{"id":3797,"date":"2018-08-11T23:07:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T23:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2018-08-31T16:53:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T20:53:27","slug":"the-golden-years-of-hip-hop-narrated-by-rakim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/the-golden-years-of-hip-hop-narrated-by-rakim\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOLDEN Years of Hip-Hop, Narrated by Rakim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AZ alongside Nas; Foxy Brown, Pete Rock, DJ Premiere, Raekwon and more, recount the golden era of hip-hop with AZ&#8217;s classic album Doe or Die as the focal point, 20 years after its release. Plus, a look into the making of Doe or Die II. Narrated by Rakim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This short documentary from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\">MTV<\/a> is probably one of the most overlooked insights into the world of Hip-Hop. A lot of people who don&#8217;t listen to the genre, and even some who do, don&#8217;t quite seem to &#8216;get it&#8217; &#8211; the appeal, the loyalty, the sense of history, or even the respect that people give it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you listen to it or not, you should take the time to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The GOLDEN Years of Hip-Hop, Narrated by Rakim<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BET\/videos\/2002178633368963\/\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4>Did you enjoy this post? Leave a comment below and let us know! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/echoingwalls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a> for more great content.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>AZ alongside Nas; Foxy Brown, Pete Rock, DJ Premiere, Raekwon and more, recount the golden era of hip-hop with AZ&#8217;s classic album Doe or Die as the focal point, 20 years after its release. Plus, a look into the making of Doe or Die II. Narrated by Rakim <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/the-golden-years-of-hip-hop-narrated-by-rakim\/\" title=\"The GOLDEN Years of Hip-Hop, Narrated by Rakim\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[895,899,901,897,903,896,898,900,894,893,902],"class_list":["post-3797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-around-the-web","tag-az","tag-dj-premiere","tag-doe-or-die-ii","tag-foxy-brown","tag-hip-hop","tag-nas","tag-pete-rock","tag-raekwon","tag-rakim","tag-the-golden-years-of-hip-hop","tag-the-making-of"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}