The Bronx may have started it….but Brooklyn keeps on takin it! In the fall of 1979 a group of rappers from Brooklyn called the Sugarhill Gang released the hit single Rapper’s Delight. Because it came from Brooklyn, many Bronx residents flouted it as derivative. The song however, pushed rap into the public eye. Since then, Brooklyn has been the birth place & home of some of the most important headz in hip hop history……Sugarhill Gang, Chub Rock, Blahzay Blahzay, Group Home, Memphis Bleek ,A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr – (Not born …but Rep B.K.),Smif N Wessun, Special Ed, Sean Price, Killah Priest, AZ, MOP, Gravy, Lil Kim, Das Efx, O.C., Masta Ace, O.G.C., Buckshot, Jeru The Damaja, Shyne, Prime Minister Pete Nice,Whodini, Big Daddy Kane, Notorious BIG. Audio Two, Jay-Z, MC Lyte, Maino, Papoose, Talib Kweli & Hi Tek, Mos Def, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, RZA, Uncle Murder, Smoothe Da Hustler, Trigga The Gambler, Group Home, Cella Dwellas. No other city, country, or borough has had more of an impact on hip hop than Brooknam NY.
1.)Gangstarr – The Place Where We Dwell,
2.)Smif n Wessun/MOP – Bucktown USA(Remix)
3.)Mos Def – Brooklyn
4.)RZA – Brooklyn Babies
5.)Jay-Z – Where Im From
6.)Maino – My Hood
7.)Jeru The Damaja – Brooklyn Took It
8.)Boot Camp Clik – Welcome To Bucktown USA
9.)Ol’ Dirty Batard – Brooklyn Zoo,
10.)Black Star- Definition
11.)MOP – Brownsville
12.)Black Moon – sh*t iz Real
13.)Smif n Wessun/Buckshot – Follow Me
14.)Masta Ace/Buckshot/Special Ed – Crooklyn Dodgers
15.)BIG/Jay-Z – Brooklyns Finest
16.)Smif n Wessun -Home Sweet Home
17.)Das EFX – Brooklyn T-Neck
18.) Masta Ace – Beautiful
19.)Lil Kim – Welcome To Brooklyn