Perhaps more than any other style of music, hip-hop songs are best to dance to. In fact, when hip-hop was invented, there ...

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Up front, Helmet hammer hard with percussively brutal riffage and Page Hamilton’s rage-heavy barks. The sound of industrial ...

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Southern hip-hop's influence continues shaping modern music through strategic sampling drawing from classic Southern tracks.

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