Like any genre, some hip-hop songs are timeless hits, while other songs only get heard on a random streaming shuffle or when a DJ plays them at a hip-hop-themed day party. From Camp Lo to Coolio ...

Patrick Varine Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 7:01 a.m. | Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 7:01 a.m. Paradise Gray was a young boy growing up in the Bronx when what would become known as hip-hop began taking shape.

For hip-hop, this meant manipulating breakbeats from songs like Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express ... having come a long way from back-to-school park jams and underground dance parties. This article ...