E1406 - POP LIFE EP. 60: WHEN ROCK MET HIP HOP ft. STEVEN BLUSH

Get Steven's book here: https://a.co/d/hL59h1P   Listen to the "When Rock Met Rap" playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0h80ZgwlogOR4dImlu6kQJ?si=EWDohFZuQtuiVMybtgMB1A   Aerosmith/Run DMC, Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique, Public Enemy and Anthrax, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons, De La Soul and Third Bass, and the 318 hip hop records that sampled Billy Squier's “The Big Beat exemplify the era. Rap records sampled rock bands, elevating sampling into an art form, while influencing all other forms of popular music. One of the themes this book will explore is the way the fusi...