History's Dumpster: Hip-Hop

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Sunday, April 03, 2016

Hamburger Helper

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If there's one product that American families on a budget know and love/hate the taste of all too well, it was Hamburger Helper. H...

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

"Killing Me Softly With His Song" Lori Lieberman (1972)

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This song may be best known as Roberta Flack's signature song , but this was the original version of it, released a year before ...

Saturday, November 21, 2015

"Here Come The Judge" Pigmeat Markham (1968)

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Whether or not this is the very first ever true rap song, a jury of hip-hop scholars will probably forever be out. But this is wide...

Sunday, March 29, 2015

"Where's The Beef?"

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It all started with a fairly run of the mill TV commercial for national fast food chain Wendy's.... ....that turned three words in...

Monday, December 22, 2014

"Christmas Rappin'" Kurtis Blow (1979)

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PLAY IT LOUD!!!

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

"I Was Only 19" The Herd feat. Redgum (2005)

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In 1983, there was a major hit record in Australia nobody in America has ever heard at that time. But one they should have. Sadly, it di...

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Anti-Rock Music Hysteria

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Racist religious tract, 1957 From the day rhythm & blues and country came together to form a brand new hybrid of p...

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