Hip Hop History

Wu Tang Clan “Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’” (1993) Taken from their debut album “Enter The Wu Tang” and released as the B-side of Wu Tang Clan‘s classic single C.R.E.A.M., this track defines exactly what the Wu stood for and did on the microphone! Notable Lyrics RZA’s signature flawless production combined with the straight bars from […]

Boom Moment In Hip-Hop (May 11th) On this date in 1999, Snoop Dogg released his fourth studio album and his second under No Limit Records, appropriately titled No Limit Top Dogg. The lead single featured two west coast emcees, Xzibit and Nate Dogg, and production credited to Dr. Dre and Master P called “B**** Pease”, which […]

BOOM Moment In Hip-Hop On this date in 2004, rapper MF Doom linked up with producer Madlib and dropped their collaborative debut called Madvillainy. This album created major waves in hip-hop, going against everything popular in the mainstream at the time, and is the main reason this album is coveted by hip-hop heads as one […]

The rap world was left shocked and saddened when news broke about the death of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly, one-half of the rap duo Kris…

In this exclusive video premiere on TheUrbanDaily, Dan Charnas, author of the epic new book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, talks about one very interesting event in Jay-Z’s breakup with Dame Dash that you won’t read in Jay-Z’s new bestseller, Decoded. Check out the video below: Dan Charnas, author of […]

In this exclusive video premiere on TheUrbanDaily, Dan Charnas, author of the epic new book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, discusses a very controversial story within it.

In this exclusive video premiere on TheUrbanDaily, Dan Charnas, author of the epic new book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, bursts a few widely-held myths about hip-hop. Myth #1: Suge Knight sprung Tupac from jail Myth #2: The Source was the first hip-hop magazine Myth #3: Kool Herc “invented” hip-hop […]