Marley Marl: The Architect Behind a Golden-Age Hip Hop Sound

Big L: Harlem’s Master of the Punchline

Talib Kweli: From Brooklyn’s Underground to Black Star

Digable Planets: Jazz, Cool and Consciousness in 1990s Hip Hop

DJ Quik: Compton’s Funk Architect in Hip Hop’s Classic Era

Redman: The Funk-Fueled Rise of a Newark Hip-Hop Original

Jungle Brothers: From the New York Underground to Hip-Hop’s Expanding Frontier

Black Sheep: The Queens Duo That Made an Alternative Hip-Hop Classic

Mos Def: A Brooklyn Voice at the Crossroads of Classic Hip-Hop

Goodie Mob: Atlanta Hip-Hop Before the City Became the Center