Hip Hop Culture Exam 1
Blondie
(Debbie Harry) "rapture" made song on grandmaster flash, solidified the connection between rap and punk.
"Good Times"
Chic, highly sampled. On rappers delight. Solidifies connection between rap and disco.
Eddie Cheba
DJ's hollywood's rapper
Rick Rubin
Def Jam cofounder. Brought rockside to label. Hip Hop as "black punk" created image of Beastie Boys.
Kurtis Blow
First solo artist to be signed. Did "Christmas Rap" One of first artist to be on major label.
Tom Silverman
Founder of Tommy Boy Records. Started with eclectic sound. One of first to sign Afrika Bambaata.
Cross Colours
Fresh price. Proud of ethnicity and changed the industry. "Baggy legs and small waist" brought to women. TLC
Fab 5 Freddie
Graffiti artist. Helped bring hip hop to mainstream culture.
Pigmeat Markham
Had rhythmic pattern over music. "Here comes the judge" bring comedy into music. Does it very early.
Dj Hollywood
Known for rapping over disco beats. Worked in club as disco dj. Reason for Rap Records. Operating as gatekeeper. People say he is one of first MCs.
Harlem world
Kool Moe Dee and Busy Bee Starski major rap battle at this venue. Grandmaster caz and the cold crush brothers vs. romantic fantastic 5.
Coke La Rock
MC for Kool Herc. Considers himself first MC. Early sound system MC.
Dapper Dan
Made custom clothing. High end brands with a twist. "Blackenized" designer clothing
Busy Bee
More of a lyrical rapper.
Paul Winley
One of first hip hop producers. Produced Super Disco Breaks.
Russell Simmons
Other coufound of Def Jam.
Amiri Baraka (BAM)
Poet. This movement practiced rhyme and delivery over jazz music. Belief that poetry was part of hip hop. BAM was first wave of poets that wanted what they wrote to sound like them.
Shirt Kings
Spray Paint shirts. Brought to fame by LL Cool J and does same thing for FUBU.
Afrika Bambaataa
Zulu nation, black spade. Added consciousness and knowledge to hip hop. United local gangs.
Sean Jean
first to really make it about fashion, high end fashion with urban edge. Wins cdfa. Signified hip hop fashion has crossed over. First African American.
Karl Kani
gangsta clothing. High end brand. Signed deal with cross colours. First to get retail space.
Rick Walters (Slick Rick); Dana Dane; Jimmy Spicer("adventures of super rhyme"
story tellers, idea of plot and narrative.
Grandmaster Flash
used crayon to make breaks, perfected technology, turned turntable to instrument. One of first to collab with MCs as group
Sylvia & Sugar Hill Records
brought together sugar hill gang who made the first big record that made it big. Big Bank Hank stole lyrics from grandmaster caz.
"PSK What Does it Mean?"
by Schoolly D, early gangsta rap song.
"The Batterman"
by Toddy Tee talks about the over-militarization the police force.
Grandmaster Caz
considered early lyricist.
Grandwizard Theodore
creating "zigga-zigga" sound. Responsible for touching and moving back record.
Plant Rock
early techno electronic sounds. Demonstrates difference between afrika before and after tommy boy.
James Brown
inspired rap music. Created moments for funk and soul which are significant in hip hop.
Soul Train
introduced a new space for hip hop to emerge in a venue. Kurtis Blow on soul train early in the development of hip hop.
Kool Moe Dee
more of a celebrity club rapper
"Take me to the Mardi Gras"
on super disco breaks
Mr. Magic
radio dj that was friendly to hip hop and would play it on the radio.
"The Breaks"
second album by Kurtis Blow. first go hip hop album. Establish prominence as being serious.
"Funk You Right On Up"
shows idea of how genre classifications are very arbitrary.
FUBU
started in house and had a high production rate. Did what cross colours did in value. Sweatpants in department stores.
Dj Kool Herc
threw the first hip hop party. Brought sound systems from Jamaica. Part of holy trinity. Originator of breaks in music.
