1. "RE: Latino USA - A Latino history of Hip-Hop (NPR link)" In response to Reply # 0
The show is a good intro into Hip-Hop culture and the role Latinos played in the creation of the artform.
Part one dealt with the four elements of hip-hop; b-boying, DJ'ing, MC'ing and grafitti.
The host of the show spoke to Rock Easy and got some background into how he and his crew learned and begun to create the foundation for breakdancing by dancing to breaks, mostly funk. That led into Charley Chase speaking about his start as a DJ and how his own personal and his family's musical background helped inform the intense focus towards DJ'ing. That led into an MC'ng break down with The Devastating Tito. His segment seemed to be the least interesting, but he did touch on the allure of hip-hop; being able to mack on women.
Lee Quinones was the feature of the last segment. He spoke about his career trying to legitimize grafitti art.
The most noteworthy point of the show touched on the racial / cultural aspects of the formation of hip-hop culture and current day discussions based on issues of Black people feeling other groups, including Latinos, were misappropriating Hip-Hop as a possession of their own when in fact it was a creation of Blacks of that time. But another trend was the active exclusion of Hip-Hop by Black people in the attempts to 'possess' Hip-Hop as their own.
The show is about an hour long and if you have time it's worth listening to.
3. "Yeah, that freaked me out too." In response to Reply # 2
She's got a cool Mom. By her comments, she must have been part of the early stages of Hip-Hop. Probably saw Bambatta spin 'Planet Rock' in person, for that matter.
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