Grandmaster Flash

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 to playing many locals gigs. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious five “pioneered MCing and freestyle battles” (Wikipedia) which is still used amongst rapper today. One of the most popular and hit song by Grandmaster Flash is “The message”. The message became a hit in…

One way hip hop evolved is the diversity of the 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…

He deejayed the main hip-hop party in the late spring of 1973. Grandmaster Flash is known as the creator of turntable wizardry. He consummated Herc's breaks by utilizing what he calls the "snappy blend hypothesis". Glimmer would utilize an earphone to tune in to the second record before it proceeded onto the first before…

Some differences took place between 1970's and 1980's music. An alteration has needed to embed some new genre. The rock or merely rock music is a contemporary musical genre aimed to encompass each of the various derivative genres of rock and roll. Usually interpreted, among many other instruments are added occasionally, with guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of the genre also use keyboard instruments, for example, saxophone, piano, Synthesizers. This platform usually has a strong obstacle,…

The cover of the Mo’meta blues book indicates a shadow dark face, and a lot of color question marks. Shadow dark face identifies Hip hop funeral that took place in may 1995 in addition it shows that Hip hop is something old. Color question marks point out that QuestLove has a lot of different questions in his mind and he will create something new Hip hop songs by answering them. Also QuestLove’s name starts with the word Q which has a circle shape QuestLove has reborned Hiphop, and put that into…

Rap music has gone through many changes since its start in 1979, and has been a big influence on music as a whole, and in its beginning, was presented to be positive. But with the development of gangster rap, people have come to believe that rap music is no longer positive, but instead has become a bad influence on children and society as a whole. Gangster rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that began to emerge in the late 1980’s and early 90’s which lyrics emphasized the so call “thug life”.…

Compare & Contrast Between Genres Vernacular in African American literature are spirituals , gospel , hip - hop , country , and hymns all these different types genres are from different time periods that were either past down or put together to make thee other. The genres i would like to compare is hip-hop and gospels people assume that they are so different because one lifts up the followers and the believers of christ and the other talks about money , women , & drugs. The first published…

Magnificent Seven”. That same year, the Blondie song “Rapture” became the first song with rapping in it to top the U.S. charts. This was a direct result of Debbie Harry’s fascination with Hip Hop culture—in the song, she name-checks Fab 5 Freddy and Grandmaster Flash. “West End Girls” by Pet Shop Boys was another major ’80s hit that incorporated rapping, taking influence from the Furious Five’s “The Message”. Duran Duran also called the Furious Five an influence, recording a cover of “White…

The very term Hip-Hop reminds us of the black community. This is because most of the Hip-Hop rap music features the Blacks. I also enjoy listening to rap music simply because of its unique rhythmic pattern and extremely high level of energy found in it. What actually is Hip-Hop? I did think of this for sure, but could not get a clear idea until after I researched on the subject. Hip-Hop is a cultural movement during the 1970s, which was started by the young people of the African American origin…

Music in the 1900s was very popular/influential and produced many talented artists. The genres of music known at the time was hip hop, rap, jazz, classical, and rock and roll. Music at this time broke boundaries and brought people together who bonded over a single genre of music. Great musicians erupted during this time. Music did not belong to a single race/gender of people, but a multitude of people. A lot of artists pursuing music erupted during this time period and contributed to their genre…