The Hip Hop Years - Season 1
Episode List
E1 - Close To The Edge
Aired: January 01, 1999
Explores the birth of hip-hop and its roots in the 1970's NYC block parties organised by DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa.
E2 - The New Rock 'n' Roll
Aired: Unknown
Documents the rising popularity of hip-hop through the 1980's and the controversy surrounding the explicit lyrical content of gangsta rap.
E3 - Hip Hop Nation
Aired: Unknown
The final episode in the series looks at the mid 1990's east coast vs west coast rivalry, the growing commercialisation of hip-hop, and its place at the close of the 20th century as the biggest selling music genre in the United States.