhl, art, artist, culture, exhibit, hip hop, kurtnice, media, shades of hip hop
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What have you learned from Hip Hop?
Since conscious rap music became a recognized force in the American culture, many jewels have been ‘dropped’, so to speak. Many ‘pearls of wisdom’ have educated those who would have otherwise never considered the info being presented. That knowledge has…
Tagged with: 9 elements, art, artist, culture, exhibit, hip hop, kurtnice, lives, shades of hip hop, society, technology
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What did we learn about Hip Hop in 2015?
They say the loudest voices get the most attention… Well, the loudest voices in rap music have made a complete cross-over into pop music with the new melody-rap; half-singing/half-rapping style being mimicked everywhere currently. The style is spearheaded by artists…
18 Years Ago This Week
If you know me, then you might know that 18 years ago this week, I was developing a concept called Shades of Hip Hop. It was a concept which tried to capture the essence of underground Hip Hop Kulture with…
Hip Hop Revolution
This is what comes up when you search for pictures related to the words “Hip Hop Revolution” on Google Images Kurt NiceKurt Nice aka Kurtiss Jackson is a behind the scenes pioneer in the Hip Hop Kulture, creating the…
Tagged with: 9 elements, art, artist, culture, graffiti, hip hop, lives, revolution, shadesradio, society
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Posted in 9 Elements, Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, kurt nice, mind, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com, truth
November: Hip Hop History Month
Since November is Hip Hop History month, a time in the folklore of Hip Hop when we celebrate the intricate history of the culture we all dwell in, let us reflect on the past. Many Hiphoppas talk about old-school vs…
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What You Know About Ghostwriting in Hip Hop May Be All Wrong
Recently, Meek Mill accused fellow rapper Drake, of having spit ghostwritten bars by Quentin Miller on their collabo track. This Twitter insult was slung at Drake to discredit his position as one of the rap industry’s top performers. However, the…
Tagged with: artist, culture, Duke Bootee, Grand Master Flash, Grandmaster Caz, hip hop, Jay-Z, lives, Melle Mel, rap, Sauce Money, society, The Furious 5, The Message, video
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Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, jay-z, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
WTF Just Happened to Meek MIll?
At the beginning of last week I was not intrigued by the Meek Mill v Drake rap celebrity Twitter beef, but by the end of the week I was like WTF just happened? To me, rap celebrity beefs are not…
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Posted in Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, Recent Posts
My Philosophy is more typical than you might remember
A particular classic hip-hop song starts out with a ‘sample’, which is an audio clip borrowed from an unrelated source: “So you’re a philosopher? Yes (deejay scratching). Yes. I think very deeply.”1 Judging from a superficial perspective of mainstream music…
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Free Ideas vs Pay to Play
Background At issue in the twenty-first century is the trade-off between the necessity of writers, musicians, artists, and movie studios to profit from their work and the free flow of ideas for the public benefit. Movie (and music) industry participants…
Black Moon before their first album in 1992
Here’s another classic Shades of Hip Hop clip to post for #TBT. It features Buckshot Shorty, the 5ft Accelerator and DJ Evil Dee just before their album dropped in 1992. This is when rappers could do in-store promotions at record…
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Posted in 9 Elements, Hip Hop, hiphoplives.net, Recent Posts, shadesradio.com
8 other things Hip Hop added to American culture
…And no I’m not talking about twerking! When we think of the cultural influence that Hip Hop has on American society and even the World, we think mostly in terms of the elements; Emceein, Deejayin, Graffiti Art, Breakin etc. In…
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What has Deejayin come to?
Is this what some deejays will do to get attention? Who knew that the professions of deejayin had gotten so theatrical. It’s one thing for deejays to be talentless, no skill-having, top 20 playing sell-outs. We don’t even expect deejays…
A Hip Hop Pilgrimage to the Mother Land
There is such a thing as Hip Hop Tourism. And that’s the practical business approach to looking at the recent trip by Switzerland born and raised Hiphoppas from Winterthur. On the other hand this was more like a Hip Hop…
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