Hip hop classic, wanda kuma aka sani da Golden age hip hop, yana nufin zamanin kiɗan hip hop wanda ya fito a tsakiyar 1980 kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa farkon 1990s. Ana ɗaukar wannan lokacin a matsayin "shekarun zinare" na hip hop, wanda ke da alaƙa da haɗin funk, rai, da samfuran R&B tare da bugun bugun zuciya da waƙoƙin jin daɗin jama'a.
Wasu daga cikin mashahuran mawakan zamani na zamanin gargajiya na hip hop sun haɗa da Maƙiyin Jama'a, NWA., Eric B. & Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, da Wu-Tang Clan, da dai sauransu. Wadannan mawakan ba wai kawai sun yi tasiri ga sauti da salon hip hop ba, har ma sun yi tasiri sosai kan shahararriyar al'adu da sharhin zamantakewa.
Tashoshin rediyo na gargajiya na Hip hop galibi suna mayar da hankali kan kunna kiɗan daga wannan zamani, tare da haɗaɗɗen sanannun waƙoƙi da ƙananan sanannun waƙoƙi daga zamanin zinare na hip hop. Wasu mashahuran gidajen rediyo na gargajiya na hip hop sun hada da Hot 97 a birnin New York, Power 106 a Los Angeles, da Shade 45 akan SiriusXM. Waɗannan tashoshi kuma galibi suna gabatar da tambayoyi tare da fitattun mawakan hip hop da tattaunawa kan tasirin nau'in akan kiɗa da al'ada.
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