To some people the golden era of Hip Hop was ’94. Ask someone a little older and they’ll tell you Hip Hop’s renaissance was back in ’88. Ask one of our revered pioneers and they’ll tell you that the golden era came and went three decades ago, before most of todays Hip Hop heads were born.

Whatever the case these so-called golden eras weren’t only defined by the music or the fashion - they were characterised by something less tangible - an atmosphere, a movement.

This label wasn’t establishe...