VINYL FORMAT. Hip-hop did not develop in a vacuum. Its roots can be traced back to the earliest Afro-American music and the white folks who were influenced by these sounds. This CD compiles some of the great hip hop from the 1920s through the 1960s. The themes will be familiar - religion, politics, black experience, gangsta rap, speed, sex, drugs and rock n roll. Listen to the lessons that the hipsters of the past taught the rappers of today.