The 80s – Music’s Greatest Decade: Hip-Hop to House

The 80s: Music’s Greatest Decade? - Hip-Hop to House

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Dylan Jones argues that the 1980s was the greatest decade in the history of pop.

Award-winning author Dylan Jones makes the case that the 1980s was the most radical, innovative and creative decade in the history of pop.

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The 80s - Music’s Greatest Decade?: Series 1: Hip-Hop to House

Hip-Hop to House

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Dylan Jones compiles some of the key hip-hop and house performances of the 80s.

Dylan Jones has mined the 1980s archives to select some of the most pivotal tracks and performances in hip-hop and house music.

The 1980s was an era in which a fusillade of new genres emerged, and many are still with us today, such as hip-hop and house. Dylan Jones has mined the archives to select some of the most crucial tracks in the rise of these two genres.
 
From a young Kurtis Blow making his Top of the Pops debut to the sonic bombardment of Public Enemy and the sampling skills of Bomb the Bass, this episode showcases the evolution in rap and house music across the decade. There are rare archival interviews and stellar performances from Run-DMC, Salt ‘N’ Pepa, S’Express, Cookie Crew and Neneh Cherry, as well as iconic videos from Herbie Hancock, The Beastie Boys, M/A/R/R/S, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and many more.

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