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Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
S1, E2
Alright: 2015
TV-14
ALRIGHT by Kendrick Lamar: Making protest music in the era of Black Lives Matter, Alright becomes the unsaid anthem for hope.
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Original Air Date: October 20, 2019
Video Extras from This Episode
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America: Rob Markman on the Power of Kendrick Lamar's "Alright"
Markman discusses the power that 'Alright' brings from Kendrick Lamar and how Pharrell Williams helped build it.
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America: Chuck D Talks "Fight The Power"
Chuck D looks back on American history and how the sentiment of 'Fight The Power' always comes back when it needs to.
More Full Episodes From This Season
S1, E1
Jesus Walks: 2004
JESUS WALKS by Kanye West: In an era of excess, a Christian rap song challenges the church and changes its own ideals about religion and rap music.
S1, E2
Alright: 2015
ALRIGHT by Kendrick Lamar: Making protest music in the era of Black Lives Matter, Alright becomes the unsaid anthem for hope.
S1, E3
Rock Box: 1984
ROCK BOX by Run-DMC: How one song tore down the barriers between rock & hip hop, race and class on American radio and television.
S1, E4
Elevators: 1996
ELEVATORS by OutKast: Hip hop's southern voice breaks through with an unsuspecting song that redefines rap's cultural and geographic boundaries.
S1, E5
The Bridge: 1986
THE BRIDGE by Marley Marl and MC Shan: A song designed to foster community pride, ignites hip hop's most epic rap battle.
S1, E6
Ladies First: 1989
LADIES FIRST by Queen Latifah: At the height of hip hop's misogynistic themes, the culture bows down to their queens of rap.
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