50 Rappers Who Changed The World Rock N Roll & 50s

50 Rappers Who Changed The World Rock N Roll & 50sArguably one of the most mainstream music styles today, rap was in fact born centuries ago in West Africa with historians or 'griots' who used to tell stories of the past over the beat of a drum. But it wasn't until the 1970s in New York that rapping as we know it was born and began to flourish. 50 Rappers Who Changed the World profiles some of the genre's biggest influencers, from the 1970s until the present day. From Bronx based legends Afrikaa

1 hit 'Sugar Baby Love'

'Alley-Wind Song'

including Luke Haines (Auteurs)

Opener 'Strings of the Afterline' is pleasingly hazy and dreamy whilst boasting Gordon's usual synth-heavy squelch

Warren Tesoro (bongos)

Production and arrangements by the legendary Del Newman

Enjoying tremendous record sales and receiving numerous awards for his work at home and abroad

multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

My Lover (with Not3s)

At the heart of these recordings

The album explores recovery