Jermaine Dupri: 'Rock Box Was Original' | Songs That Shook

Jermaine Dupri explains how Rock Box was an original and how Walk This Way was a remake that had the same beat!

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Hip hop has grown from a cultural revolution to the dominant global music genre in just forty years. From Executive Producers Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tarik "Black Thought" Trotter, each episode of this new documentary series focuses on a groundbreaking song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture. Artists deconstruct their composition, revisit the impact the song had on them personally, and dissect the socio-economic and cultural conditions that inspired the landmark work and gave voice to a generation. Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America premieres in 2019 with six episodes.

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Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Louis Jordan and Chuck Berry pretty much invented Rock & Roll and Sam Phillips, Elvis and Sun Records got the credit. The notion that you need something extra to get black folks to like Rock @ Roll is irresponsible.