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[acuorleggero]

Questa è una storia che nasce nel Bronx, al numero 1520 di Sedgwick Avenue, ma ha radici che partono da altri posti. Partono da New Orleans, da Detroit, dalla Giamaica. È in Giamaica, infatti, che Clive Campbell ha visto i primi sound system e le prime dance-hall. È un bambino, Clive, ma rimane subito affascinato da quelle casse enormi davanti a cui decine di corpi si muovono al ritmo del Rocksteady e dello Ska. Nelle orecchie rimbomba la voce degli uomini che al microfono sputano frasi su quei ritmi sincopati, su quel ritmo in levare che permetteva di dire tutto a tempo. Li chiamavano maestri di cerimonia perché, in fondo, quelle erano vere e proprie cerimonie e i Dj e i vocalist che provvedevano al suono erano visti come degli officianti. Clive ricorda tutto questo ora che la Giamaica è un posto lontano e lui è solo un altro ragazzo nero di New York. Ad esser precisi, Clive è un ragazzo nero del Bronx e la cosa, a metà anni 70, ha il suo triste rilievo. Il Bronx di quegli anni, infatti, non somiglia a Manhattan, non somiglia al Queens né tantomeno a Brooklyn o a Staten Island. Il Bronx del 1973, infatti, somiglia piuttosto alla Beirut della guerra civile. Incendi dolosi di interi distretti di quartieri controllati da bande ("I guerrieri della notte", per esempio, da qualche parte dovevano pur spuntare...), palazzoni sventrati diventati dimore di eroinomani, violenza ad ogni angolo di strada, violenza nelle stesse case. Clive cresce in mezzo a questo, perché da lì non si scappa, e si forma anche grazie a questo. Diventa un ragazzo che ama la musica e si ingegna per superare tutti gli ostacoli che la vita gli ha posto davanti. Uno di questi, paradossalmente, sta nel come riprodurre un suono "ballabile". I dischi Motown (grazie Detroit), i dischi Soul, Jazz e Blues (grazie New Orleans) vanno bene, ma fino ad un certo punto. I pezzi, infatti, partono con un break di batteria ma poi evolvono. A lui interessa quel break e interessa soprattutto che quel break possa durare a lungo. Più tempo uguale più ritmo. Per risolvere questa equazione ha una intuizione: due dischi dello stesso brano su due piatti. Quando il break finisce su di uno, fa partire il break dell'altro, e così via. Il tutto messo a tempo, il tutto con qualcuno che dice qualcosa al microfono. Clive ora si fa chiamare Dj Kool Herc e non lo sa ancora ma con quella festa che darà l'11 agosto 1973 al numero 1520 di Sedgwick Avenue darà una data, un indirizzo e una storia ad un genere musicale e ad una cultura, quella HIP HOP, che da un palazzone del Bronx arriverà in ogni angolo del Pianeta. Prima di Travis Scott, prima di Kendrick Lamar ma anche prima di Sfera Ebbasta, di Guè e di ogni altro artista che fa Rap, che ci piaccia o meno, che sia bravo o meno, c'è stato Kool Herc, c'è stato il black-out del 77, ci sono stati i Clash, Blondie, Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambataa, Run DMC, KRS-One, EPMD, Dj Premier, Gangstarr, Pete Rock, Notorious Big, NWA, Ice-Cube, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Jay-Z, Outkast, Tupac Shakur, 50 Cent, the Lox, il southern, la trap, la drill, Griselda Records e tutto un universo musicale capace di mettere in rima ogni singolo aspetto della vita, dalle cose serissime alle autentiche cazzate. 50 anni di una sottocultura nata in strada e nutritasi di strada. It ain't hard to tell.

#Rap #HipHop #KoolHerc #Birthday #50 years of hip hop

[spacetimepaperpages]

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[audiogold]

Missed the @kooldjherc auction in New York? Never fear we have one of the iconic Turntables, the Technics SL-1100 with original tonearm. A rarity! Noted as one of the turntables that helped invent HipHop, Herc used these in his sound-system for their ‘portability?!’ quality of sound and robustness. The granddaddy of the later ubiquitous 1200/1210 series that still reign over sound-system, hiphop and club culture. #koolherc #kooldjherc #herc #herculords #hiphop #hiphopculture #turntable #turntablism #hiphophistory #technics #technicssl1100 #dj #birthofhiphop #hifi #vinyl #rare #audiogoldcrouchend #audiogold (at Audio Gold) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj28GkSNSTt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[djtrase]

Happy Birthday to the #hiphopculture #KoolHerc 1973 #hiphop #flashbackfriday (at NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChKsGYyAGiQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[wwwdlabrie]

🎂#HappyBirthdayHipHop Thanx for saving my life & being a vehicle for art,ideas,expression, education,healing,purpose & good times. Every song, ep, mixtape, album, video, film, flyer, set, show, verse, interview, dance floor...Im a part of is a tribute to the inspirations i got as a kid student of Hip Hop (See for yourself #LinkinBio ) Hip Hop is not perfect but niether is the world. Hip Hop is not just Rap song or music or just refers to my Rap career. It is my language & culture! So we give back to it everyday! Even tho we love the key from the words of my homies @deadprez is too always Remember #ItsbiggerthanHipHop @rdv_promo ☝🏿 @hiphopcongressinc Open #hiphopcongress Meetings on Clubhouse Every Saturday @ noon 🌏🌍🌎 There's much more to learn & co tribute #HappyBdayHipHop Look out for New @DLabrie Song called "HIP HOP" on my upcoming masterpiece sequel #MrNETW3RK pt. 2 (Coming Later in 2022) 🎵💃🏾🎤🎧🎛🎙🎚📻🧢👕📚🖌🎞🎶🕺🏾🕺#DLabrie x @Kevchoice x @Dotgoodie × @Marlee_shore Planning to shoot the 🎵📹 Aug 20-26 When i get off the road from #Asia #MrNETW3RK #RonDavouxRexords #RDV #RDVpromo #KoolHerc #DJKoolHerc #4elements #Music #Dance #Art #Dj #Breaking #Graffiti #Mc #DJ #Rap #Hip #Hop #Bronx #SouthBronx #NewYork #Ny #Nyc (at Bronx New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChIkugZBDhY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[djkontrol]

I often see memes about music that I relate to but in all reality, it’s actually Hip Hop specifically that is responsible for all of the amazing people in my life. Without it, I wouldn’t have gotten into DJing & making tapes so early in my life. Because of Hip Hop, I went to concerts @ SUNY Binghamton throughout my high school years. I saw KRS-One, Brand Nubian, Cypress Hill & more in the 90s before this music, which was birthed at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, had become the global phenomenon that it is today. Thank you Kool Herc and Hip Hop for allowing me to become the person I am and for the friends I have met on this journey. Since the late 80s, I have seen this culture go around the world and I am so thankful to be a part of it! Happy Birthday Hip Hop! #happybirthdayhiphop #koolherc (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChIY03Pvnvs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[mrbenoitd]

🏰🕺🏾 👨🏾‍🏫 Un peu de culture et de détente avec @oupatch_mdjk au @chateauseneguier #pédagogHIPHOP #Danse #dance #art #hiphop #danse #musique #dance #musique #pedagogHIPHOP #MRbenoitD #MRbenoitDcoach #MRbenoitDance #associationLEcollectifSOUTHpopper #southpopper #misterbenoit #misterbenoitd #djkoolherc #koolherc #ecole #enfant #pedagogie (à Château de Sénéguier) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf62d2wNmIK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[netnautilus]

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[knalovenge]

My #hiphop roots are so deep they're an afterthought #HappyBirthdayHipHop Me #Knalovenge With #MelleMel #KoolHerc #FreedomWilliams #MarkWalker I've been running with the stars before I hit puberty 🫶

[afrcnamrcn-23]

Breakin and Poppin History

This is an old post I saved. Check it out because there's some pertinent info from the pioneers on it's origins.Kind of long, so check it out in sequence at your leisure

"Breakin" and Poppin history

These are 2 separate dances. One from the West cost, the other from the East coast. It can be argued that both came from the western United States in the black community of L.A. ( Watts and Compton) The pioneers from NYC said that the basis on how they formated their style, was L.A.'s "locking" style. What ever the case, it was all seeded by African American youth. Breakdancing was created by black youth of Bronx, NY, mainly the Zulu Kings and Jr Black Spades, trying to one-up on each other at the early KoolHerc jams. The earliest recollection people have of it is 1973. Puerto Rican youth picked up on it circa 1975-76 by their own accounts, and they made a huge contribution to the development of the dance. Also creating groups around it and refining it even more. They brought the dance into the 80s were it spread like wildfire in the mainstream . It's AfroAmerican and Puerto Rican orgins where a distant memory as early as 1983

The media coined the term " breakdancing" in the early 80s as it's popularity spread. According to some of the Hispanic pioneers, the original black youth never gave it a name, but would sometimes loosely refer to the dance as " going to the floor". According to a Rock Steady member in the documentary "Freshest Kids" they had a name in the 70s to denote the original AfroAmerican style of the earlier 70s... The term was "Moreno style". In the latter 70s some called it "B- Boying.

Lockin was created by L.A.’s Don Campbell (African American) in the late 60s. The concept spread to Fresno CA, where a new derivative of locking was developed. We now know it as Popping. Imported into L.A. from Fresno by two young African American streetdancers named "Boogaloo Sam and his brother Poppin Pete (circa 75 - 76), it debuted nationally in 1978 via Soultrain. Many youngsters and performers picked up on it soon after. Poppin was all lumped into breaking later. A hyped up resurgence of breaking and Popping was created by black and Hispanic youth of L.A. starting around 1986-1990. Also by east coast groups like the extended Rock Steady Crew. With it's airmoves and extensive spins, this form is still practiced by people of many ethnic groups. Even tournaments worldwide

Though originally a African American youth dance of the early 70s, Puerto Rican youth made a huge contribution to the development of breakin. The orginal Rock Steady Crew of the latter 1970s through the very early 80s

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Filmed in front of Lincoln Center 1981, by a NYC tv station, this is before the dance was really known around the country, and dormant in those circles in Bronx ---and according to renowned Frosty Freeze in an early 80s documentary, parts of Harlem.

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70s (?)

Rene, Trac2, and Boss appearantly won a competition in 1978

Obviously the late 70s to very early 80s. The Puerto Rican youth in the center is the renowned Ken Swift and the black youth with his arms folded to the left is " Lil Crazy from the late 70s RSC, and to the right next the girl is forgotten member Kippy D.

The founders say there were actually 2 different crews who joined together to form the RSC. It was TBB (The Bronx Boys) from the mid 70s and Rock City of the 70s Bronx and Manhattan. Here's Louie Lou and Frosty from the Rock City days 

Miscellaneous images of TBB and Rock Steady from the 70s and very early 80s 

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Video compilation of 70s pioneers, mostly long forgotten African American " bboys" of that era, performing the style of that decade. Most of these are from like the 1990s and early new millennium. All videos are very brief ( less than 1 minute on most)

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WITH ARENA SIZED CROWDS, YOUNG FOLKS TOOK THE DANCE TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO NOWADAYS 

https://txt.fyi/+/7b4d8ead/

Looks like 83/84 (?)

A few original "rockers" of the 70s era ( African American). The picture above are original Rock Steady Crew members from appearantly the 1980s. The young guy at the top right is the very cofounder Jimmy Dee from 1977

Jimmy Dee the co-founder of the RSC in the latter 70s... The original blog is offline now. I will try to recall some basic info he shared with us on the formation of RSC. Crazy Legs asked him to write a brief summary on this. He laughed because he'd heard about dozen or so stories on how they formed - and thought it to be less important where they came from, but more relevant of what breaking and Rock Steady has become. A quick detailed story was shared from the very cofounder..

A few of them branched out from a larger mid 70s group called TBB (The Bromx Boys) to form a group of their own. With the blessings of the former group, they formed RSC (no falling out between members like Batch as some rumors had it). It was names like Jim Lee, JoJo, Popeye and a few others. He met a new recruit named Crazy legs - who was excited and determine to be the best. Not long after, Jimmy went off to college but still loosely associated with and keep up on RSC over the years. Also astonished at what it has become in modern times

These are from around 1981, NYC

1 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/631981760196661962/

2 (1977) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/1b/99/1c1b99f349c13eab206133419375e96d.jpg

3 From the 1981 Lincoln Center battle. Some of the footage was used in the 1982 video for Planet Rock and Buffalo Gals 83 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/90/60/35/906035b98a0a209b096cf0cc09ffd5b3.jpg

Spy from the mid to latter 70s. In a 2002 documentary, Crazy legs stated that Spy was the first person he had ever seen doing the dance as a 10 year old in 1976. Spy was roughly early teens. There are others who say that he was the best breaker they had ever seen in the decade of the 70s - hands down

1 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/631981760196661910/

2 1979 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/631981760196662004

? Circa mid 70s https://www.pinterest.com/pin/631981760196662268/

Puerto Rican youth appearantly added spin moves and certain uprock styles to the dance format. This is from the Ed Sullivan show of 1957. Pay attention at 1:00 and 1:18

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Seen in old African American performers

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https://youtu.be/Iat62Ab87qs

Even though the youth of Bronx and Harlem probably never seen this footage in the early 70s "ghetto" neighborhoods, these type of dance patterns are common in all people.

Nigeria 1959

"Mainstream"

Opening scene 1943

.https://youtu.be/-vPlO--nnGM

Video compilation of 70s pioneers, mostly long forgotten African American " bboys" of that era, performing the style of that decade. Most of these are from like the 1990s and early new millennium. All videos are very brief ( less than 1 minute on most)

Outtakes of Flashdance's breaking scene. The RockSteady crew goes back to the essence of the dance. Black guy with Afro goes back to the original group of 1976-77. His moniker was Frosty Freeze. This movie was filmed in 1981 and 82; released 1983 (the original song played in movie was Jimmy Castor's " It's Just Begun 1972)

As seen in the movie, with original Jimmy castor song. This is the first time many viewed the dance which was performed by Rock Steady Crew. Also, the 1983 video "Save the Overtime For Me" by Gladys Knight-featuring the NYC Breakers, was the first nationwide glimps of the dance for some. 

More rare footage of late 70s- mid 80s breaking from the pioneers https://txt.fyi/+/7713cfe2/

WITH ARENA SIZED CROWDS, YOUNG FOLKS TOOK THE DANCE TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO NOWADAYS https://txt.fyi/+/7b4d8ead/

Best documentary on the "b-boying component of hip-hop. From 2002, it has all pioneers from the 70s. Its African American origins are mentioned from 10;10 through roughly 15;15. Then again from 18;50 through 19;30. At roughly 15;50 through 16;20,, Spy is introduced as one of the first seen in the 70s. The West coast contribution starts at 34;00 https://youtu.be/lKb1vszkeC8

Poppin and Lockin footage

Man on L.A' beach with home movie camera 1981. About midway through, he lucks up and captures youngsters popping. The dance is from 77 

Lockin 1974 https://youtu.be/CQWsF4plYFI

Full version 1974 on Campus scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6bBNLw_4Nk&list=WL&index=257&t=0s&app=desktop

1978 Lockin (just a ittle over 3 minutes) https://youtu.be/p5eD6dt0NZg

Tho locking is becoming"old hat" at this time, young blks of 1979 still practice, but this time incorporating a touch of popping into their routine. As stated before, it's a derivative of locking anyway. https://youtu.be/n2LSkizYmpM

From the show "What's Happening" in the mid 70s. The character "Rerun" is an early pioneer of that dance style. The Lockers display a faint hint of poppin (2:30 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6CU8eUjIP4&t=8s

Poplockin 1983 with JazzyJ from Soul Sonic Force https://youtu.be/pyYXcY9KwpE

Kango and Dr Ice of UTFO perform popping and boogaloo in 1983 (slightly before they're known). They clear up the differences between that and Breaking https://youtu.be/1EG4ksiblMs

The renowned Boogaloo Srimp ( Turbo) has an outstanding performance in this 1983 footage; starting around 0:40 https://youtu.be/QJ6IAouIyLA

Best documentary(s) on West coast hip hop. The first is from 1983, and the second from present day YouTube. The second one is by a man who has the credentials to educate on hiphop's history. Researching and interview these artist for a few decades, many of these MC's and DJ's he knows personally. Exellemt docs on the history. You may want to save in a watch later playlist. Both are over an hour long

1 https://youtu.be/GFkgObeA8AU

2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvrT0orI5s&list=WL&index=2&t=15s

Lindy hop 1930s - 40s

Was created in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, and popularized in the late 30s and 40's. It spread to young Americans of all races in the 40s

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Second scene from 1941

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1944 from African American made movie

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"Old Hat" by the 1950s, but still practiced

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[asadultrawalker]

Opening tonight! Come see the group show with me, Aniekan, Imani and many others… “kool herc” “drunken master” “bloodsport” limited edition archival prints, 11x17” Asad ULTRA Walker SOUND PATTERNS Art Exhibition No. 8: Exploring martial arts within the Black aesthetic @HonfleurGallery @shaolinjazz Opening reception: 3.4.23 / 7pm - 10pm Honfleur Gallery, Anacostia, SE DC On view: 3.4.23 - 4.8.23 For info visit: www.shaolinjazz.com #shaolinjazz #soundpatterns #blackartist #blkcreative #digitalart #multimedia #artshow #artgallery #artexhibition #honfleur #honfleurgallery #dcartist #anacostia #galleryart #martialarts #martialartsinspired #graphicdesign #popart #washingtondc #BIG #biggie #biggiesmalls #wutang #olddirtybastard #odb #koolherc #djkoolherc #hiphopculture (at Anacostia Arts Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYPNyOvwQq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[coolnessempire]

Happy Birthday Hip Hop Thanks DJ Kool Herc #1520sedgwickave #KoolHerc #HipHop #coolness https://www.instagram.com/p/CSbvo3gLsnA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[kj52]

Today hip hop turns 48! I had a chance to go to the birthplace of hip hop several years back .. grateful for a genre that gave me a voice to proclaim the goodness of God! #sedgewickandcedarkoolhercbd #hiphop #koolherc (at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSb-p0kLuvi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[wwwdlabrie]

🎂#HappyBirthdayHipHop Thanx for saving my life & being a vehicle for art, ideas,expression, education,healing,purpose & good times. Every song, ep, mixtape, album, video, film, flyer, set, show, verse, interview, dance floor...Im a part of is a tribute to the inspirations i got as a kid student of Hip Hop (See for yourself #LinkinBio ) Hip Hop is my language & culture! So we give back to it everyday! Even tho we love the key from the words of my homies @deadprez is too always Remember #ItsbiggerthanHipHop @rdv_promo ☝🏿 @hiphopcongressinc Open #hiphopcongress Meetings on Clubhouse Every Saturdays @ noon 🌏🌍🌎Theres much more learn #HappyBdayHipHop Look out for New @DLabrie Song called "HIP HOP" on my upcoming masterpiece sequel #MrNETW3RK pt. 2 (Coming Later in 2022) 🎵💃🏾🎤🎧🎛🎙🎚📻🧢👕📚🖌🎞🎶🕺🏾🕺#DLabrie x @Kevchoice x @Dotgoodie × @Marlee_shore Planning to shoot the 🎵📹 Aug 20-26 When i get off the road from #Asia #MrNETW3RK #RonDavouxRexords #RDV #RDVpromo #KoolHerc #DJKoolHerc #4elements #Music #Dance #Art #Dj #Breaking #Graffiti #Mc #DJ #Rap #Hip #Hop #Bronx #SouthBronx #NewYork #Ny #Nyc (at Bronx New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChIkugZBDhY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[da-ill-spot]

Happy birthday Hiphop! Trip out that it’s only 47 years old yo! Blessings 🙏🏿 —————————————— #Hiphop #Hiphophistory #BirthofHiphop #KoolHerc #Hiphopislife #DJ #MC #Bboy #Graffiti #NYC #1520SedwickAve #DJKoolHerc https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxgZhTAC5w/?igshid=1mkk8zd3defwu

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