<![CDATA[Hip Hop Is Eternal - Blog]]>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:56:27 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[Dope Hip Hop 2024 Playlist]]>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 22:19:45 GMThttp://hiphopiseternal.com/blog/dope-hip-hop-2024-playlistDope Hip Hop 2024 Playlist curated by Hip Hop Is Eternal.  Spotify and YouTube links below.  Around 106 songs and 5 hours 39 mins of Hip Hop from 2024, may be slight variations on each platform depending on availability.
]]><![CDATA[Bob Dylan & Hip Hop]]>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:13:14 GMThttp://hiphopiseternal.com/blog/bob-dylan-hip-hop​Bob Dylan is widely regarded as one of the greatest songwriters and lyricists across all genres. The film A Complete Unknown is an autobiographical film about him.

The way Bob Dylan rhymed in certain songs was almost like an MC, he would stack some of his songs with rhymes and use poetic and songwriting techniques galore. He could make simple songs or complex ones rich with metaphors.

He did a song with Kurtis Blow called Street Rock where he did a rap on the intro.

Several rappers have cited him as an influence and Public Enemy did a song dedicated to him titled Long And Whining Road.

He’s spoken highly about Hip Hop and it’s artists, considering the Hip Hop artists of that time the “voice of a generation” and “poets who knew what was going on”.

“I think it’s an incredible art form” - Bob Dylan on Hip Hop]]><![CDATA[Teacher Trying To Get Hip Hop On England's National Curriculum]]>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 02:17:29 GMThttp://hiphopiseternal.com/blog/teacher-trying-to-get-hip-hop-on-englands-national-curriculum​Teacher James Bennett is trying to get Hip Hop on the national curriculum in England to support pupils who may be struggling with mainstream education.

He delivered a Hip Hop Healing pilot last year and has been given funding to create another event.

He is inviting influential figures to see his work in action and has had rapper Jaykae perform at his old school.

"I've had kids who won't write anything down in English, writing poetry for three hours because they can hear a beat. Music can help so much and also act as therapy.

If you can tap into people's passions a bit more, you can make a bright future for kids and also give them the mindset that you can make a living from something you are passionate about” - James Bennett

"I am convinced that increased investment in schools and encouragement to do this kind of work would make an enormous and positive impact on society and the lives of many young people.

Hip Hop Healing provides an enriched curriculum of dance, performing arts, music, photography, design and art which engages young people in a way that mainstream curriculum can struggle to at times." - Colin Crehan (Holy Trinity Headteacher)
]]><![CDATA[Dope Hip Hop Releases 2024]]>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:37:10 GMThttp://hiphopiseternal.com/blog/dope-hip-hop-releases-2024​Here's the Hip Hop Is Eternal list of some of the dopest Hip Hop releases of 2024 in no order...

1: Album: The Musalini – Uptown Bandit 2
2: Album: The Last Emperor & DJ Madsol Desar – Programme
3: Single: IAMGAWD & Clypto - Wrong Side Of The Gun (feat. J.Arrr)
4: Album: Hus KingPin & 9th Wonder - The Supergoat
5: Album: The Game & Big Hit - Paisley Dream
6: Single: namesbliss, SAMSON & t.o - Lend Me A Fiver
7: Album: Masta Ace & Marco Polo - Richmond Hill
8: Album: Cookin Soul & Tha God Fahim - Supreme Dump Legend : Soul Cook Saga
9: Single: Oliver Rees - Gold Standard (feat. Juga-Naut)
10: EP: Blu & Roy Royal - Royal Blu
11: Album: Jon Connor – III
12: Album: Ransom & Harry Fraud - Lavish Misery
13: Album: Cooking Soul & The Musalini – Mackaroni
14: Album: Joyner Lucas - Not Now I'm Busy
15: Album: Eddie Kaine & Big Ghost LTD - Last Exit To Crooklyn
16: Album: Brother Ali & unJUST – Love & Service
17: Album: Spice 1 - Platinum O.G 2
18: Album: Substance810 & Observe Since 98 - The Lion's Share 3: Pride Of The Lion
19: Album: Pro Dillinger - Reasonable Dirt
20: EP: Rome Streetz & Wavy Da Ghawd - Buck 50
21: Mixtape: J. Cole - Might Delete Later
22: Album: Rapsody - Please Don't Cry
23: Album: Lupe Fiasco – Samurai
24: Album: Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1
25: EP: Ransom & MadeInTYO - Smoke & Mirrors
26: Album: Freeway & Jake One – Stimulus Package 2
27: Album: Curren$y & MonstaBeatz – Radioactive
28: Album: Rakim - G.O.D’s Network (Reb7rth)
29: Album: The Musalini - Active & Attractive
30: Album: Substance810 & Machacha – The Port
31: Album: Awon & Phoniks - Golden Era 2
32: Album: BP Infinite - Kill Or Be Killed
33: Album: 38 Spesh - Mother & Gun
34: Album: Ransom, Conway The Machine & Don V - Chaos Is My Ladder 2
35: Album: LL Cool J - The Force
36: Album: OT The Real - PALE HORSE
37: EP: Oliver Rees - Nights In Marrakech
38: Album: Talib Kweli & J. Rawls - The Confidence Of Knowing
39: Album: Blu & Exile - Love (the) Ominous World
40: Album: Nines - Quit While You’re Ahead
41: Album: Bizzy Bone - Bizzy Bone
42: Album: Rome Streetz & Daringer - Hatton Garden Holdup
43: EP: The Hoodies - Nobody Bigger Than We
44: Album: Pro Dillinger & Futurewave - Dirtwave, Vol. 1
45: Single: Doc Brown & Tony Bones The Producer – Jokes
46: Album: Killah Priest - Abraxas Rebis Simha Pleroma
47: Album: namesbliss - Lively Experience
48: Album: Benny The Butcher & 38 Spesh - Stabbed & Shot 2
49: Album: Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus
50: EP: A-F-R-O - AFRODEEZEAK 2
51: Album: Doc Brown & Tony Bones The Producer - Do More Say Less
52: Album: Bob Vylan - Humble As The Sun
53: Single: Farma G - In Between The Lines
54: Album: Bashy - Being Poor Is Expensive
55: Album: Fliptrix – Dragonfly
56: Album: Ghetts - On Purpose, With Purpose
57: Album: Leaf Dog - When Sleeping Giants Wake
58: Album: Che Noir - The Lotus Child
59: Album: Philmore Greene - The Grand Design
60: Album: Tha God Fahim & Cartune Beatz - Machine Gun Vocabulary
61: Album: Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven - Tha Myth That Never Quit 2
62: Album: Tha God Fahim & Nicholas Craven - Tha Myth Who Never Quit 3
63: Album: Lowkey - Soundtrack To The Struggle 3
64: Album: Essa & Pitch 92- Resonance
65: Album: Onoe Caponoe - Tears Of The Dragon
66: Single: Danny Boy & Snoop Dogg - My Everything
67: Album: South Park Coalition - The Ties That Bind Us
68: Album: A-F-R-O & Stu Bangas - The Bad And The Ugly
69: Album: Lloyd Banks - Halloween Havoc V
70: Single: Sa-Roc - Amazing Grace
71: Single: Gang Starr – Finishem
72: Album: Freddie Gibbs - You Only Die 1nce
73: Single: Nicholas Craven, Ransom & Stove God Cooks – Unreal
74: Single: Shay Mula - Gifted Again
75: Album: Craig G - The World Is Cooked
76: Album: Willie The Kid & V Don - Deutsche Marks 4
77: Single: Lord Sko – Stubborn
78: Album: Bumpy Knuckles - Level Up
79: Album: Skrapz – Reflections
80: Album: Locksmith - No Atheists In Foxholes
81: Album: K.A.A.N - The Lost Files
82: Album: Uncle Murda - Lenny Grant Story
83: Album: Z-Ro - The Ghetto Gospel
84: Album: Apathy - Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2
85: Album: Planet Asia & Local Astronauts - No Retirement
86: Album: Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival - Songs For Sinners & Saints
87: Album: Bun B - Yokozuna Trill
88: Album: Bugzy Malone - The Great British Dream
89: Album: Ghostface Killah - Set The Tone (Guns & Roses)
90: Single: Consequence- What Has America Done (feat. Chuck D)
91: Album: Kofi Stone - A Man After God’s Own Heart
92: Album: Confucius MC & Pitch 92 - Stop Signs
93: Album: Slim Thug - Around The World
94: Album: Krayzie Bone - Chasing The Devil: Chapter 2 “Salvation”
95: Album: Cordae - The Crossroads
96: Album: Dave East & araabMUZIK - Living Proof
97: Album: Stalley – Peerless
98: Album: Fashawn & ProducerTrentTaylor - You Owe Us With Interest
99: EP: Shay Mula - Rose From Concrete
100: Album: Juga-Naut & Mr Brown - Relative To Craft
101: EP: BP Infinite & RJ Payne - A Different Kind Of Payne
102: EP: RJ Payne - Payne’s Law
103: EP: RJ Payne – Hellraiser
104: Album: Ras Kass, RJ Payne & Havoc – Guttr
105: Album: Tha God Fahim - Dump Goat 2
106: EP: Nejma Nefertiti, Double A.B. & Dub Sonata - Animal Barz
107: Single: Rikishi Fatu - Dynasty Forever
108: Single: Rikishi Fatu - Late Nights Early Flights
109: Single: Rikishi Fatu - Do It For The Bay
110: Single: Rikishi Fatu - Down With The Kish
111: Single: Rikishi Fatu - Sika’s Song
112: EP: Marlon Craft - The Long Game: A Collection Of Songs By Marlon Craft
113: Album: Skyzoo - Keep Me Company
114: EP: Hus KingPin - The Olympics Tape: First Session
115: Album: Blak Madeen - When All Else Fails
116: Album: Stan Ipcus - Sleep If You Want
117: Album: Ja’king The Divine - Children Of The Scorned
118: Single: Lady Leshurr - Not Guilty
119: Album: Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd - Gucci Gambinos
120: Album: Chino XL - Darkness & Other Colors
121: Album: Rome Mallory & Numbz - Winner Circle
122: Album: Pro Dillinger & Futurewave - Dirtwave, Vol. 2
123: Album: Numbz - Soul Food 3
124: Album: Numbz & Furious Stylez - Art Imitates Life
125: Album: Bun B & Statik Selektah - Trillstatik 4
126: Album: Z-Ro - Call Me Rother
127: Album: Fat Joe - The World Changed On Me
128: Album: Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah - Once In A Blue Moon
129: Album: Jay Royale - The Bea Gaddy Soup Kitchen
130: Single: Rebel Ink – When A Devil
131: EP: Oddisee - And Yet Still
132: Album: Leaf Dog – Photosynthesis
133: Album: Leaf Dog - Don’t Scare The Crows Now
134: Album: Leaf Dog - Outstanding In My Field
135: EP: Che Noir - The Color Chocolate, Vol. 1
136: Album: General Steele & Es-K - Building Bridges 2
137: Album: Stu Bangas & Wordsworth - Two Kings]]><![CDATA[Hip Hop Is Eternal Song Of The Year 2024]]>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:32:33 GMThttp://hiphopiseternal.com/blog/hip-hop-is-eternal-song-of-the-year-2024Hip Hop Is Eternal Song Of The Year 2024 is…

Brother Ali & unJUST – The Collapse

The song from Brother Ali & unJUST’s album "Love & Service" is powerful, heart-wrenching and thought provoking where Brother Ali raps about the suffering of the people in Palestine in a poetic, eloquent, emotive way with authentic passion that comes across in his delivery over the haunting unJUST production.

The song is impactful and leaves a lasting impression upon the listener, it is an embodiment and continuation of Hip Hop's long standing tradition of protest music, highlighting important issues and advocating for justice.

The chorus fits in perfectly with the title, subject matter and theme, "everyone kept dancing, while it was all collapsing", which could be both metaphorically and literally on several different levels.  It provokes reflection about the situation and how the people in the regions lives and surroundings are collapsing before them as the wider world in many cases continues without giving them a second thought regarding the horrors and atrocities they are facing.  
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The multilayered music video further emphasises the intended message and is the perfect visual to the brilliant piece of art Brother Ali & unJUST have created with the song.
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​Hip Hop Is Eternal Artist & Lyricist Of The Year 2024 is Common.

Common and Pete Rock released their album The Auditorium Vol.1 which many consider the Hip Hop album of the year.

Common’s performance on the album is exceptional, his lyrics are full of witty wordplay and poetic mastery with substance and depth, his wordplay in particular adds to the replay value of the songs as you can keep catching additional meanings the more you listen.

Common’s delivery adapts to the mood of the songs and he shows range and depth as an artist, smoothly displaying his songwriting ability in a manner that appears effortless, what he does is an indication of the high level artist, MC and lyricist he is.

Common is a veteran in Hip Hop at this point but he sounds sharp and hungry on the album and in his live performances this year. He has long been one of the great Hip Hop artists and it seems like with The Auditorium Vol.1 he is finally getting the appreciation that is well deserved.
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Hip Hop Is Eternal Producer Of The Year 2024 is Pete Rock.

Pete Rock brought the best out of Common on their collaboration album The Auditorium Vol. 1 with soulful beats that seemed tailor made for him.

Not every producer is capable of holding down an entire quality album by themselves but Pete Rock has proved he’s certainly still one of those that can.

He has only added on to his already impeccable legacy with his production work on the album which has been almost universally critically acclaimed by fans and the industry as a whole.

]]><![CDATA[Hip Hop Is Eternal Top 10 Albums Of 2024…]]>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:37:58 GMThttp://hiphopiseternal.com/blog/hip-hop-is-eternal-top-10-albums-of-2024Hip Hop Is Eternal Top 10 Albums Of 2024...

​1:  Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1
2:  Kofi Stone - A Man After God’s Own Heart
3:  Brother Ali & unJUST – Love & Service
4:  Awon & Phoniks - Golden Era 2
5:  Freeway & Jake One – The Stimulus Package 2
6:  Chino XL - Darkness & Other Colors
7:  South Park Coalition - The Ties That Bind Us
8:  Talib Kweli & J. Rawls - The Confidence Of Knowing
9:  Blak Madeen - When All Else Fails
10: Bashy - Being Poor Is Expensive]]><![CDATA[Hip Hop Is Eternal Mixtape Of The Year 2024]]>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:30:31 GMThttp://hiphopiseternal.com/blog/hip-hop-is-eternal-mixtape-of-the-year-2024Hip Hop Is Eternal Mixtape Of The Year 2024 is…
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J. Cole - Might Delete Later
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Blu & Roy Royal - Royal Blu
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