Tag: hip hop
FSTV – Free Speech Television
Mos Def – Mathematics
Brother Ali
Just another albino american muslim conscious rapper. What?!? Haha! Check out more of this guy’s stuff if you like. He is smart and political. He kills it in this clip – and freestyles too. He thought the Nirvana hook was Johnny Cash, but you can easily forgive him for that. Sway usually goes crazy if someone is half this good, so either he’s “judgmental” or partied too hard the night before…Anyway, we need more guys like Brother Ali in the game.
Shows he knows Nina in the intro
and respects her spirit through the whole song, yo…
The Hip Hop Years
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English doc on Hip Hop. By no means comprehensive, but it’s a good general survey and hits some of the defining elements. Some good footage and interviews.
Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
Creator of the Universal Zulu Nation, bringer of the hip hop peace…
DJ Kool Herc
DJ Kool Herc AKA Clive Campbell. Party Master. Brought the idea of the Jamaican sound system and toasting to the Bronx and found the breaks in the beats…hooked that up with the MC, and there it be…the hip hop stylie…