DJ Kool Herc - 1960- "". , . ( ) , . : "Throw your hands in the air. And wave'em like ya just don't care!", "rapping". "", "MCing". Herc -, MCing'a , Coke La Rock Clark Kent . MC , Kool Herc & The Herculoids.
Grand Wizard Theodore -, (scratch), . -, . , , , . International Turntable Foundation .
"Rappers Delight" Sugar Hill Gang . 12'' (12- ) , 2- . - , "hip hop" . "Good Times".
, , , , , (drum machine) - -.
1982
Grand Master Flash, Furious Five, , , MC - Melle Mel, Cowboy, Rahiem, Mr. Ness Kid Creole. Furious Five , , , "The Message" . , -, " " " ", .
1983
Ƹ - "White Lines (Don't Do It)" Grand Master Flash Melle Mel, . - .
Afrika Bambaata Kraftwork. "Trans-Europe Express" Afrika Bambaata Assim . Soul Sonic, -. "Planet Rock" , 620 . , , . - , . - .
1984
14- Roxanne Shante "Roxanne's Revenge", U.T.F.O. "Roxanne Roxanne", . , 1/4 - . "Bad Sister".
Run D.M.C. , , . , , "My Adidas". , Adidas , , Run D.M.C. .
1985
2 Live Crew , "As Nasty As They Wanna Be". , , . , , , .
1986
"Def Jam" Run D.M.C. "Raising Hell". 3- . (Aerosmith - "Walk This Way").
"Fight For Your Right To Party" Beastie Boys . Volkswagon, Volkswagon . , , - . "License To Ill" 4- 7- .
1987
LL Cool J, , Ladies Love Cool James ( , ) Beastie Boys 1984 , 15 . Run D.M.C., LL (beat box) . "I Need Love", LL . LL , "" ( ) , . .
KRS-1 DJ Scott La Rock . BDP (Boogie Down Productions), "Criminal Minded", (gun culture). 1- , . DJ Scott La Rock. KRS-1 "My Philosphy" , .
1988
Eric B. & Rakim () . "Follow The Leader" . , . "Paid In Full" James Brown Boby Byrd, . . , 30 .
, Public Enemy , - . , . "Don't Believe The Hype" (" ") Public Enemy . 30 Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back", .
Public Enemy, EPMD , . 6- , "Stirctly Business" . , 3-x "" .
N.W.A. Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, MC Ren, Eazy E Ice Cube, , , . . . N.W.A. . "Fuck The Police" , , , N.W.A. , "" , -. , "Straight Outta Compton" "" 6- .
DJ Spinderella Salt-N-Pepa, "Push It", B (B-side) "Tramp". - "Push It" "Tramp", - . "Hot, Cool And Vicious" , , Salt-N-Pepa , . (Grammies) - "Best Rap Act" (" ") Salt-N-Pepa . , , , . 1991 Salt-N-Pepa "Lets Talk About Sex". , Salt-N-Pepa .
Will Smith, Jeff Townes . , DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. -, . "Rock The House" "transforming". DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Grammy "Best Rap Performance" "Parents Just Don't Understand". 1989 , "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" "And In This Corner". 1991 , 1992 NAACp Image Awards "Outstanding Rap Artists".
1989
Public Enemy - - "The Black Panthers" (" "). , . "Fight The Power" .
Marvin Young, Young MC , - . "" . "Busta Move" , "Brainstorm" "Best Rap Record". Ton Loc "Wild Thing".
Queen Latifah . , , "Raps First Lady". "Best Solo Rap Performance" 1994 . "Dance For Me" , .
1990
Ice Cube "Amerikkka's Most Wanted", Public Enemy. , "" , , , 1- . , (), , , 1993 .
1991
Ice-T Iceberg Slim, , . Ice-T Iceberg Slim', . , , 12- (12'') 80- . - Rappin', Breakin' Breakin' II: Electric Boogaloo . "O.G. Original Gangster" . , Ice-T , LA (-). , , Parental Advisory ( , ).
Yo-Yo South Central LA, , (west coast). Ice Cube' ( N.W.A., ), . Yo-Yo , , "Making The Way For The Motherload" 400 .
Tupac Amaru Shakur , -. , , . "2pacalypse Now" . "" , "Trapped" 3- . 2pac "Strictly 4 my N.I.G.G.A.Z.", , 1- .
1992
Dr. Dre "Chronic" , 70- , Funkadelic. - . -.
Cypress Hill, Dr. Dre . , "NORMAL - The National Organisation For The Reform Of Marijuana Laws". Cypress Hill R&B , , . Cypress Hill . - -. Mello Man Ace ( Sen Dogg') Kid Frost.
- House Of Pain LA (-) "Jump Around", . 1994 , Everlast JFK . 3- .
The Roots Philladelephia. - (old school). -, Run D.M.C. Eric B. & Rakim. The Roots " " . ( ), "the thinking man's rap music". - .
, 4 - Pharacyde, "Bizarre Ride II Pharacyde". One Nut Magazine "They paved the way for an LA hip hop renaissance that helped hoist the city out of its bullets and bitches pigeon hole" (" - - , "" "). , Beastie Boys Mike D "Drop", "Labcabincalifornia", .
1993
12 MC Lyte "Ruffneck", Apache "Gangsta Bitch", . "" . "" .
, , Wu-Tang Clan. Wu-Tang Clan - , "sword family" ( ) - - MC. , -. 4- . RZA Method Man Ghostface Killah . Ol' Dirty Bastard Busta Rhymes Mariah Carey.
Snoop , Dr. Dre. "Snoop Doggy Dogg" 20- , , "" . , "Doggy Style" . En Vogue MTV 1993 , Snoop . , (drive-by shooting - ) . "Doggystyle" 4- , .
1994
Nas (Nassir Jones) "Illmatic", "If I Ruled the World" Lauryn Hill, Nas'a -. Nas , . , - -, "It Was Written".
Warren Griffen . , . Warren G - (Long Beach), , , . "Regulate" "Above The Rim" . , "Billboard" . "Regulate... G Funk Era" 4- Warren G . Warren G , -.
Jeru The Damja DJ Premier "Wrath Of The Math". , (old school style of rhyming) . - , , Junior M.A.F.I.A. . "Ya Playin' Yaself" . -.
1995
The Notorious B.I.G. "The Source", , . "... The Source Unsigned Hype. , , . Matty C ( The Source) . Puffy..." - . Christopher Wallace . "Ready To Die" , , , , "Life After Death". "One More Chance" , .
1996
The Notorious B.I.G. Lil' Kim. 17 "Crush On You". Ÿ , , - , , "". . : " - . ! . , , " ().
The Fugees , Wyclef, Pras Lauryn Hill. , -, "fugee", refugee (). , - , , . "" (Roberta Flack) "Killing Me Softly", 9- . The Score "Best Rap Album" 1997 .
Busta Rhymes - . Leaders Of The New School. , Chuck D Public Enemy "The Coming". , "Woo-Hah!!" "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See", , - Busta Rhymes - . , , Busta Rhymes . : " , . . . , . , ".
2pac The Notorious B.I.G. . "keeping it real" (" "), "it's all good" (" ") . 2pac (drive-by shooting - ), . , "Soul Train Awards" The Notorious B.I.G.. .
1997
"Interscope Records", "Death Row Records", "Death Row". Dr. Dre, , . Suge Knight'a, 9 , . . Afeni Shakur 2pac'a , "Death Row", .
Daz Dillinger (Tha Dogg Pound) - "Death Row", . Danny Boy, , . Kurupt . Nate Dogg "Dogg Foundation" , , "Death Row", 3- . Snoop Doggy Dogg, , . - " , , , . , Death Row Records".