The Birth of Hip-Hop in NY
On May 14, 2015 The Museum Of The City Of New York presented a discussion on the birth of hip-hop in New York City. Dr. Joseph Schloss interviewed both Grandmaster Caz of the Cold...
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The Early Years of Hip-Hop in Photography
This is a discussion and presentation by 3 photographers who captured some of the earliest photographs of the hip-hop culture in New York City during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Some of the images in...
All Female DJ’s Rockin the House at LP’n Harmony in Brooklyn
Peace party people, I was able to enjoy listening to 5 out of 6 female DJ’s who played at LPn’ Harmony in Williamsburg Brooklyn on February 15, 2015. There were some really good DJ’s...
Krush Groove Movie Discussion – NJPAC
Writer, director and hip-hop critic Nelson George hosted a screening and discussion of the 1985 hip-hop movie “Krush Groove” on March 1, 2013 at NJPAC. The panelists were Bill Stephney and Bill Adler. Stephney...
Busta Rhymes & Friends 7/14/2012
2012’s Brooklyn Bodega Hip-Hop Festival was absolutely LEGENDARY! Some of the under-card artists included Ka, Chuuwee, $amhill and Fat Tony. For the main event, Busta started things up by performing many of his hits back...
Uncle Ralph’s Video Music Box at MoCADA Brooklyn
BrooklynBodega and The Brooklyn Historical Society put on a (#BEI)Bodega Education Initiative on Thursday May 5th, 2012 to discuss the origins of Video Music Box and MoCADA and how they connected for “The Box...
New Yorker of a Certain Age – 98.7 Kiss FM WRKS NYC
There were two very informative and well done articles on the monumental shake up in urban radio in New York City two weeks ago. In fact, the title of this piece comes from the...
A Tribe Called Quest’s contributions to hip-hop and culture at large (The Low End Theory vs Midnight Marauders)
This discussion was held at Harlem Stage at The Gatehouse 150 Convent Avenue New York City, 03/01/2012. Although it was a hip-hop oriented panel, it consisted of diverse participants with varying points of view....
AMNH Discussion – Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
The American Museum of Natural History hosted a day of family-friendly activities on Saturday February, 18th 2012 in New York City. The highlight of the evening was a discussion with DMC of RUN-DMC. He...
Apollo The Great — “Apollo 21” — Mixtape
Review Apollo The Great — “Apollo 21” Download: Apollo The Great — “Apollo 21” Apollo...
RIP to the hip-hop sample?
RIP to the hip-hop sample? A profile on the reasons why sampling is a dying technique Some of the dopest hip-hop songs of all time were built on the...
Shakiem’s top 10 hip hop samples – Breaking Down the “Breaks”
1.“Amen, Brother” – The Winstons (1969) Based on my research, I’ve come to the conclusion that “Amen, Brother” is the most sampled “break” of all time. This is a break I bought on one...