Hip to Bop: The Essential Jazz Rap Albums


Jazz and hip-hop are dialects of the same language. Put them together and the conversation can be sublime. From jazz artists with hip-hop sensibilities to rappers versed in the rhythms of jazz, here are 15 albums that bridge the gap. The Last Poets The Last Poets (Douglas), 1970 The link between jazz and spoken-word poetry...

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