DJ Kool Herc

up a show two days before the date. Nor provides a promising turnout, but with the DJs of Kaleido: Duskus, Otang, and Klahrk, it is not hard to pack a venue – even the Undercroft. With over 500,000 plays and 9,000 followers on Soundcloud, the collective have made movements in the Internet waters. Thursday March 10th marks a significant night in Kaleido history. It would be the first time the collective would DJ in association with Smoke Radio’s Specialist Nights. In pursuit of Trap, Future…

In the burrows of New York City, dress was already playing a big roll in the areas where hip-hop would come to dominate. Hip-hop culture emerged in the 1970s from the streets of New York City. In the early stages of hip-hop, rappers and followers would sport fashions inspired by the dress culture in New York City. The documentary Fresh Dressed, directed by Sacha Jenkins, follows the development of hip-hop culture (Fresh Dressed). Jenkins shows us how in its premature stage, hip-hop fashion…

Lil B AKA “The Based God” is a truly unique rapper that has taken his positive music around the world, with varied results. Brandon McCartney, know on stage as Lil B or The Based God, is a 25 year old Californian rapper. He began his career at the age of 16, rapping for the rap group The Pack. When talking about Lil B, the Based philosophy must first be explained. Being based, a sort of religion created by the rapper. Being based is simply being yourself, not caring about what other people…

The great Erich Fromm once said “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” This quote gives a great idea of how we as people countlessly want something, yet we are never satisfied, especially Americans. As a fellow American citizen, we are constantly consuming things we do not need but why? Why do we constantly obtain unnecessary accessories? American’s consume so much because we are influenced by media,…

In the two movies Perks of Being a Wallflower and 8 Mile, the main characters are extremely similar. In one way, they both are like wallflowers. Another way they are related is they both have a hard time talking to females. Lastly, they each share their life stories through their writing to cope with their life surroundings. In The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Charlie is the wallflower. In 8 Mile, B-Rabbit is also a wallflower. Charlie acts like a wallflower by staying to himself before he…

Rap: The Story of the Streets Everybody in the house say hey! I have something to say! New school rap versus old “boom bap” find out who is better today! Rap, it began as a form of storytelling, giving an artist a way to voice their lives for others to hear. There resides several different “Era’s” of rap, but the two biggest have always been “new school” and “Golden age. The so called “golden age” was set during the late 1980’s to the early 1990’s and consisted of acts such as, KRS-One, A Tribe…

called the "hallucinogenic development." This development depended on medication use, odd music, and sight and sound encounters to rise above reality and convey a higher condition of cognizance to the individuals who took an interest. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is the chronicle of how this development started: with one individual, Ken Kesey, and his band of supporters, the Merry Pranksters. However, how do these pranksters relate to law and punishment as thought out by Foucault 's main…

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test written by Tom Wolfe shows the effects LSD or Acid had on the development, structure, and functioning of American society in the 1960’s. Wolfe does this in a very interesting way. He portrays the story through a journalistic research, yet fictional style of writing. He also goes between plot, poetry, flashbacks, and even changes in point of view throughout the book. This is seen as a major strength in the portrayal of the story. The three major sociological…

Generation” DJ Kool Herc mentioned that tagging a name was, “like locating the edge of civil society and planting a flag there”. It did not make them celebrities to the outside world but it made them celebrities to their peers (74). Creating a memorable name was important for Hip Hop artists since this the name would represent who the artist was and it would stick for the rest of their lives. For instance, anytime someone heard the word Kool, they would immediately think of DJ Kool Herc. DJ…

styles. At the beginning hip hop in the 1970’s was mostly composed of DJs that mix songs and samples together to make a new music. DJs such as DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Caz and Afrika Bambaataa, were big artist during the 1970’s era. “ They began to develop in the South Bronx area of New york city focusing on emceeing and breakbeats (A sample of a syncopated drum beat, that is repeated to form a rhythm)...DJ Kool Herc Known as the father of hip hop. Developed upon breakbeat…