The reason it's called "Hip Hop". I consider it the beginning. Not the literal first Hip Hop record.. but the only one from that era which is mega ultra epic and everlasting.
The first words we sent into the pop culture universe.
I said a Hip. Hop. The Hibby to the Hibby
Street/Gangsta/Reality Rap personified. Street stories are seen as "real". This is the Genesis. Arguably the best Reality Rap verse ever.
There's more. Add on Brehs. Try to go in chronological