i smoked pot with DJ Kool Herc last night.
Here's a quick bio:
back in the early 70s whilst playing records at his sister's
birthday party; young mr herc made a novel discovery.
he figured out that if you play the break section of two copies of the same funk record over an over again alternating between two turntables, you can keep a continuous beat going.
he managed this feat by "hipping and hopping" between the two records.
31 years later, "Hip Hop" is a multi-million dollar product placement campaign used to sell polyester clothing and ostentatious SUVs to dumb, rich, white kids.
he was a top bloke. people who know that they have no pretenders to the throne tend to be like that.
Here's a quick bio:
back in the early 70s whilst playing records at his sister's
birthday party; young mr herc made a novel discovery.
he figured out that if you play the break section of two copies of the same funk record over an over again alternating between two turntables, you can keep a continuous beat going.
he managed this feat by "hipping and hopping" between the two records.
31 years later, "Hip Hop" is a multi-million dollar product placement campaign used to sell polyester clothing and ostentatious SUVs to dumb, rich, white kids.
he was a top bloke. people who know that they have no pretenders to the throne tend to be like that.
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elvgrenink:
shitiwouldlovetopassajointtoherc*drools*
keith:
This is the article "the reality-based community" comes from.