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todayinhiphophistory · 13 days

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Grandmaster Caz was born April 18, 1961

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ourladyofomega · 9 months

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#DJ Kool Herc #hip-hop #rap #BX #Bronx #New York City #NYC #Whiz Kid #Africa Bambaata #jazzy Jay #Kool DJ red Alert #Lisa Lee #Force M.C.'s #Grandmaster Caz #type #text #font #omega #our lady omega

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omegaplus · 2 years

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Omega Radio for June 20, 2022; #312.

Michie Mee: "Elements Of Style"

Whodini: "The Freaks Come Out At Night" + "Magic's Wand"

Lovebug Starski & Harlem World Crew: "Gangster Rock" + "Positive Life"

Grandmaster Caz & Marley Marl: "Punk What You Gonna' Do About It?"

Sugarhill Gang: "The Lover In You"

Fearless Four: "Rockin' It"

Treacherous Three: "U.F.O."

Cold Crush Brothers: "Yvette"

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: “Super Rappin'”

Bonus old-school hip-hop and boombox rap.

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djevilninja · 2 years

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We're the Cold Crush crew, that's what I said; All you wack MCs, get it through your heads. As you listen to me speak as I reach my peak, Because I never bite a rhyme, I never repeat.

Cold Crush Brothers - Cold Crush Brothers at The Dixie

*down by law

#cold crush brothers #grandmaster caz #music #hip hop #80s #old school #classic #cold crush brothers at the dixie

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getmybuzzup · 9 months

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Nick Cannon links up with Rock The Bells to announce Rock-N-Out on the Rock The Bells Cruise (Events) - Rock The Bells and Nick Cannon Join Forces to Present Rock-N-Out Onboard Rock The Bells Cruise: A Hip-Hop Experience Rock-N-Out will feature Nick Cannon and Wild ‘N Out cast members for a special improvisational comedy show during the cruise Rock The Bells, the global platform dedicated to elevating Hip-Hop culture from its roots to the modern day, in partnership with Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than two decades, presents Rock-N-Out on the “Rock The Bells Cruise: A Hip-Hop Experience" starring Nick Cannon with Hitman Holla, Emmanuel Hudson, Justina Valentine, and Radio Big Mack. The unforgettable and hilarious show will include music, stand-up comedy, and improvised games that feature special surprise guest appearances from the Hip-Hop icons and legends on the cruise lineup. This is just the latest announcement from the Rock The Bells Cruise, in partnership with Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than two decades, which sold out in less than a week. The cruise is the first of its kind, offering an all-inclusive immersive 5-day Hip-Hop experience aboard the Norwegian Pearl. The cruise will set sail from Miami to the Bahamas on November 13 - November 17, 2023. Hip-Hop will be taking over every corner of the ship with themed parties, MC & DJ battles, rap karaoke, interactive graffiti, live podcasts, open mic nights, movie screenings, masterclasses, art galleries, custom grillz, Hip-Hop dance classes, basketball and much more. https://wp.me/p1PuJR-5xDY Please Reblog!

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omegaradiowusb · 2 years

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JUNE 20, 2022 (#312)

Michie Mee: "Elements Of Style" Whodini: "The Freaks Come Out At Night" + "Magic's Wand" Lovebug Starski & Harlem World Crew: "Gangster Rock" + "Positive Life" Grandmaster Caz & Marley Marl: "Punk What You Gonna' Do About It?" Sugarhill Gang: "The Lover In You" Fearless Four: "Rockin' It" Treacherous Three: "U.F.O." Cold Crush Brothers: "Yvette" Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: “Super Rappin'”

Another Monday afternoon, another bonus Omega Radio. Today, we hat-tip hip-hop’s legends across Harlem, the Bronx, and the rest of the Five Boroughs with an hour of old-school rap and electro. Hear some of the hip-hop world’s pioneers as they take you back to the Four Elements of Hip-Hop.

More bonus summer Omega sounds are on the way.

June 27, 2022 (11AM New York City): bonus Omega

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dont-make-me-elaborate · 1 year

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Can somebody explain to me why Superman fans are so quick to support Clark/Lois ships after she cheated on him with Big Dank Hank in 1979

#It was also kinda homophobic #Yes I know Grandmaster Caz wrote that verse #Superman #lois lane #sugarhill gang #Super sperm

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tygerland · 3 months

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Grandmaster Caz and JDL - of the Cold Crush Brothers - at Club Negril, New York City, 1981. Photo: Joe Conzo Jr.

#1980s #retro #dj #culture #80s #hip hop #beats #music #photos #nyc #urban #history #joe conzo #b&w #photography #black tumblr #people #black history #rock n roll

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oldschoolhiphoplust · 9 months

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Know Your Hip-Hop Pioneers: Grandmaster Caz

Image Credit: Joe Conzo

Once the declaration of hip-hop was born, known as Casanova Fly to Grandmaster Caz he was the first to conjointly rap and DJ. In the early 1980s, as the leading MC of the Cold Crush Brothers, Grandmaster Caz's lethal rhymes healthily vexed fellow emcees. Their battle against The Fantastic Five in the paramount film Wild Style became a prominent moment for hip-hop culture. Grandmaster Caz became the elite of hip-hop supremacy as his fluid rhymes ended up on Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” without proper accrediting.

By Ime Ekpo

*Originally published in 2016

#hip hop history #hip hop pioneers #hip hop legend #hip hop culture #hip hop 50 #old school hip hop

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todayinhiphophistory · 1 year

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Grandmaster Caz was born April 18, 1961

#today in hip hop history #todayinhiphophistory #hiphop #hip hop #hip-hop #hip hop music #hip hop history #hip hop culture #music #history #music history #grandmaster caz #bornday #birthday #emcee #mc #rap #rapper #1961

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ourladyofomega · 1 year

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Lovebug Starski, Busy Bee, and Grandmaster Caz at Harlem’s Celebrity Club; 1980.

📸: Charlie Ahearn.

#hip-hop #rap #Harlem #old school #Manhattan #NYC #New York City #Lovebug Starski #Busy Bee #Grandmaster Caz #omega #our lady omega

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rivertigo · 1 month

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List of songs for when you are horribly depressed

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anotherpapercut · 3 months

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I'm taking a class on hip hop and I had to watch a video of this guy Grandmaster Caz (aka Casanova Fly) describing in detail how one of the dudes in rappers delight by the sugarhill gang stole his entire rap and id listened to the song before but never knew all the details about the theft so after I watched the video I listened to the song again and was in actual tears bc these are some of the lyrics in the stolen rap

he didn't even change the name

#this guy was his manager so he had a tape of him doing this rap and just stole it #then just fucking played him the record like nothing was wrong lmfao. bold as hell #its a 15 minute song but its really funny and great. the beat is so fucking good and theres a whole verse #about when you go to a friend's house and they serve you disgusting food and you try to be polite about it. it rules

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ausetkmt · 11 months

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Published on: Jun 13, 2023, 7:45 PM PDT

Wu-Tang Clan, Mary J. Blige, EPMD and more have been tapped for a Funk Flex-curated Hip Hop 50 concert going down in the heart of New York City.

In addition to the aforementioned names, Tyrese, Sean Paul and special guests Mariah Carey and Maxwell will also perform at the show, which takes place on September 15 at Madison Square Garden.

Tickets go on sale on Friday (June 16) via Ticketmaster. Fans can also use the code “DISCO” for Live Nation’s pre-sale on Thursday (June 15) at 10 a.m. ET.

You can view the full lineup below:

Hopefully fans get to see Method Man and Mary J. Blige come together to perform their classic hit, “I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By” – which Meth recently revealed he resented at first.

During his 2022 visit to Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast, the rap vet explained how he hated the image he received from the Grammy Award-winning song and attempted to reject the love he was getting.

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June 12, 2023

“I fought that ‘All I Need’ shit,” Meth said. “I didn’t wanna put it out ’cause it was at a point now where, when we were doing these shows [with] Wu-Tang Clan, I would come out and it’d be girls screaming. Now, for me, it’s like, I’m grimy, same-clothes-for-three-days-in-a-row nigga; who wants to go the sex symbol route at this point?!”

Meanwhile, this isn’t the only concert going down in NYC in celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th birthday. A mega concert celebrating the milestone in the genre’s birthplace of the Bronx goes down one month earlier inside Yankee Stadium on August 11.

Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Ice Cube and many more have joined Run-DMC on the star-studded lineup that also includes Fat Joe, T.I., Common, Slick Rick, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, EPMD, and A$AP Ferg.

There’s a Queens of Hip Hop set that will feature Eve, Lil Kim, Remy Ma and Trina. The concert will also pay homage to trailblazers who helped pave the way like Kurtis Blow, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shante, Melle Mel and the Sugarhill Gang.

#Wu-Tang Clan #Mary J. Blige & More Tapped For HH50 Concert At MSG #hiphop turns 50 #Black Music Month #2023 #ausetkmt

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jules-has-notes · 29 days

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2017 Napa Valley A Cappella Extravaganza — VoicePlay live performances

VoicePlay on stage in Napa — photo by Haley Olson

Three years after their previous appearance, VoicePlay returned to northern California as the professional headliners for the annual high school and collegiate vocal festival in Yountville.

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J.None was excited to hit the road with the guys after performing with them at Disney World for the previous two months.

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When you're singing for other a cappella singers, it's hard to go wrong with a little musical theater. VoicePlay has plenty of Broadway material in their repertoire, and this was the most recent addition at the time.

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title: Seasons of Love

original performers: cast of Rent (1996)

written by: Jonathan Larson

arranged by: VoicePlay & AJ Rafael

performance date: 28 January 2017

My favorite bits:

J.None's smooth timbre on the opening lines

the way they seamlessly pass the lead vocals around (But why doesn't Layne get a turn? 😞)

that momentary silence before they start the first chorus

when the rhythm section really kicks in 🥁🎸

Earl's crystal clear high tone on the second verse

that jazzy harmonized riff from Eli, J, and Earl

the layers of sound in the final chorus

such a lovely ending chord

Trivia:

As Geoff mentions in the intro, the guys had recorded this song as a collaboration with AJ Rafael in October, and the video premiered on his YouTube channel a couple weeks before this performance.

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VoicePlay refuse to be confined to any one genre of music. They've tackled everything from barbershop to hard rock, country to sea shanties, pop ballads to orchestral pieces. So why not revisit the rap hits of their youth?

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title: Aca Top 10 – Old School Rap

original songs / performers: "La-Di-Da-Di" by Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh; [0:16] "Going Back to Cali" by LL Cool J; [0:32] "Push It" by Salt-n-Pepa; [0:56] "Parents Just Don’t Understand" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince; [1:09] "Bust A Move" by Young MC; [1:32] "It's Tricky" by Run-DMC; [1:49] "Just A Friend" by Biz Markie; [2:12] "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice; [2:21] "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground; [2:44] "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang; [3:10] "Walk This Way" by Run-DMC & Aerosmith

written by: "La-Di-Da-Di" by Douglas "Doug E. Fresh" Davis & Richard "Slick Rick" Walters; "Going Back to Cali" by Rick Rubin & James "LL Cool J" Smith; "Push It" by Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor & Ray Davies; "Parents Just Don’t Understand" by Pete Harris, Will "Fresh Prince" Smith, Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes; "Bust A Move" by Marvin "Young MC" Young, Matt Dike, & Michael Ross; "It's Tricky" by Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Doug Fieger, & Berton Averre; "Just A Friend" by Marcel "Biz Markie" Hall; "Ice Ice Baby" by Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle, Mario Johnson, Queen, & David Bowie; "The Humpty Dance" by Earl Humphrey, Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs, & George Clinton; "Rapper's Delight" by Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Sylvia Robinson, Henry "Big Bank Hank" Jackson, Michael "Wonder Mike" Wright, Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Curtis "Grandmaster Caz" Brown, & William Hankshaw; "Walk This Way" by Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Steven Tyler, & Joe Perry

arranged by: Geoff Castellucci

performance date: 28 January 2017

My favorite bits:

Layne kicking things off with some old school beatboxing

Earl recreating the breathy part in "Push It"

Eli handling the scratching in the back during "Parents"

the middle three busting some lowkey moves as the lyrics instruct them to do

everybody bouncing to the beat during "Tricky"

Geoff continuing the "Ice Ice Baby" bass line under "The Humpty Dance" after the other guys leave him hanging

Eli showing off some slides in "Rapper's Delight"

J's little wave in response to the "hello" in the lyrics

the record skip effect at the end of "Walk This Way"

Trivia:

The guys originally recorded this countdown live in the studio, where they could do as many takes as they wanted. It's even more impressive seeing them perform it in front of an audience.

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This video is missing the very beginning because the fan who recorded it got over-excited about them actually performing the song live. But how could they possibly resist singing the theme to one of the most beloved TV shows set in San Francisco when they were just north the city itself?

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title: Everywhere You Look

original performers: Carly Rae Jepsen & Butch Walker for Fuller House (2016)

written by: Jesse Frederick, Bennett Salvay, & Jeff Franklin for Full House (1987)

arranged by: Layne Stein

performance date: 28 January 2017

My favorite bits:

the bouncy descending bass line leading into the chorus

Eli and J grooving along to their own harmonies

Earl's scooping crescendo as a transition into the second verse

the call and response of ♫ "never go away" ♫ "like the Olsen twins" ♫ 👭

that quick crisp diction of the ♫ "how do you know… " ♫ section