The 90s usually get called hip hop’s golden era.
But the foundation was crafted in the 80s.
I went live with journalist and cultural critic Jeff Chang, author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, to talk about the records that changed the game — from Blondie’s “Rapture” to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, from Run-DMC to Eric B. & Rakim.
Then we talk about the greatest Gen X rappers of all time.
Jeff drops some science here. Straight from the dome. I thought I knew everything there was to know about 80s hip hop.
Man, was I wrong.
