Like a precision machine or we’ll trained assassin, the Emcees have the ability to create the perfect wordplay to tell his story of Hip Hop. Read More
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The Block Party
My early days of the block party are epic! On the Fourth of July, the whole street would close down and every house was cooking up something to bring to the middle tables. Read More
The Importance of Vinyl Records!
If I go back in time my first experience with vinyl records would be early Saturday morning as a child! You knew when the needle hit the pressed vinyl one thing was happening, cleaning! All day too! Across the country there is a whole generation listening to their parent’s music on records. Read More
From Uprock to the Headspin, the dance that defined a culture! Breaking or Breakdancing.
This is my favorite element, a distanced thought in today’s Hip Hop, however thoroughly missed. The break dancers that I remember in the earlier years was Zulu Nation, part of the DJ Afrika Bambaataa camp. Read More
The Art of Freestyle
I have so much respect for the flow of freestyle. To grab the mic and have the ability to formulate lyrics off the top of your head. Read More
The Amoeba of Hip Hop the Break Beat!
This is the beginning of the DNA single cell organism. It all leads back the breakbeats. The definition “a repeated sample of a drumbeat, usually forming a fast syncopated rhythm, used as a basis for dance music. Read More
The Mixtape Evolution!
The mixtapes today test their musical direction or maybe it a collaboration of songs that might not have made the full project. Some to get you buzz worthy as an Emcee. Read More
Popping & Locking
Before hip hop, before B-Boy it was “The Genesis” locking also a dance called popping! That style forever became intertwined together and helps define a culture of hip hop dance! Started in the early 70’s crews mimicked, campbellocking invented by Don Campbell 1971. Read More
The Fashion the Phantom Element!
So for as long as I can remember the gear (clothes) always received props! Fashion has been a part of the culture since the beginning. Read More
The Emcee
By far the most recognized figure in Hip Hop is the Emcees. The wordsmiths collectively use their wit, punchlines and profound statements to relate to current events, trials of life or even witnessed events in your area. Read More
