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Who pioneered hip hop music in the U.S.?
I always love music and I my favorite music are those from the 80s. I am a sucker for love songs but sometimes I love to listen to rock ballad, discos of the 70s and 80s. It has been years that music has evolved and a lot of music genre are emerging. From the rapping and now we have hip hop music. I have often seen hip hop dances and and heard many hip hop songs over the radio. Who were the first hip hop artists?
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Clive Campbell, aka "DJ Kool Herc"
"Kool Herc emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old. While attending Alfred E. Smith High School he spent a lot of time in the weight room. That fact coupled with his height spurned the other kids to call him Hercules.
His first deejay gig was as his sister's birthday party. It was the start of an industry.
1520 Sedgwick Avenue. The address of Herc's family and the location of the recreation room where he would throw many of his first parties as the DJ.
Herc became aware that although he new which records would keep the crowd moving, he was more interested in the break section of the song. At this point in a song, the vocals would stop and the beat would just ride for short period. His desire to capture this moment for a longer period of time would be a very important one for hip hop.
Herc would purchase two copies of the same record and play them on separate turntables next to each other. He would play the break beat on one record then throw it over to the other turntable and play the same part. Doing this over and over, he could rock any house in NY. (Not to mention it being an early form of looping that would be made easier through electronic sampling.)
He would dig in crates and look everywhere to find the perfect break beat for his parties. He didn't care what type of music, because he only needed a small section of a song for his purposes.
His first professional DJ job was at the Twilight Zone in 1973. He wanted to get into another place called the Hevalo, but wasn't allowed...yet.
His fame grew. In addition to his break beats, Herc also became known as the man with the loudest system around. When he decided to hold a party in one of the parks, it was a crazy event. And a loud one. At this time Afrika Bambaataa and other competing DJ's began trying to take Herc's crown. Jazzy Jay of the Zulu Nation recalls one momentous meeting between Herc and Bam."
SOURCE http://www.oldschoolhiphop.com/artists/deejays/kooldjherc.htm
I'd never heard of him before just now, but all of these sources agree:
http://rap.about.com/od/hiphop101/a/hiphoptimeline.htm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4567450
http://www.b-boys.com/classic/hiphoptimeline.html (scroll down to the year 1973)
While most sites go with Kool Herc, a guy named Vincent Wilson has written a book titled "The Father of Hip Hop," and here's the skinny on him:
"Vincent Wilson was born in Kingston Jamaica in the late 1950s. At the age of twelve he started to write music and poems in a lyrical form, with hope of creating a new concept of Reggae Music the world outside of Jamaica could understand and relate to.
By 1985 after fifteen years of trying to come up with the perfect concept, his style was notice on the Radio station in New York City by an Executive from a major record label. His idea of catchy repetitious hooks or chorus is now the standard of all music, especially Hip Hop Music. His vision have not only change Reggae Music creative mindset, but all forms of music including R&B, Rap, and Rock and Roll since 1986 unconsciously.
Vincent is the founder of and internet employment site called Kakoon.com,Inc: which is a minority own company. He presently live and work in New York City as the company CEO/President. He hopes that this book will finally answer the question of millions, who need to know how Hip Hop Music was created. Also to inspired the youths in America and around the world to strive for unity and peace globally, with all race, nationality, religion and political back ground."
Source: http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000066207
I found that through this site, which only has 7 members:
http://www.fatherofhiphop.com/page/my-mission
Sounds a lot like Herc's bio, which you'll find here:
http://www.zulunation.com/hip_hop_history_2.htm
"Kool Herc emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old. While attending Alfred E. Smith High School he spent a lot of time in the weight room. That fact coupled with his height spurned the other kids to call him Hercules.
His first deejay gig was as his sister's birthday party. It was the start of an industry.
1520 Sedgwick Avenue. The address of Herc's family and the location of the recreation room where he would throw many of his first parties as the DJ.
Herc became aware that although he new which records would keep the crowd moving, he was more interested in the break section of the song. At this point in a song, the vocals would stop and the beat would just ride for short period. His desire to capture this moment for a longer period of time would be a very important one for hip hop.
Herc would purchase two copies of the same record and play them on separate turntables next to each other. He would play the break beat on one record then throw it over to the other turntable and play the same part. Doing this over and over, he could rock any house in NY. (Not to mention it being an early form of looping that would be made easier through electronic sampling.)
He would dig in crates and look everywhere to find the perfect break beat for his parties. He didn't care what type of music, because he only needed a small section of a song for his purposes.
His first professional DJ job was at the Twilight Zone in 1973. He wanted to get into another place called the Hevalo, but wasn't allowed...yet.
His fame grew. In addition to his break beats, Herc also became known as the man with the loudest system around. When he decided to hold a party in one of the parks, it was a crazy event. And a loud one. At this time Afrika Bambaataa and other competing DJ's began trying to take Herc's crown. Jazzy Jay of the Zulu Nation recalls one momentous meeting between Herc and Bam."
SOURCE http://www.oldschoolhiphop.com/artists/deejays/kooldjherc.htm
I'd never heard of him before just now, but all of these sources agree:
http://rap.about.com/od/hiphop101/a/hiphoptimeline.htm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4567450
http://www.b-boys.com/classic/hiphoptimeline.html (scroll down to the year 1973)
While most sites go with Kool Herc, a guy named Vincent Wilson has written a book titled "The Father of Hip Hop," and here's the skinny on him:
"Vincent Wilson was born in Kingston Jamaica in the late 1950s. At the age of twelve he started to write music and poems in a lyrical form, with hope of creating a new concept of Reggae Music the world outside of Jamaica could understand and relate to.
By 1985 after fifteen years of trying to come up with the perfect concept, his style was notice on the Radio station in New York City by an Executive from a major record label. His idea of catchy repetitious hooks or chorus is now the standard of all music, especially Hip Hop Music. His vision have not only change Reggae Music creative mindset, but all forms of music including R&B, Rap, and Rock and Roll since 1986 unconsciously.
Vincent is the founder of and internet employment site called Kakoon.com,Inc: which is a minority own company. He presently live and work in New York City as the company CEO/President. He hopes that this book will finally answer the question of millions, who need to know how Hip Hop Music was created. Also to inspired the youths in America and around the world to strive for unity and peace globally, with all race, nationality, religion and political back ground."
Source: http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000066207
I found that through this site, which only has 7 members:
http://www.fatherofhiphop.com/page/my-mission
Sounds a lot like Herc's bio, which you'll find here:
http://www.zulunation.com/hip_hop_history_2.htm
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