![]() Pusha T & Kanye West)Į-40 – Function (ft. Listen to all of 33 of The Rub’s History mixes, from 1979 to 2012, at category/history-of-hip-hop/Ĭhief Keef – I Don’t Like (Remix ft. Throw in a NY renaissance – French Montana, Nicki Minaj, ASAP Mob, Action Bronson, El-P, etc – and you’ve got yourself a banner year for hip-hop. The Bay area scene also produced a bunch of hits, especially HBK Gang. ATL-style hip-hop trap and EDM-style trap began to play nice together, and DJs like Bauuer, Diplo, Lunice & Hudson Mohawke, RL Grime and Cashmere Cat all had big hybrid hip-hop-R&B-EDM-trap records. & Lil Wayne, Trina and Meek Mill among others. NOLA bounce saw a big resurgence: Nicky Da B went from local artist to international sensation with “Express Yourself,” and the “Triggaman” beat found its way into big club singles by T.I. music compilation kept him on the airwaves (alongside Jay-Z and Pusha T). Future, Macklemore, and Trinidad James blew up, Big Sean, Meek Mill and 2 Chainz had monster radio records, and Kanye’s G.O.O.D. ![]() LA’s DJ Mustard produced approximately 99.9% of the songs on hip-hop & R&B radio, and Kendrick Lamar dropped a masterpiece of an LP. The Rub’s History of Hip Hop 2012 mix argues the case forcefully, with wall to wall bangers in a plethora of regional styles. There’s an argument to be made that 2012 was one of the greatest years in hip-hop.
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