anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it s not a bar. imagine the bronx a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that s become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: this is the br
roots, spices, herbs, barks, and woods. baba: you take the wood root in the morning and a bitter that night, i don t care what is wrong with you, you re going to show improvement. anthony: whatever ails, he s got a cure. wood root cure for the blood, the body, the nerves. koromantee, an intestinal cleanser, and traditional african manback. helps you get your manhood back, among other things. baba: it was about 1956 when i came to america. so i had to make it in the apartment in bronx river. and back then, when i m boiling roots, the whole projects smell of these roots. they used to gibe them. hey, what your father doing in there? what kind of hocus pocus in there doing? you know what i mean? and i d bottle it, then go in a car, and then i d sell it in the bronx. never leave the bronx. it s the best place in america, my brother. nowhere like the bronx .
mothers and aunties, blends of roots, spices herbs, barks, and woods. baba: you take the wood root in the morning and a bitter that night. i don t care what is wrong with you, you re going to show improvement. anthony: whatever ails, he s got a cure. wood root cure for the blood, the body, the nerves. koromantee, an intestinal cleanser, and traditional african manback. helps you get your manhood back, among other things. baba: it was about 1956 when i came to america. so i had to make it in the apartment in bronx river. and back then, when i m boiling roots, the whole projects smell of these roots. they used to gibe them. hey, what your father doing in there? what kind of hocus pocus in there doing? you know what i mean? and i d bottle it, then go in a car, and then i d sell it in the bronx. never leave the bronx. it s the best place in america, my brother. nowhere like the bronx.
cleanser, and traditional african manback. helps you get your manhood back, among other things. baba: it was about 1956 when i came to america. so i had to make it in the apartment in bronx river. and back then, when i m boiling roots, the whole projects smell of these roots. they used to gibe them. hey, what your father doing in there? what kind of hocus pocus in there doing? you know what i mean? and i d bottle it, then go in a car, and then i d sell it in the bronx. never leave the bronx. it s the best place in america, my brother. nowhere like the bronx. anthony: in the yard out back, some freshly roasted coffee, and this man. anthony: a tyrannosaurus rex of music. a man who changed the world for generations afrika bambaataa. bambaataa and pops baba go back together to the same housing projects. afrika: you know the james brown record papa don t take no
koromantee, an intestinal cleanser, and traditional african manback. helps you get your manhood back, among other things. baba: it was about 1956 when i came to america. so i had to make it in the apartment in bronx river. and back then, when i m boiling roots, the whole projects smell of these roots. they used to gibe them. hey, what your father doing in there? what kind of hocus pocus in there doing? you know what i mean? and i d bottle it, then go in a car, and then i d sell it in the bronx. never leave the bronx. it s the best place in america, my brother. nowhere like the bronx.