B-Boys Live On

Despite mainstream belief, b-boys do not necessarily break exclusively to hip hop. Original breaks from DJ Kool Herc, Bambaataa were taken from old soul and funk records therefore these dance moves were developed over this genre of music. If not this type, b-boys will prefer most break beats from ‘80s tracks. Modern main-stream hip hop is generally not designed for breaking with no specific break sessions to move around. Music is of the utmost importance to a b-boy. A true artist finds it imperative to have sound knowledge of breaking music in order to understand and carry the ability to dance to it. This concentrated knowledge of the music is displayed with moves as a b-boy highlights specific focal points in each song, narrating with their motions perhaps with a freeze, which is often humorous as well as impressive. (Although the term break-beats sounds like a name for what b-boys break to, it is mostly used to refer to certain genres in electronica.)

 

Into The Future....

Who Is Or Was Your Favorite?

Graffitti Bridge

The original “Voice of The Ghetto” before the emcee took the mic and turned up the volume,  graffiti started as one of the very first expressive movements of the ghetto uprising.

We Still Love The Deejay

Today its hard for people to understand the significance of the DJ. When Hip Hop first began it wasn't the rapper who was in charge. It was the DJ. It was the DJ came to symbolized the African drummer. It was the DJ who kept the pace and set the tone. It was the DJ who rocked the crowd and was the supreme personality who garnered the spot light. Everyone else including the rappers were secondary. Cats from all over came to your party based upon who was deejaying."

- Davey D

Is Jay-Z the Greatest Rapper?

I can't say his is and I can't say he isn't. Jay-Z is known worldwide. Has mad respect in mostly all circles of rap. I mean, who would say no to being on the track with Jay-Z? He's always been consistent with the flow and has a lot of stripes under his belt. The problem is, there are other rappers too who posses the same impressive resume' as Jay.  When you throw the platinum plaqes away and it all comes down to just the rhyme, Jay-Z is still there in the midst of conversation. Will he jump in and out of rap forever? Who knows? He's given the world more than enough already.

Old School Hip-Hop Review - Jungle Brothers "Straight Out The Jungle"

Loved by few and unliked by many. The Source to my knowledge did not give Straight Out The Jungle five mics but in my opinion it deserves them. Afrika Baby Bambaataa, Mike G and Sammy B are the forefathers of the Native Tongue movement. The first time I ever heard the JBs was on "I'll House You" in late '87. This album is packed with hits and any real hip-hop head will like. The fact that it has a more of a tribal feel some won't like it. Whatever the case if you don't have this album in your collection you might be missing a very important piece of history. My favorite song is the title cut
"Straight Out The Jungle". This has been one of my favorite jams and will go down for me in my top 100 of all time favorite hip-hop songs. Love live the JBs and we gotta give them them props because they helped bring new ideas and expansion to the game.

I'm Baaack!!!

Been almost a year since I did my last post. I'm gonna try to keep this thing more up to date as possible. All my real hip-hop heads out there stay tuned for some more innovative posts. Also, this year I'm thinking about sharing my music with the rest of the world. So I will be uploading old school hip-hop from time to time. Also I still will be giving you my in-sight and knowledge that I have from my prospective. So everyone take care and be ready.