DJing

Even though I had watched my father DJ weddings as I was growing up, I never thought I had the ability to be one. When a friend offered me a chance to work at a bar, I knew, the atmosphere and music selections at this job, would belong to a different kind of audience. His set up consisted of a single CD player, dual tape deck, and a mixer; along with CD books that were arranged by genre, and two heavy cases for cassette tapes. My set up would be a single laptop connected to a mixer. My father could speak professionally on the microphone, while I would have to be more charismatic and carefree; two things I was not. I didn’t know why I said yes to that offer until after my first night alone had ended. The time was 8 PM when I walked through the door of the bar like I usually had as a customer and a trainee. Right away, the establishment seemed smaller than when I would show up as a customer. Ahead of me was the bar, a giant half circle that took up the entire far wall and had three 50 inch flat screens hanging above it. Three feet to the left of bar, against the left wall were slot machines chirping as they demanded ransoms from a couple of customers My destination was the table on the far right wall, past empty tables to my right and the bar on my left. On this table, I would set up the equipment, test the microphones, find the first few songs to play and make my solo introduction to the small number of people in the bar. Once 9 PM creeped up, my nerves were tense as I…

tool through which its creators responded creatively to changes in their environment”. Cross-cultural integration played a major role in the formation of early hip-hop which led to the evolution of hip hop as a global method of expression. The uses of drums and Africans folk’s songs as well as the influences of jazz and blues created what is widely known as hip hop culture. Despite being broadly considered as similar to rap music, the term hip-hop alludes to an intricate culture with four key…

Joseph Saddler, who has an alias as Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop recording artist and one of the pioneers of hip-hop, Djing, cutting, and mixing. His family migrated to the United States from Barbados, in the Caribbean. He grew up in The Bronx, New York where he attended Samuel Gompers High School, a public vocational school. There he learned how to repair electronic equipment. His parents played an important role in his interest in music as he was fascinated by his father’s music…

At the local “Battle Zone” concert that Tommy began, MC’s were seen introducing each dancer, delivering clever lines to ‘pump up the crowd’. Graffiti could be seen on street corners, in music videos that were produced for the clown groups, and on items such as the clothing that the dancers wore during their performances. Background music and music for all of the clowning entertainment was solely DJing and rap from famous artists, such as Eazy E. And b-boying, being the most common, was seen in…

divided into four sub-groups. Each of these groups represent hip hop in a unique way. In terms of orality, hip hop heavily relies on rap music, which involves speech, writing, and poetry. Hip hop also is heavily reliant on the use of audio which is portrayed through the art of DJing. B-boying, or rather more commonly known as breakdancing, also played a major role in the growth of hip hop. Lastly, graffiti art was introduced to fulfill the visual aspect role of hip hop. Hip hop has also made the…

Hip-hop is another name for rap and it originally started as a means of bringing the youth together in the inner cities, but as its popularity began to grow so did the purpose behind it. There is six elements to hip hop and they include: a B-boy and B-girl, DJing, MCing, beat boxing, graffiti, and knowledge. With the rise of the hip-hop era, DJ’s are initially the most important because they play the music at events and keep the crowd dancing. Later on, MC’s gain popularity as they resemble the…

He was not only an artist but a Dj as well. He began djing as teen “in his bedroom, eventually developing and mastering three innovations that are still considered standard Djing techniques today” (Wikipedia). The three techniques are Scratching, Punch Phrasing, and Backspin Technique which are still used today. Flash earned a name for himself as a Dj with his group referred as Furious Five. Furious five included Cowboy, Melle Mel, and Kid Creole. They were impeccably very good which led them…

and able to form rhyming sentences at will but, most importantly an emcee has to be original. Amongst hip hop culture the Emcee is one of the most respected individuals. The second element of hip hop is DJing. The Dj (Disk Jockey) is responsible for making only the funkiest of jams. To create the beats the break of a record is played on two records over and over. DJing is what really started hip hop and is essential for the next element. Breakdancing is the third element of hip hop. It’s…

I completely agree with this quote and the sentiments it encompasses. Misogyny runs rampant through both hip hop music and hip hop culture, and reveal much larger problems that still exist in our society. Examples of misogyny can be seen in almost every aspect of hip hop culture, and in all four pillars of hip hop B-Boying/B-Gigling, DJing. MC’ing and Graffiti. Misogyny can be seen in B-Boying/B-Gigling in the documentary All The Ladies Say. It describes many of the struggles that are faced by…

before now has changed and been advanced because of certain technology methods created. If we look back during the early sixties there was a tribe known as the Griot which would tell stories through music and have been doing it for the past hundreds of years (Ayazi-Hashjin,18). Music to them was more than just a recreational activity, it would compliment the rhythm of life (Ayazi-Hashjin,12). The music of the Griots had transformed or evolved into rapping or also known as “mcing”, which is a…