the brakes was curtis blow s biggest hit, selling 680,000 copies, hitting the top of rhythm and blues chart. as a young kid, running around with a local dj crew, i watched the transition from all the disco music that we used to play at all the block parties to slowly but surely hip hop taking over. the music underneath rapping is called scratching, process of using two turntables and mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums. the thing that gave life to music in the 80s for me was hip hop. because it took the sounds of the 60s and 70s and brought it to the forefront. no state of mind behind to the ways of man kind only god knows what you ll go through the message was the first hip-hop song that wasn t just a party song, it was talking about what was going on, talking about urban decay, drugs, crime,
right now, all around us, and so compelling you never miss the fact there s no melody, is a music that is all beat, strong beat, and talk. it s rap music. rap music began in harlem and the south bronx on playgrounds like this one where people would gather to spin records and then recite their own lyrics, their raps, over the instrumental sections. come on now the breaks was curtis blow s biggest hit, selling 680,000 copies last year and hitting the top of the rhythm and blues sales charts. as a young kid running around with a local dj crew i watched the transition from all the disco music that we used to play at all the block parties to slowly but surely hip-hop taking over. the music underneath rapping is called scratching, and it s a process of using two turntables and a mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums.
the brakes was curtis blow s biggest hit, selling 680,000 copies, hitting the top of rhythm and blues chart. as a young kid, running around with a local dj crew, i watched the transition from all the disco music that we used to play at all the block parties to slowly but surely hip hop taking over. the music underneath rapping is called scratching, process of using two turntables and mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums. the thing that gave life to music in the 80s for me was hip hop. because it took the sounds of the 60s and 70s and brought it to the forefront. no state of mind behind to the ways of man kind only god knows what you ll go through the message was the first hip-hop song that wasn t just a party song, it was talking about
as a young kid running around with a local dj crew i watched the transition from all the disco music we used to play at the block parties to slowly and surely hip-hop taking over. the music underneath rapping is called scratching, and it s a process of using two turntables and a mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums. thing that gave life to music in the 80s for me was hip-hop because it took the sounds of the 60s and 70s and brought it to the forefront. a child is born with no state of mind blind to the ways of mankind only god knows what you go through the message was the first hip-hop song that wasn t just a party song. it was talking about what was going on. it was talking about urban decay. it was talking about drugs, crime, prison. all these things that were hitting these communities really hard. smugglers scramblers, burglars, gamblers
right now, all around us, and so compelling you never miss the fact there s no melody, is a music that is all beat, strong beat, and talk. it s rap music. rap music began in harlem and the south bronx on playgrounds like this one where people would gather to spin records and then recite their own lyrics, their raps, over the instrumental sections. come on now the breaks was curtis blow s biggest hit, selling 680,000 copies last year and hitting the top of the rhythm and blues sales charts. as a young kid running around with a local dj crew i watched the transition from all the disco music we used to play at the block parties to slowly and surely hip-hop taking over.