Hip-Hop
by Dead Prez
- Type: Single
- Released: 30 March 1999
- Label: Loud
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Melvin Gibbs, Matt Life, Kanye West, Sean Cane, Hedrush, Schott Free, Bernard Grubman, Joshua, Mark Batson, Blue, Lord Jamar, Pressure
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The lead single from 'Let's Get Free', stic.man and M-1's indictment of commercial rap delivered over a bass-heavy boom bap chassis. Its refrain, insisting the music is larger than hip hop, became the duo's thesis statement.
Genres
Descriptors: about-music, bassy, rhythmic, conscious, political