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VH1 Documents '30 Years Of Hip Hop'!

Posted: 7/23/2004 6:18:27 PM

VH1 will document the cultural explosion of Hip Hop in a five-part document And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop premiering on Monday, October 4 at 8PM ET/PT.

With never-before-seen footage, "And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop" traces the history of this art form from "back in the day" to the meteoric rise and success of Russell Simmons' Def Jam label, to the gangsta rap wars and how hip hop and Eminem conquered America. The five-part documentary concludes with the new moguls who have come to define "bling bling."

"You can't overstate hip-hop's effect on American youth,comments
executive producer Russell Simmons.

"There are a lot of young people who've grown up on hip hop coming out of Beverly Hills, or out of the projects, or the trailer parks, who either have lived in poverty and have understood the struggle directly, or listened to hip-hop their whole lives and become sensitized to the plight of those poor people. So that's why everybody relates to it so well."

"And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop" features exclusive new interviews with Ice-T, Outkast, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Rick Rubin, Chuck D, the Reverend Run, Kid Rock, Will Smith, Fab 5 Freddie, Debbie Harry, DMC, The Beastie Boys, Nas, Sylvia Robinson, Jimmy Iovine, Lyor Cohen, The Neptunes,The Roots, Mary J. Blige, and MC Lyte as well as esteemed hip hop era authors Nelson George, Cheo Coker, and Danyel Smith.

Archival interview footage of Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaattaa, Grandmaster Flash, KRS-One, and Ice Cube round out the narration.

The artists featured in the documentary give first-hand accounts of how rap has impacted their lives.

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That's gonna be hot, a lot of these younger cats gotta learn that there was hip-hop before the Jay-Z, Eminem, and 50 Cent era that was more talented and diverse than it is now. :werd: I hope that the show focuses more on the earlier part of hip-hop than what's out now!
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[quote=Hero1,Jul 23 2004, 08:57 PM]the gangsta rap wars and how hip hop and Eminem conquered America. The five-part documentary concludes with the new moguls who have come to define "bling bling."[/quote]
this sounds really wack!!! :bang: :bang: :cussing: :nono:
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I'll have 2 see this be putting judgment on it. It could be good...it could be embarassing. I think the person who wrote this article is just ignorant and writing about things they know nothing off. VH-1 is usually pretty good about putting 2gether stuff like this (better than MTV). However, if they think Eminem conqured America...then it's gonna be stupid. The only Eminem conqured waz the trailor parks. Don't get me wrong, he dose have talent (when he chooses 2 use it) and some Hip-Hop fans like him, but 90% of his fanbase is teenage white kids who don't know much about Hip-Hop culture and any kind of real struggle in life.
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[quote=Hero1,Jul 24 2004, 08:29 PM][quote=Hero1,Jul 23 2004, 08:57 PM] the gangsta rap wars and how hip hop and Eminem conquered America.  The five-part documentary concludes with the new moguls who have come to define "bling bling."[/quote]
this sounds really wack!!! :bang: :bang: :cussing: :nono: [/quote]
Yeh it does sound wack but its the truth of modern day hip-hop so they have to show it really.
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