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The Smithsonian Institution to release 129-song anthology of rap music

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Chuck D and MC Lyte, Questlove and former Def Jam executives Bill Adler and Bill Stephney.Released on August 20, the compendium’s 129 tracks span the history of rap, from pioneers including Grandmaster Flash through the genre’s “golden age” practitioners (2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G.

and more) and through to contemporary stars including Nicki Minaj and Kanye West.As Consequence Of Sound reports, the boxset is a collaboration with The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and also comes with “a 300-page book featuring essays by leading hip-hop luminaries, writers and critics, as well as liner notes and hundreds of photographs documenting decades of hip-hop history”.‘The Smithsonian Anthology Of Hip-Hop And Rap’.

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