![]() ![]() "When you're asked to perform, I think that's a reflection of the year you've had in music. "It's whoever is dominating music that year," says Budden, whose emotionally charged "No Love Lost" album, released this winter, has been a commercial and critical success. The Wu-Tang Clan, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Chris Brown, Wale and Jersey's own Joe Budden are among the acts scheduled to perform at the party, and given the festival's reputation for surprises, it's a sure bet that they won't be the only entertainers to drop by. Next Sunday, Summer Jam, an annual festival that doubles as a convention - and an opportunity for fans and practitioners alike to take stock of the genre - celebrates its 20th anniversary. ![]() What was once an upstart enterprise now feels like a June tradition - an event as deeply embedded in the cultural calendar as the Rockettes at Radio City at Christmastime or New Year's Rockin' Eve in Times Square. Hip-hop has grown into middle age and its largest concert is nearing adulthood, too. The Super Bowl of rap music demands a grand stage. It's fitting that Hot 97's Summer Jam concert has been held at the Meadowlands, in New Jersey's largest concert venue, every year since 2003. For one night, the turbulent hip-hop industry stands still and all bobbing heads turn toward the Garden State.
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