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Classic Material celebrates 30+ years of recorded Rap music through a series of events, exhibitions, mixtape releases and more. It is the first of a series of projects curated by Rap Music Fan Club, a London-based collective of DJs, music makers,...

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Classic Material. Hosted by Chris Read.
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  • Edition #1 Part 1 (1979-1983)

    Edition #1 documents hip hop's birth on wax and it's formative years, 1979-1983.

    31:35

  • Edition #1 Part 2 (1984-1987)

    This mix documents Hip Hop's progression from 1984 to 1987, where hip hop’s prominent sound changed drastically with the increasing popularity of drum machine programmed beats.

    29:52

  • Edition #2 (1988)

    Edition #2 of the Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1988, a year which many consider the 'golden year' of the late 1980s.

    30:12

  • Edition #3 (1989)

    Edition #3 of the Classic Material series pays tribute to the Hip Hop of 1989, where producers deviated from sampling James Brown to sampling Funkadelic, Parliament and Zapp.

    34:26

  • Edition #4 (1990)

    Edition #4 of the Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1990, a year when Hip Hop really spread its wings with a diverse range of new sounds.

    32:40

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Released

2020

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Season 1

Classic Material celebrates 30+ years of recorded Rap music through a series of events, exhibitions, mixtape releases and more. It is the first of a series of projects curated by Rap Music Fan Club, a London-based collective of DJs, music makers, designers, photographers and more founded by DJs Chris Read and Nick Armitage. Each month, Classic Material pays tribute to the defining moments of an era or specific year in hip hop’s colourful history through music, design, photography and film.

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2020

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