Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Hamilton”
vs. The Notorious B.I.G., DMX & Grandmaster Flash
Originally titled “The Hamilton Hip-Hop Mixtape”
From the Riffs archive First aired Nov 21, 2018. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
Riffs on Riffs hosts celebrate the wonders of hip-hop infused music sampling that created this miraculous thing called Hamilton. What we geek out over in this episode: East Coast hip hop group Mobb Deep, Prolific rapper Big Pun, Notorious B.I.G., Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, DMX, Pirates of Penzance, and South Pacific the Musical. Bonus Material: The Hamilton Mixtape of selected songs and remakes from the musical featuring Kelly Clarkson, Sia, Miguel & Queen Latifah.
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