Check out this commercial that goes into the many fads and phases of hip hop with the Yeezy glasses, to high tops, fades, Adidas, track jackets, etc.
(Not saying that those things make hip hop and that it can be commercialized and reduced to simply material objects, but they are definitely a part of its history).
But anyway Rahzel killed it, check it out:
Music Is a Time Machine
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