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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Birth of Hip Hop - part 1 of our 3 part series
The Birth of Hip Hop took place during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York, especially in the Bronx. Block parties incorporated DJs who played popular genres of music, especially soul music and funk. DJs, realizing its positive reception, began isolating the percussion breaks of popular songs. This technique was then common in Jamaican dub music and had spread to New York City via the substantial Jamaican immigrant community. A major proponent of the technique was the "godfather" of hip hop, the Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc.
Dub music, popular in Jamaica due to the influence of American sailors love for the Rhythm & Blues. Large sound systems were set up to accommodate poor Jamaicans who couldn't afford to buy records and dub developed at the sound systems. DJ Kool Herc became one of the most popular DJs in New York in the 1970s, after immigrating to the United States from Jamaica in 1967. Because the New York audience did not particularly like dub or reggae, Herc quickly made a transition to using funk, disco and soul records. Due to the fact that the percussive breaks were generally short, Herc and other DJs began extending them using audio mixers and two records.
Turntables techniques, such as beat mixing/matching, scratching where started by Bronx DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and beat juggling eventually developed along with the breaks, creating a base that could be rapped over. These techniques contributed to the popularization of remixes. Such looping, sampling and remixing of another's music, sometimes without the original artist's knowledge or consent, can be seen as an evolution of Jamaican dub music, and would become a hallmark of the hip hop style.
Jamaican DJ/MC also provided a strong influence on the vocal style of rapping by delivering simple raps at their parties, inspired by the Jamaican tradition of toasting. DJs and MCs would often add call and response chants, often comprising of a basic chorus, to allow the performer to gather his thoughts (e.g. "one, two, three, y'all, to the beat").
MCs grew more varied in their vocal and rhythmic approach, incorporating brief rhymes, often with a sexual or scatological theme, in an effort at differentiating themselves and entertaining the audience. Hip hop music was an outlet and a "voice" for disenfranchised youth as the culture reflected the social, economic and political realities of their lives. Kool Herc & the Herculoids were the first hip hoppers to gain major fame in New York, but the number of MC teams increased over time. Most often these were collaborations between former gangs, such as Afrikaa Bambaataa's Universal Zulu Nation - now a large, international organization. Melle Mel, a rapper/lyricist with The Furious Five is often credited with being the first rap lyricist to call himself an "MC."During the early 1970s break dancing arose during block parties, as b-boys and b-girls got in front of the audience to dance in a distinctive and frenetic style.
Even though there were many early MCs that recorded solo projects of note, such as Kurtis Blow, Spoonie Gee, and DJ Hollywood, the frequency of solo artists didn't increase until later with the rise of soloists with stage presence and drama, such as LL Cool J. Most early hip hop was dominated by groups where collaboration between the members was integral to the show, and that was the birth of Hip Hop.
The Hip Hop Years parts 1 & 2
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya (feat. Swizz Beatz & Lil Wayne)
The first music video for the lead single "I Can Transform Ya" by Chris Brown featuring Swizz Beatz and Lil Wayne, off of Brown's upcoming album Graffiti, due in stores December 15th, 2009.
The Real "Freeway" Rick Ross Sides With 50 Cent & Floyd Mayweather, Launches Label & Website
Recently freed drug kingpin “Freeway” Rick Ross has revealed plans for his career and record label now that he has his freedom, after a 20-year-prison sentence.
The Los Angeles-based rising entrepreneur has launched a label and website, FreewayEnterprise.com, which will seek new faces to star in new movies being produced by the reformed drug dealer.
Ross appeared on AllHipHop Radio’s Eric B. and Friends morning show today (October 26) and revealed details about his post-prison plans.
“I’m working on four movies right now, including one with Mike Epps," Ross revealed. "I am going to be letting people off the site play in the movie. If you are trying to get on that’s what we are doing, putting people on."
expressed his support for boxer Floyd Mayweather and rapper 50 Cent, two celebrities that have feuded with Miami rapper Rick Ross, who adopted the elder Ross’ name.
"50 Cent called me the day I got out and let me know if there was anything I needed to just let him know, "I don’t know how he got my cell but the morning I got out he called me and expressed his support."
During the interview, Ross broke down his strained relationship with Philadelphia rapper Freeway and Miami emcee Rick Ross, who was born William Roberts III.
“In the beginning I was offended being in prison. Prison makes you a little bitter. I was a little bitter that they didn’t reach out and show me some love for using my handle,” Ross continued. “But right now I am enjoying life. Freeway reached out a week before I got out, but Rick Ross has never reached out, he still hasn’t reached out.”
Ross was freed from the Texarkana Federal Prison in September of 2009, after serving 14-years of a 20-year sentence, after he was busted purchasing 100 kilos of cocaine from undercover agents in 1996.
An attempt to contact rapper Rick Ross was successful when the rap artist first burst upon the national scene in 2001, but the conversation didn’t go well.
“He abruptly stopped taking my phone calls, "I didn’t come with my hand out, I came with ideas that I thought could make their career better. I don’t want to be around nobody where I am just getting fed, I want to be somebody that brings substance to the table.”
The drug baron, who often counted up to as much as a million-dollars per day through his crack dealing operations, is currently finalizing his autobiography in addition to a film centered around his controversial life.
“I am more prepared now than I ever have been before in my life,” Ross stated. “I took all my prior experiences and ive been able to flip them into this legitimate world. I’ve transformed my drug experiences into legitimate business.”
B.o.B Recording “I Feed These Streets”
Bob works on a joint called “I Feed These Streets” with Spodee & Lil Sun.
Takers Movie Trailer feat. Chris Brown & T.I.
The film is directed by John Luessenhop and features a cast full of recognizable talent including Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, Jay Hernandez, Chris Brown, Michael Ealy and Tip “T.I.” Harris.
As you can probably derive from the teaser, Takers follows a notorious band of thieves who repeatedly and successfully rob banks to the confusion of the police. Now, they’re set on the one big job, the last job for the big money that will set their lives up for good. But with Matt Dillon (the main detective) on their tail and closing in, things may not work out as planned.
“Takers” hits theaters February 19, 2010.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Lil Wayne pleads guilty in gun case
Rap superstar Lil Wayne is prison-bound after taking a surprise -- and surprisingly docile -- gun possession guilty plea this morning in return for a promise of one year behind bars.
The Grammy-winning superstar has performed across the globe, pulling in tens of millions per tour. But he'll be spending most of 2010 in an upstate cage -- thanks to the .40-caliber Springfield Armory semi-automatic cops confiscated from his pot-smoke-infused tour bus after a concert two years ago at the Beacon Theater.
For all his violence-laden lyrics, his guilty plea -- taken shortly after 10 a.m. by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon -- was utterly well-mannered, peppered with polite "Yes, sir's" and "No, sir's."
Wearing jeans, a puffy, hooded down jacket and his trademark dreads -- the hip hop sensation admitted today only to attempted possession.
Had he risked going to trial and been convicted of the original top charge of outright possession, he'd have been hit with the mandatory minimum of 3 1/2 years prison under New York's stringent gun laws.
Lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said her office agreed to let Lil Wayne plead down to attempted possession after considering the "mitigating circumstances" of the case.
The prosecutor didn't elaborate. But celebrity defense lawyer Stacey Richman has repeatedly complained that the gun actually belonged to another, uncharged associate of the rapper who was on the bus and was willing to accept responsibilty for it.
Lil Wayne appeared to still be sensitive on the topic of taking the rap for a gun he insists wasn't his own.
Asked by the judge if he was voluntarily pleading to having "exercised dominion or control" over the unlicensed weapon, the rapper paused.
"Yes, I did," he said. "Dominion."
The judge pressed the rapper. "Did you have dominion or control over this weapon -- and that's really what possession is."
"Yes, sir," came the rapper's grudging, but polite, reply.
Lil Wayne's lawyer has also complained that prosecuotrs used faulty forensics in linking Wayne to the gun.
A tiny handful of cells -- anywhere from two to 16, visible only via microscope, all presumably sloughed off skin cells -- were swabbed off the grip and trigger and matched to Lil Wayne's own genetic profile.
In fact, before taking his surprise plea, Lil Wayne had been slated to spend today and tomorrow before the same judge, listening to both sides argue over whether such a small sample of genetic material can be accurately amplified for testing -- and whether loose skin cells on a particular surface prove anything anyway.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, were poised to insist that the so-called "Low template DNA" testing of minute samples has been used around the world beginning in 1999-- including being accepted as evidence in New York City 43 times.
The sides were still reluctant yesterday to set aside their differences on the issue == even though Lil Wayne's plea made the matter moot.
"It's the defense contention that this is still a dangerous technique," Richman announced. "It's dangerous to all the citizenry of New York."
Countered the prosecutor: "The people stand by this procedure."
The tattooed, New Orleans-based performer is due back in court for a pre-sentencing proceeding on Dec. 15, at which time a precise February sentencing date will be set by the judge.
The rapper, born Dwayne Carter, won last year's best rap solo performance Grammy for "A Milli." His albums include "Tha Carter," "Tha Carter II" and "Tha Carter III."
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Kanye West & Spike Jonze - We Were Once A Fairytale (Short Film)
Kanye West reunites with Where The Wild Things Are director, Spike Jonze, for the long-form video which began as "See You In My Nightmares."
Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything
**WORLD PREMIER**
The official video for the first single from Alicia Keys forthcoming album The Element Of Freedom scheduled for release on December 1st.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Free From Bad Boy: Mase Walks In On Diddy While Getting Interviewed On Radio & Has Puff Sign His Release Papers!
Man I told yall I had this footage but let me give yall the back story on what went down.
I was doing the V103 Hip Hop Takeover in Atlanta for the BET Hip Hop Awards on October 9th and there were tons of artists scheduled to come through. I had a camera man there so I could get drops and/or interviews for the site. While Puff was there, I was in the hallway talking to someone and saw Mase through the glass.
The receptionist wasn’t at her desk so I opened the door for him, I was shocked to see him, so I’m like “what’s this a BadBoy reunion or some sh*t” Mase was like naw Kim I came up here for this (shoving a letter in my face) when I read the letter i was like OHHHHHHHHHH you wilding wow, we gonna’ see what happens.
Mase then heads towards the studio where Puff is, I tell my camera man to follow him and he straight De-bo’s the interview LIVE ON AIR (pay attention to Puff’s face, when he walks in). He’s gone for a while, then he comes back out with the letter like, I told you! I’m FREE!!!!
DISCLAIMER: I HAD NO IDEA WHAT MASE INTENDED WHEN I LET HIM IN, if I had I would’ve staged it better (*_-)!
Of course the journalist in me, lol……. okay, how about blogger, hmmmmmmm let’s be real, the shit starter in me then pulled him on camera so I could capture his initial feelings of freedom, was he gonna’ head North like all the other slaves did when they were free’d? Bwahaaaaaaaaaa, I’m on some silly sh*t huh? ROTFL.
Pay close attention to Puff’s face, the body language and the vibe in the room. Puff is like “surprise” when Mase walks in and everyone is pretty much trying to play it off. Watch Mase’s face the whole time, his facial expressions and gestures are HILARIOUS!!!!! This nikka puts his feet up on the counter and he’s cheesing the whole time. Mase says “now I can work”…. TRANSLATION: THAT N*GGA PUFF BEEN BLOCKING MY MONEY!!!!!!
Ryan was trying to get it started on the low too, he ain’t slick…..
There’s so much going on in this video you may have to watch it a few times to get the reactions of everyone there, just check the video…
Mase Makes Puff Release Him In The Middle of V103's Ryan Cameron Show from shudduptv on Vimeo.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
BET Audience Frisked For Diddy's Lost Ring
During a recent taping of 106 & Park, Diddy and his Dirty Money group members made a surprise entrance by tossing money at the crowd. Later, he added that some of the money was fake and some of it was real. After showering audience members with cash, Diddy lost a ring that reportedly cost $20,000.
He did his best to get it back, shutting the set down to find the ring. Some audience members began Tweeting. One fan stated that Diddy was "frisking all the kids" and they compared it to a prison. Others said they weren't pleased with how he handled the situation, saying they were held "hostage." Diddy went to Twitter also, to note that "the craziest shit just happened." He added "I guess it's shitting on me season. Enjoy it while it lasts."
"He ain't getting' it back," one witness noted, according to the New York Post. "Someone pocketed that, and they probably took it to the nearest jeweler."
Marcy Polanco, a BET spokeswoman added that the ring flew off as he was throwing the money to fans. BET noted that they searched fans with a metal detecting wand and that they did not hold any audience members.
The rest of the show was taped without a glitch and it can be seen below.
Friday, October 16, 2009
T.I. Behind the Music
Here is the full episode of T.I.’s VH1 Behind the Music feature. Part 1 is above, and you can watch parts 2 and 3 below! Enjoy!
Busta Rhymes Ordered To Pay $75K In Assault Case
Busta Rhymes was ordered to pay an Albany man that accused him of a 2003 assault $75,000 on Wednesday (Oct. 13).
According to the New York Post, Alex Duncan claimed to have suffered not only physical injuries, but psychological ones as well. The victim describes nightmares and other psychological effects following the events of the Sept. 13, 2003 alteraction.
Duncan alleged that the Brooklyn rapper poured water on him and punched him in the face during a break at a concert in SUNY Albany.
“I wanted something to come out of it,” said Duncan, regarding the case’s outcome. “I don’t even go to parties anymore, because there’s always someone asking, ‘What happened to that Busta Rhymes case?’ ”
Busta's lawyer, Robert Kalina, was not present at the trial or yesterday's hearing, and has not offered comment on the case.
Duece Poppi - My White Friends
**WORLD PREMIERE**
The official music video for "My White Friends" by Slip-N-Slide Records recording artist Duece Poppi.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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