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Boogie Down Productions

1,152,550 plays (161,832 listeners)

Boogie Down Productions was originally composed of KRS-One, D Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. The latter was murdered on August 27, 1987, after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded. The name of the group, "Boogie Down", derives from the alternative name for The Bronx section of New York City.

KRS-One & Buckshot

199,863 plays (10,804 listeners)

Survival Skills is the collaborative album from emcees KRS-One and Buckshot. The album was released on September 15, 2009 on Duck Down Records. It is the 15th solo album for KRS-One and second solo for Buckshot.

Big Daddy Kane

1,250,935 plays (196,959 listeners)

Big Daddy Kane (born Antonio Hardy, September 10, 1968) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in the notorious Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn.

EPMD

1,965,295 plays (238,869 listeners)

EPMD is an American hip-hop music group from Brentwood, New York, active from 1987 to 1999, reuniting in 2006; one of the prominent acts in East coast hip hop. The group's name is an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members: rappers Erick Sermon ("E Double") and Parrish Smith ("PMD"). Diamond J, DJ K La Boss, and later DJ Scratch were DJs for the group.

Das EFX

1,333,711 plays (168,237 listeners)

The duo “Das EFX” emerged in 1991 from the well-established East Coast Hip-Hop scene. The group is composed of Willie “Skoob” Hines and Andre “Krazy Drayz” Weston.

Rakim

2,170,876 plays (293,032 listeners)

Rakim (pronounced rah-KIM) (Born William Michael Griffin Jr. on January 28, 1968 in Long Island, New York) is an American rapper and pioneer of the musical genre of hip hop.

Gang Starr

12,597,210 plays (710,532 listeners)

Gang Starr was an influential American hip-hop duo, composed of late rapper Guru (Backronym for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal, real name Keith Elam) and DJ Premier (real name Chris Martin). Premier originally from Houston and Guru from Boston, but they were based in and represented Brooklyn, New York, epitomizing the New York City hip-hop sound.

Jeru The Damaja

2,207,260 plays (207,167 listeners)

He spent his early years in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York, where he has been rapping at block parties since the early days of his youth.