In the 70 and 80s, the founders of Death Row and Bad Boy are coming of age. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, a young Dre is spinning records before he even learns to read. Dre desperately wants to be a hip-hop DJ, but Los Angeles barely has a hip-hop scene. In New York, on the other hand, rap is popping off. And an 18 year old called Sean “Puffy” ... Show More
Sep 2021
Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | Hit ‘Em Up | 4
By the time Biggie Smalls meets Tupac Shakur, Tupac is already a big star. He hasn’t yet signed with Death Row, but he’s already sold millions of records and starred in two feature films. Biggie, on the other hand, is still waiting for his first album to drop. Biggie and Tupac be ... Show More
21m 16s
Sep 2021
Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You | 5
The rivalry between the East and West Coasts of hip-hop has become an all out war, with Death Row and Bad Boy on the front lines of the conflict. Within six months, the war claims the lives of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, sending shockwaves through the hip-hop community. For D ... Show More
21m 58s
Sep 2021
Death Row Records vs Bad Boy Records | Life After Wartime | 6
The battle between Death Row and Bad Boy Records wasn't long, but it was intense. Rather than staying on wax, the beef came off the records and into the streets, resulting in a deadly macho dust-up between hip hop's biggest — and youngest — stars. The rivalry also touched the lif ... Show More
28m 3s
Jan 2020
Tha Dogg Pound: Kurupt & Daz Dillinger
The OGs who fired the first shots in the East Coast vs West Coast war started at the bottom, only to end up on the grind with 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight, and Dr. Dre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1h 7m
Aug 2016
S1E1 – Compton, K Dot, and Kendrick Lamar
We begin our season-long examination of Kendrick Lamar‘s To Pimp a Butterfly with the history of Compton, California and Kendrick’s transformation from K Dot, a young mixtape rapper, to Kendrick Lamar, a true artist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch ... Show More
22m 10s
Apr 2021
The Beastie Boys Pt II: Hip Hop Meets Punk
In the 1980's, as the punk scene evolved into hardcore, another scene was developing and beginning to flourish in the clubs of NYC. In this episode, Carolina and Marcus will dig into early New York Hip Hop, and the MC's and Performers that lead The Beastie Boys to expand their mu ... Show More
1h 27m