Saturday, January 21, 2012

New video "Let's Roll" -Yelawolf ft. Kid Rock





I love this video and respect the fact that when he went to New York in the video, he picked up DJ Kool Herc in the back of the car.  If you know anything about Hip Hop DJ Kool Herc is the originator of the genre.  From Wikipedia here is what it says about Kool DJ Herc.  He is a Jamaican-born DJ who is credited with originating hip hop music, in The Bronx, New York City. His playing of hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown was an alternative both to the violent gang culture of the Bronx and to the nascent popularity of disco in the 1970s. In response to the reactions of his dancers, he began to isolate the instrumental portion of the record which emphasized the drum beat—the "break"—and switch from one break to another to yet another.Using the same two turntable set-up of disco DJs, Campbell's style led to the use of two copies of the same record to elongate the break. This breakbeat DJing, using hard funk, rock, and records with Latin percussion, formed the basis of hip hop music. His style was quickly taken up by figures such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. Unlike them, he never made the move into commercially recorded hip hop in its earliest years. I give the song and the video two thumbs way the hell up!! Enjoy!!



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