Hip hop culture, as we know, has made a major contribution in unearthing obscure funk and soul music from the 1970s and 80s. Numerous jazz musicians have rebuilt their careers over being sampled by A Tribe Called Quest, Gangstarr etc. The art of digging for rare records that came to life in the late 70's Bronx through people like Afrika Bambaataa a.k.a. the Master of Records is now a worldwid...
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Who?One of the early pioneers of hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa has been plugging away since 1980, and hasn't slowed down since. Using the aid of rap crews the Jazzy 5 and Soulsonic Force, Bambaataa created some of the first jaw-dropping beats and samples in the genre's long, storied history.And I Care Because?- He helped invent modern dance music. Making excellent use of Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe ...
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The Death Mix was a live DJ mix by "master of records" Afrika Bambaataa, that is one of the few released (there are plenty of old cassettes I've come across over the years) documents of early hip hop style DJ'ing.Records like this were like runes to me in the early 80's, because the hip hop that was appearing on records, while new and exciting, was still a studio creation that took away the raw...
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as i mentioned in a previous post my son is listening to a lot of music and finding out his own likes and dislikes. The newest addition to the like side is Rage Against the Machine. The only cd i have by RATM is Renegades, their last record and it is record of covers. I told him it is a record of covers so he wanted to know who sang the originals. His favorite is Renegades of Funk and I went o...
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Alright, it's not exactly on point (and it's late), but I just couldn't resist. Perhaps its because I've been out half the night having cocktails...Nah, I was thinking this already. I'll check in next week with some more legit Afrique, but for now this is what U get.
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Last time we had ish from NBA Live '10, I was feeling the sheer list of emcees they got on their soundtrack. Now, they straight-up mystify me with their dopeness. Bambaataa? Wow, super kudos for that.Afrika Bambaataa feat. Why G, Mickey Factz & Fort Knox 5 - "Zulu! (We Don't Stop Yawl)"addthis_pub = 'WallySean';
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Afrika Bambaataa / Bad Boy Bill / Bassnectar / Benny Benassi / Carl Cox / Carl Craig / Derrick May / Ellen Allien / Francois K / Guy Gerber / Steve Bug / Tiefschwarz / Tiga / Z-Trip
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The Deadbolt just put up their list of the top 16 rappers of the 80's, which is very apropos considering just yesterday i downloaded Afrika Bambaataa's (their #5 rapper) Planet Rock. Which is a compilation of all of his singles, with the self-titled single, which used Kraftwerk samples as it's main beat, being one of [...]
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Its been revealed that Hip Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa has been added to the bill for the Wireless Festival in July.The legend will take the stage on Saturday 4th July along with Dizzee Rascal and Basement Jaxx.Further additions have been made to the Sunday 5th July line-up with Kelly Rowland and Alesha Dixon joining Kanye West, [...]
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(Archive) October 27, 2005 Yard Rock Newsletter Founding Fathers (DJs) By: DISTRAKTPHOTOS BY: WAYNE SORCEI have to let you know exactly what inspired me to do what I do today and give high respect to the founding fathers. I could write a whole book about the history of these brothers, but today I’m going to give you a brief lesson. It began in 1973 A.D. the physical location was the housi.
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Complete with beatboxers, breakdancers, old school tunes and graffiti being put up everywhere around Greenpoint's Alphabeta shop, the book launch for Graffiti Japan (which has been compiled over a number of years of research by the patient camera lens of...
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Hey everyone, thought I would stop by here and give PM a little exclusive mashup I put together recently that's been getting some good reaction. What do you get when you cross a new fidget/electro house banger by Justin Martin, and Afrika Bambaataa? That's a damn good question. You get some old school lyrics from the grandmaster himself, over some new highly reguarded production work from J...
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EA SPORTS(TM) NBA LIVE 10 partnered up with renowned DJ/Producer Mick Boogie to host the NBA LIVE 10 mixtape. The mixtape brings together the hottest tracks from the NBA LIVE 10 soundtrack to consumers on October 6, 2009, and can be downloaded at www.NBALiveMixtape.comThe mixtape features a collection of songs from the soundtrack, including never before heard tracks from 88 Keys, Afrika Bambaat...
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Hip-Hop pioneers unite at Cornell University to speak on the origins of the culture. Panel includes Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, Grand Wizard Theodore, DJ Tony Tone, Pebblee Poo, DJ Disco Wiz, Popmaster Fabel, Roxanne Shante, Joe Conzo and Johan Kugelberg. Props to Fabel for the video. link
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Beat Thang Virtual endorsed by DJ QBert and Afrika Bambaataa
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