On this day 44 years ago, August 11, 1973, a young DJ going by the name of Kool Herc hosted a party for his sister's birthday in the recreation room of the apartment complex on 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. While DJing, he discovered that if he took two copies of the same record, played the two drum breaks within the song in succession and shifted between the two using a mixer, he could keep the drum break going indefinitely. This is credited as being one of the most pivotal moments in the birth of the genre that would later be known as hip hop music, arguably the most popular genre of music in the US and one of the most influential in the world.
This graphic novel by Ed Piskor chronicles the scene's early years, and the events that would shape its rise.
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Chalfant would later film a documentary about hip hop music and graffiti, called Style Wars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EW22LzSaJAalso please bump if you're reading
bump, not reading now but I probably will tonight after work
Thanks op
>>94579562
You're welcome. And thanks.
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>>94579842
>loved by punks
>loved by rappers
Goddess.
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>>94578605
Always been curious about the book, thanks for the story time.
>>94580595
What a bitch.
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>>94580911
You're welcome. And thanks for bumping.
Own both the boxsets, love the series. I was excited about news of Piskor's X-Men series even more so when he confirmed the collections would be the same format and size as Hip Hop Family Tree.
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>>94578605
hip hop = garbage
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ_37X2VARIAlso, Stones Throw Records(the label that released albums such as Madvillainy and J Dilla's Donuts, among others) released a compilation of early Connecticut hip hop tracks, The Third Unheard, that features these tracks and much more, if you're interested.t. CT resident
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>>94579384
bump
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>>94581414
Thank you.
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Saw this comic storytimed couple of years back. Enjoyed reading into the roots of Hip Hop. Wild Style OST is my favorite hip hop album. Double Dee and Steinki and Jimmy Spicer are great too. Thanks /co/. Thanks Ed.
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>>94581867
fuck off cracka
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>>94581867
You're welcome. And thanks for bumping.
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>>94581917
What. A. Bitch.
>>94581901
Are they covering Devo's cover of Chuck Berrys Johnny B. Good around 7 minutes?
And now for some hip hop pinups by various comic artists.
Beastie Boys, by Jeffrey Brown.
Afrika Bambaataa by Jim Mahfood.
The Fat Boys, by Tom Scioli.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five by Ben Marra.
Vanilla Ice trading cards, by Jim Rugg.
Run DMC, by Dan Zettwoch.
Eric B and Rakim, by John Porcellino.
Salt N Pepa, by Nate Powell.
>>94579574
Just in case anyone's interested, This is the guy.
KRS One, by Brandon Graham.
Snoop Dogg, by Farel Dalrymple.
>>94580278
Didn't expect Dr Dre to show up so early.
Also, that video is right-earphone balanced to fuck.
>>94580460
Oh shit, is this where that part from Concrete Schoolyard comes from?
>>94582517
It is!
http://www.whosampled.com/sample/503151/Jurassic-5-Concrete-Schoolyard-Freedom-Get-Up-and-Dance/
The end. Thanks for bumping and reading!
Thanks OP for the storytime!
This is actually great.
>>94582594
Thanks OP.
>>94578605
I don't care about music really, but this is a great comic. i'm ignorant as fuck, but is Hip-hop really number one now? It doesn't seem like anything is anymore.
>>94581024
no u
>>94582768
According to Nielsen ratings and streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, it is. But this is only if you combine hip-hop and r&b sales together.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/07/17/hip-hoprb-has-now-become-the-dominant-genre-in-the-u-s-for-the-first-time/#2644c2fc5383
Thanks for the story time. I wish it had've gone further and talked more about the gangsta rap scene beginning to appear, but it was still pretty damn good.
>>94583285
He does that in a later issue. Schoolly D (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQc4A-XBzBY) appears in part 4, if I remember correctly
Thanks OP, i'm not really that much of a Hip-Hop fan but really enjoyed the comics.
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>>94583002
>But this is only if you combine hip-hop and r&b sales together.
to be fair the line between Hip-Hop and R&B is often kind of vague
any reference if reggae in this book? the true forefather of rap/hiphop
>>94585165
>reggae
you misspelled 'blues'
>>94582768
Depends. I don't think you can really count much of what plays on hip-hop radio anymore hip-hop. It's all just club music with lazy poor excuses for rapping. Actual rap kind of died when Kanye came along. Stick to '80s and '90s stuff if you want anything that's actually good.
>>94585308
naw, but i guess R&B and Jazz would be a contributor to Ska.
black people rhyming over rhythms is literally the basis of reggae
>>94578744
>Treacherous Three
Kool Moe Dee is great and I like that he spent most of the '80s destroying LL Cool J for being a bitch.
>>94585165
>the true forefather of rap/hiphop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron