Friday, March 19, 2010
Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Jazzy Jay – 98.7 Kiss FM Mastermix
Now these are the kind of radio rips I post here without question! This is apparently from circa 1983.
Download the Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Jazzy Jay – 98.7 Kiss FM Mastermix HERE. [mediafire link]
[via Grandgood yet again!]
Labels: Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Jazzy Jay, Old School Hip Hop
Thursday, November 26, 2009
247HH.com video: Tom Silverman on how he met Afrika Bambaataa and made "Planet Rock"
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Afrika Bambaataa: The Beginning of Break Beat (Hip Hop) Music
The manifesto! If you don't know, now you know....
Click the image above for a larger jpeg version or here for a pdf version. They actually made posters of this but I stupidly never grabbed one when I had the chance - FAIL!
[Apologies to Bam for correcting his misspelling of 'Beggining' in the post title above - wasn't sure if I should or not??]
Labels: Afrika Bambaataa
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Giant Step Presents Afrika Bambaataa at the Hudson (NYC)
HOLY SH-T!!! This is a MUST-GO if you live in NYC. Don't think, just act: RSVP | More info
Labels: Afrika Bambaataa
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Ultimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete Collection USB Flash Drive
I know you young gunners who think Biggie is Old School could give a f-ck about this but, if you claim to love hip hop, this is so essential you don't even know. Don't question, just get it! If I must, er... break it down for you though, it goes like this: Ultimate Breaks & Beats is the foundation of all hip hop - it's a collection of the original R&B, funk, soul, disco, rock, pop, and reggae tracks that DJ's like Herc and Bam used to spin to create the sound that we now know as hip hop. Samples and beats you've heard a thousand times before on classic hip hop songs can be found within this set of songs. I mean, for f-cks sake, you don't even need to buy 25 separate pieces of wax, on doubles, which old bastards like me had to do back in the day, or even get the handy CD/DVD set with pre-made mp3 files that was issued a few years back any more. Now all you have to do is plug this sh-t into your laptop off a USB and your Serato or ipod is good to go! BUY it here. [Fat Beats | Turntable Lab]
Labels: Afrika Bambaataa, Crate Diggin', DJ Kool Herc
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Video: Beat This: A Hip-Hop History
"Beat This: A Hip-Hop History is a 'seminal' 1984 documentary film about hip hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine. The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc — the film includes footage from Herc's original dance parties — The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay, Brim Fuentes, and The Dynamic Rockers,and is narrated by Imhotep Gary Byrd. Originally part of the Arena television series, it was among the first crop of documentaries about hip hop."
Four parts of a 6-part playlist (parts 1 and 5 are missing). The archival footage is amazing but the rhyming voice-over by the documentary narrator is pretty corny.
[spotted via Del's]
Labels: Afrika Bambaataa, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Jazzy Jay, DJ Kool Herc, Malcolm McClaren
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Zune TV Spot featuring Common & Afrika Bambaataa
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Afrika Bambaataa Live at the Hudson in NYC next Monday
Legendary status!
Presented by Giant Step. Click here for more details and RSVP info.
Sidebar: does this e-flyer remind you of how back in the day Motown used to put white people on the covers of their albums so they wouldn't offend the racist tendencies of retailers and consumers in the South?
Labels: Afrika Bambaataa, US race relations
