Have you ever heard of the Roosevelt Years?

Chairman Mao from Ego Trip reminds one of the forgotten events that helped shape the genre. If you love Hip Hop from the ’90s, chances are one of those joints may have originated from a record bin at The Roosevelt Hotel in NYC.

Around this time, many of the top notch producers came here to find the head nod shit that makes you break your neck…

TALKIN ALL THAT JAZZ #01…EVERY FRIDAY…

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Acclaimed French filmmakers Nico Venacio and Mathieu Rochet — Gasface — premiere their new film centered on the search for Galt MacDermot, the composer behind the music for Hair which everyone from Pete Rock to Run-DMC have sampled in the past. Heltah Skeltah’s Rock, Prince Paul, Buckwild, Chairman Mao, and DJ Whoo Kid make cameo appearances in the film. Complex.