|  Name: VA - Classic Material Edition #10 (1996) Genre: Rap | Hip-Hop
 Year: 2024
 Featuring: The Roots, East Flatbush Project, Jungle Brothers, Lord Finesse, The Fugees, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep, Edo G, Grav, INI, Pete Rock, Special Ed, Jeru the Damaja, Wise Intelligen, De La Soul, Consequence, Faith Evans, O.C., Sadat X, Redman, Camp Lo
 Format: mp3 | 320 kbps
 Duration: 00:29:37
 Size: 68 Mb
 Description: Edition #10 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop of 1996, a year which marks a turning point for the genre with a divide growing between the emerging crossover sound and the underground ‘independent’ sound blossoming in reaction to it. Whilst many established artists including De La Soul and The Roots critiqued the commercial sound of the day, artists such as Busta Rhymes managed to deliver more chart friendly offerings while retainign underground credibility. Fugees’ hit album ‘The Score’, JAY-Z’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ and Jeru’s ‘Wrath of the Math’ in contrast to it. Debut releases from Kool Keith alias Dr Octagon and newcomers Company Flow set the tone for a new breed of leftfield acts. Artwork references the logo of NY imprint Uptown Records
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