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Semtex's history of hip-hop

In his book, Hip Hop Raised Me, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1Xtra's DJ Semtex has compiled rare archive photos, alongside interviews with hip hop legends. He joins Huey to talk about the project.

From its origins in the early 1970s with DJ Kool Herc's block parties in the South Bronx, through its breakthrough to the mainstream and advent of gangsta rap in the late 1980s, with artists such as Run DMC, Public Enemy and Ice T, to the impact of contemporary artists and the global industry that is hip hop today. Hip-hop artists have gone from hustlers to successful entrepreneurs and businessmen. Hip hop has come of age.
DJ Semtex lovingly tells that story in his new book, Hip Hop Raised Me. The book features a foreword from Public Enemy's Chuck D, as well as interviews with legends such as Jay-Z, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan. Alongside the interviews, Semtex has unearthed some rare and beautiful photos from the archives of iconic hip hop photographers.
In this show, Semtex shares his pivotal hip hop moments with Huey.

Huey also airs exclusive live session tracks by Lady Wray from her Queen Alone album.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 22 Oct 2016 10:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

    Bad Reputation

    • Mercury.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Award Tour

    • Universal Music TV.

  • Radiohead

    Present Tense (Jonny, Thom & a CR78 version)

    • XL Recordings.

  • The Temptations

    Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)

    • Motown.

  • David Porter

    The Masquerade Is Over

    • Enterprise.

  • Bob Dylan

    Blowin' In The Wind

    • Capitol Records.

  • Courtney Barnett

    Dead Fox

  • Kings of Leon

    Waste A Moment

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    I Want To Take You Higher

    • Epic.

  • Loyle Carner

    NO CD (feat. Rebel Kleff)

    • AMF/Virgin EMI.

  • The Jam

    Start!

    • POLYGRAM TV.

  • Public Enemy

    Rebel Without A Pause

    • Global Television.

  • The Amazons

    In My Mind

    • Fiction.

  • The Staple Singers

    If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

    • Stax.

  • Wild Beasts

    Alpha Female

    • Domino Recording Co Ltd.

  • Drugdealer

    Theme From Alessandro

  • Sue Barker

    Love To The People

    • Crest International.

  • Nomade Orquestra

    Samurai

  • Jungle Brothers

    Black In Black

    • Warlock Records.

  • Ed Harcourt

    She Fell Into My Arms

    • HEAVENLY.

  • Slow Club

    Silver Morning

    • Moshi Moshi.

  • My Bloody Valentine

    Only Shallow

    • LOVELESS.
    • CREATION.

  • Steve Mason

    Words In My Head

    • Domino.

  • The Mad Lads

    Make This Young Lady Mine

    • Volt.

  • Tall Black Guy

    One Device, One Method, One Thing

  • Yussef Kamaal

    Lowrider

  • B.V.S.M.P.

    I Need You

    • Mega Records.

  • Honeyblood

    Sea Hearts

    • Fatcat Records.

  • Kelis

    Trick Me

    • Virgin.

  • Primal Scream

    Feeling Like A Demon Again

    • Ignition Records.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Chrysalis.

  • Ice T

    I'm Your Pusher

    • Sire.

  • Bob Marley

    The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow

    • Universal.

  • Count Ossie And The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari

    Way Back Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Maps

  • Devendra Banhart

    Fancy Man

    • Ape In Pink Marble.
    • Nonesuch.

  • The Stone Roses

    Driving South

    • Geffen.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    One More Night

  • Boogie Down Productions

    My Philosophy

    • Telstar.

  • AC/DC

    Can I Sit Next to You Girl

    • Albert Productions.

  • Tom Williams

    For You

  • Hooton Tennis Club

    Katy-Anne Bellis

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Frank Sinatra

    One More For The Road

    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Oct 2016 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music