Old School Hip Hop
[News] DJ Kool Herc Needs Help with his Medical Bills!
Via the UK’s Guardian:
“DJ Kool Herc, one of the founding fathers of hip-hop, is allegedly “very sick” and cannot afford hospital treatment. The man who invented breakbeats is without health insurance and needs help, his friends say, to pay for surgery.
“[He] who we call the father of hip-hop, Kool Herc, is not doing well,” DJ Premier revealed on his Sirius XM radio show this weekend. “Since he’s very sick and has no insurance … [he] needs to pay his bills so he can get out of hospital.”
Kool Herc, real name Clive Campbell, was an integral figure in early hip-hop, developing DJ techniques and encouraging breakdance culture. But although he was a major influence on artists such as Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc was a DJ, not a record producer, and did not score any hits. Consequently, Premier said, the 55-year-old cannot afford surgery.
DJ Kool Herc’s condition has not been disclosed.”
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
This is crazy! I wouldn’t have had a career doing what I did if it wasn’t for this guy! In fact, If, anyone who made a living in the hip hop game over the past couple decades, would never have been able to do that had it not been for the creative genius and innovations of Clive ‘Kool Herc’ Campbell.
Donations for Kool Herc can be sent to: Kool Herc Production, P.O. Box 20472, Huntington Station, NY 11746.
[UPDATE (2/1): dude had kidney stones??! I mean not to downplay that because I’ve actually had them too and even minor incidents can be painful like a muh-f-kcer, but I kind of feel like dupe for even having done this post now…]
[via Davey D]
Video: Ali Shaheed Talks A Tribe Called Quest Documentary, Production & Memorable Studio Moments
Speaking of Jive records, old and new. Travis Porter is the new. A Tribe Called Quest is the old, but still GREAT! Watch the video above featuring Tribe group member and producer, Ali Shaheed Muhammad speaking on a variety of topics relating to the history of this legendary, iconic group. It’s pretty much mandatory viewing if you want to learn about the epitome of artistry and musicality in hip hop. Young’uns who are unfamiliar (or OG’s like me who haven’t peeped their music in a while ‘cos its all in storage!), here’s the album and remix version of the classic “Scenario” track he discusses in the video. Still one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time (and the inspiration for Nicki Minaj‘s “Roman’s Revenge“):
MP3: A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenario (album version)” [STREAM ONLY]
MP3: A Tribe Called Quest – “Scenario (remix)” [STREAM ONLY]
New Music: Trey Songz – Spray (prod. by Salaam Remi)
MP3: Trey Songz – Spray by MassAnthems
I dig this, but of course I would with that “Feelin’ It” sample. Word to Ultramagnetic! Shout to the homie, Salaam!
[via Metal Lungies]
New Mixtape: Sunny Day Entertainment pres. Check Ya Footnotes (Mixed by DJ RaiZe)
Check Ya Footnotes Mixed by DJ RaiZe (Sunny Day Entertainment) by djraize
Check Ya Footnotes schools you on references heard in classic hip-hop tracks.
“Remember Rappin Duke, Da Ha Da Ha?” Do you? Do you really? Biggie did!
“On Check Ya Footnotes, hip-hop heads will now be able to uncover the references embedded in some of rap’s most well known tracks. Put together by DJ Raize and spanning from 50 Cent to Patti Labelle, Eminem to 3rd Base, Check Ya Footnotes reveals the dopely interconnected world of classic hip-hop like no other project before it.”
THIS MIXTAPE IS STR8 FIYA!!! I was in the game heavy during the 90’s hip hop era and the homies, Jared and Reyes even put me up on a few gems I never caught before from listening to this tape. Thorough! Now they need to do a Vol. 2!
Hit the download button above or this link to download the mixtape.
[via Sunny Day Ent. / DJBooth.com]
DJ Mixes: Funkmaster Flex & Kool DJ Red Alert – Christmas Eve Old School Mix
Something to get your NYE set off right! Old school hip-hop mixes are ALWAYS appreciated around these parts….
Part 1:
MP3: Funkmaster Flex & Kool DJ Red Alert – Christmas Eve Old School Mix (pt. 1) [usershare download link]
Part 2:
MP3: Funkmaster Flex & Kool DJ Red Alert – Christmas Eve Old School Mix (pt. 2) [usershare download link]
These links right here are history lessons so for all y’all that didn’t live through the era represented by these records (and even for those of you that did!), pay attention and soak up the game Red and Flex are imparting ‘cos you might could learn something!
[Purple Tape Pedigree via Khal’s Rock the Dub]