It took all week but Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon finally revived their "History of Rap" series with "History of Rap 4" on Friday (March 15) night's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."
The rap medleys have become a regular thing for the pair and this installment was particularly impressive and expansive -- ranging from 1981's "Apache (Jump On It)" by the Sugarhill Gang to current chart-topper Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop."
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Watch the video in the player above and check out the complete song list below:
Sugarhill Gang, "Apache (Jump On It)" (1981)
Grandmaster Melle Mel, "White Lines (Don't Do It)" (1983)
Kurtis Blow, "Basketball" (1984)
Fat Boys, "The Fat Boys" (1984)
Run Dmc, "Its Tricky" (1987)
Beastie Boys, "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" (1987)
LL Cool J, "Going Back to Cali" (1988)
Slick Rick, "Children's Story" (1989)
2 Live Crew, "Me So Horny" (1989)
Public Enemy, "Fight the Power" (1989)
A Tribe Called Quest,...
The rap medleys have become a regular thing for the pair and this installment was particularly impressive and expansive -- ranging from 1981's "Apache (Jump On It)" by the Sugarhill Gang to current chart-topper Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop."
Related: Watch video from Justin Timberlake's secret SXSW concert
Watch the video in the player above and check out the complete song list below:
Sugarhill Gang, "Apache (Jump On It)" (1981)
Grandmaster Melle Mel, "White Lines (Don't Do It)" (1983)
Kurtis Blow, "Basketball" (1984)
Fat Boys, "The Fat Boys" (1984)
Run Dmc, "Its Tricky" (1987)
Beastie Boys, "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" (1987)
LL Cool J, "Going Back to Cali" (1988)
Slick Rick, "Children's Story" (1989)
2 Live Crew, "Me So Horny" (1989)
Public Enemy, "Fight the Power" (1989)
A Tribe Called Quest,...
- 3/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Nas and I have something in common: We both miss the 1990s. I miss it because that was the decade when I graduated from high school and went to college. Everything felt so important back then -- especially music. Nas presumably misses it because his music was among the most important of the decade. Illmatic, released in April 1994, was a dispatch from the Queensbridge projects that immediately established Nas as one of the premier rappers of his generation. I'm sure it's because we were biased New Yorkers, but nobody I knew listened to Tupac until he died. Our "Who's No. 1?" debates all centered on Biggie and Nas.
None of which is to suggest that Nas (born Nasir Jones) hasn't enjoyed his share of success in the new millennium. He's released five successful solo albums since 2001; one went double platinum, two went platinum, and the last two hit No. 1. And he's...
None of which is to suggest that Nas (born Nasir Jones) hasn't enjoyed his share of success in the new millennium. He's released five successful solo albums since 2001; one went double platinum, two went platinum, and the last two hit No. 1. And he's...
- 6/14/2012
- by Michael Hogan
- Huffington Post
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