‘Rising Down’: When The Roots Uplifted The Masses

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‘Things Fall Apart’: How It All Came Together For The Roots

‘Room For Improvement’: How Drake Set The Bar For Himself

‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’: How The Roots Rebelled Against Hip-Hop

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‘SremmLife’: How Rae Sremmurd Crashed The Hip-Hop Party

‘Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood’: DMX’s Great Hip-Hop Disruption

‘The Chronic’: How The West Coast Won With Dr. Dre’s G-Funk Masterpiece

‘Mothership Connection’: Parliament’s Stratospheric Funk Masterpiece

‘Stoney’: How Post Malone Forged His Musical Identity

‘Trombipulation’: How Parliament Retooled Funk For The 80s

‘Pink Friday’: How Nicki Minaj Went From Scene-Stealer To Star

‘Ill Na Na’: How Foxy Brown’s Debut Album Changed The Game For Women In Hip-Hop

‘Radio’: LL Cool J Turns Up the Volume and Becomes a Star