MP3: Run DMC, "Christmas in Hollis"
From 1987's A Very Special Christmas. I'm also including the video below, because it's by far the best holiday-themed clip ever.
HIP HOP HOORAY!HO!HEY!HO!That's my response to the news that old-school hip-hop act Naughty By Nature is playing at Home Nightclub on Friday, August 7. It's one of the few acts to receive the honor of having two songs as '90s Hip-Hop Jams of the Week: "O.P.P." and "Hip-Hop Hooray."
This Saturday, the Sugarhill Gang will be performing at the Missouri Black Expo at 5:15 p.m. (MC Lyte is on at 6:15 p.m.; the concert takes place at America's Center.) Kevin Johnson has a nice interview in today's Post-Dispatch with the group's Big Bank Hank Jackson. What isn't mentioned in the piece is this nugget that Keegan Hamilton discovered in the course of reporting a story about '80s hip-hop in St. Louis: that "Rapper's Delight" likely "broke" first right here in St. Louis. Read the exce
Jay-Z's forthcoming album, The Blueprint 3, will be released on Friday, September 11 -- and to celebrate, today he announced an arena/college tour for the fall. The closest date so far is a November 12 one at Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois-Champaign. (Hey, that's a 3-hour drive or so; totally doable.) If a St. Louis date materializes, we'll let you know. Here's Hova covering the Beastie Boys at All Points West
