When Rock Met Hip-Hop
How Run-DMC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, The Beastie Boys, and More Crossed Cultural and Musical Boundaries
When Rock Met Hip-Hop
How Run-DMC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, The Beastie Boys, and More Crossed Cultural and Musical Boundaries
Description
One of the most important events in modern music remains the late 80s cross-collision of rock and hip hop.
Aerosmith/Run DMC, Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique, Public Enemy and Anthrax, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons, De La Soul and Third Bass, and the 318 hip hop records that sampled Billy Squier's “The Big Beat exemplify the era. Rap records sampled rock bands, elevating sampling into an art form, while influencing all other forms of popular music. One of the themes this book will explore is the way the fusion of rap and rock gave hope to a sense of interracial harmony.
In keeping with When Rock Met Disco and When Rock Met Reggae, this title relates the musical cross collision, and cultural fallout that changed music for the better, and remains an influence through today.
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Table of Contents
CHARACTERS
INTRODUCTION
EARLY HIP-HOP
NEW WAVE RAP
BILLY SQUIER
CROSSOVER
RUN-DMC
WALK THIS WAY
DEF JAM
LICENSED TO ILL
PAUL'S BOUTIQUE
PUBLIC ENEMY
BRING THE NOISE
JUDGMENT NIGHT
NEW YORK
WEST COAST
DETROIT
ALTERNATIVE RAP
ALT-ROCK-RAP
NU-METAL
LOUD ROCKS
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX: ROCK-RAP GEMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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| Published | 05 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781493078035 |
| Imprint | Backbeat |
| Illustrations | 20 Color Photos |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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