Gangsta Island Throwback HipHop

KG counts down the ultimate 70s party starters, from Parliament's Flashlight to the one and only Good Times by Chic. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG pulls out his top 5 favorite party starters from the 1970s, the records that could flip any cookout or basement party into a dance floor in seconds. The countdown kicks off with Parliament's 'F...

KG counts down five rap hooks so catchy everybody finishes the line, from Nelly and Outkast to Ludacris and Nate Dogg. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG is running down five rap hooks so catchy you can't help but finish the line, even if you don't know the rest of the song. This countdown is packed with hip hop favorites from Nelly, Chamillionaire...

KG counts down his top 5 hip-hop albums of the 80s, from Slick Rick's storytelling to a classic that needs no debate. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 hip-hop albums of the 80s, kicking things off with Slick Rick's storytelling classic The Great Adventures of Slick Rick and The D.O.C.'s slept-on gem No One Can Do It Bet...

KG spotlights the DeBarge family of Grand Rapids and the Switch and DeBarge hits that built their R&B legacy. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG shines the spotlight on the DeBarge family out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, one of the most talented bloodlines in R&B history. It starts with Bobby DeBarge's multi-octave voice fronting Switch alongside...

KG counts down his top 5 party songs of 1992, featuring TLC, Mary J. Blige, Jodeci and Wreckx-N-Effect. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 party songs from 1992, the year he graduated high school. The list kicks off with TLC's "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" and Jodeci's "Come and Talk to Me," then rolls into Ma...

KG counts down five unforgettable 90s R&B one hit wonders, from Adina Howard to Mark Morrison's one and done classic. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down five R&B one hit wonders from the 90s that still live in our heads rent free. The list kicks off with MoKenStef's "He's Mine" and Adina Howard's "Freak...

KG counts down the songs that turned grown folks' house parties into the real party, from Anita Ward to Marvin Gaye. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down five songs that always came through the floor at your parents' house party. This one is for anybody who remembers getting sent upstairs while the grown folks turned the living room into...

KG counts down his top 5 favorite Tupac albums, from the raw debut to the iconic double album that closed out his legendary run. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG is running down his top 5 favorite Tupac albums, from the raw debut that almost got him canceled to the iconic double album that closed out his catalog. The countdown kicks off with 2Pacalypse Now...

KG counts down his top 5 Raising Kanan characters, and no, Kanan himself didn't make the cut. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his five favorite characters from Raising Kanan, the gritty prequel to the Power series set in 90s South Jamaica, Queens. He makes it clear right away that Kanan himself didn't make the cut, giving credit to M...

KG counts down the greatest East Coast posse cuts, from Money, Power, Respect to a 90s classic still debated as the best ever made. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his favorite East Coast posse cuts, kicking things off with The Lox trading bars with Lil' Kim and DMX on Money, Power, Respect, then the Bad Boy camp linking up DMX, Puff Dadd...

KG counts down his top 5 R&B albums of the 80s, from Whitney Houston's debut to the record that still owns every dance floor. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 R&B albums of the 80s, kicking things off with Whitney Houston's self titled debut and the New Jack Swing takeover led by Bobby Brown. Janet Jackson breaks out...

KG ranks the Thanksgiving dishes that start real family debates, ending with the one everybody judges by who made it. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down the top 5 Thanksgiving dishes grown folks argue about every single year, starting with turkey sliding in at number 5 and the greens holding it down at number 4. Desserts take the number 3 spot, c...

KG counts down his top 5 Thanksgiving dishes, from smoked turkey to the dish he calls the undefeated champion of the holiday table. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 Thanksgiving dishes for the holiday table, straight from The Urban Rewind kitchen, and wishes everybody a happy Thanksgiving before he gets into it. Greens open the list b...

KG runs down five underrated 2000s hood movies that are still hood classics, from prison dramas to Harlem crime sagas. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down five slept on hood movies from the 2000s that are still in heavy rotation, kicking off with the prison hustle of State Property 2 starring Beanie Sigel and the heartbreaking prison drama Lockdow...

KG counts down his top five R&B joints of 1981, from Tom Tom Club to Rick James to his number one pick. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down five of his favorite R&B joints from 1981, the kind of songs that take grown folks straight back to the block party and the playground. The list kicks off with Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love,...

KG counts down the smoothest baby making songs of the 2000s, from Maxwell to the one so heavy it never got a title. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 baby making songs of the 2000s, calling this stretch the last real era of traditional slow jams before the sound changed for good. The list runs through Maxwell's Lifetime, Floetry&a...

KG counts down his top 5 East Coast rap songs of the 80s, from Boogie Down Productions to a surprise number one. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 favorite East Coast rap songs from the 80s, the joints that stayed on repeat growing up. This list runs from Boogie Down Productions to Slick Rick, with a few stops that'll take you str...

KG counts down his favorite things about his wife of decades, from a 90s Red Lobster date to a Hustle & Flow inspired gift. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG's got a love letter dressed up like a Top 5 list this time, counting down his favorite things about his wife on her 52nd birthday. The memories stretch back three decades, starting with a date...

KG recaps Jay-Z's record breaking Yankee Stadium run, the stacked guest list, and the Nas reunion nobody saw coming. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG breaks down Jay-Z's historic three night run at Yankee Stadium, selling out every show and setting a new attendance record for the building. The guest list played like a hip-hop and R&B reunion:...

KG counts down five 80s jams that never let the dance floor rest, ending with a certified floor commander. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down five jams that owned the dance floor in the 80s, kicking things off with Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce" and the talk box that Roger Troutman rode straight into the next decade. The list ro...

Five 70s sitcom characters who stole every scene but never got the credit they deserved. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down five TV characters from the 70s who stole every scene but never got the credit they deserved. The list kicks off with Grady Wilson from Sanford & Son, the sharp tongued Dee Thomas from What's Happening!!, and the lo...

KG runs down his Top 5 hot takes on the Raising Kanan series finale, and he's not holding back. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his Top 5 hot takes from the Raising Kanan series finale, which he calls his favorite run in the whole Power franchise, even with a few bones to pick. He breaks down why he never fully understood the hate aimed a...

KG ranks his top 5 90s hip-hop debut albums, from Illmatic and The Chronic to the most anticipated rap release of 1993. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his five favorite hip-hop debut albums from the 90s, a run that still gives him chills thinking about it. Ready to Die took a minute to grow on him, but once it landed, there was no turning bac...

KG counts down the 80s horror movies that scared him most as a kid, from Creepshow to the original Halloween. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 favorite Halloween movies from the 1980s, the ones that genuinely scared him as a kid. The list kicks off with the horror anthology Creepshow and the twisted sequel Psycho II, two deep cuts tha...

KG ranks his top 5 horror movie villains ever, and the number one pick isn't even close. Play the throwback trivia game: The Urban Rewind on iPhone and Android. KG counts down his top 5 favorite horror movie villains of all time, mixing classic monsters with straight up regular humans who do terrible things. The list runs through Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th, Norman Bates from Psycho,...