Thanks all! I've been wanting to do a Hip Hop-related series for a long time (the early years of it were probably the last gasp of anything like a true folk culture in this country), and I figured the best way to start it is . . . to start it.
always hated the fact that he screwed up the career of the brilliant band liquid liquid, or rather more accurately his record sugar hill label did. heres a video of the great 'cavern' which sounds very like...
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Fabulous photo and I like the new category.
Perfect choice for #1.
I like the new category too.
Thanks all! I've been wanting to do a Hip Hop-related series for a long time (the early years of it were probably the last gasp of anything like a true folk culture in this country), and I figured the best way to start it is . . . to start it.
always hated the fact that he screwed up the career of the brilliant band liquid liquid, or rather more accurately his record sugar hill label did. heres a video of the great 'cavern' which sounds very like...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4gsoppRmuE
Y'know I've always maintained that Hip Hop, certainly in its earliest incarnation, was America's most recent flowering of the blues impulse.
Always loved the blog, and am highly looking forward to this new category. Truly excellent starting point.
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