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2897629, The Grandmaster Thread
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Fri Aug-22-14 07:59 PM
Breaking down the 4 elements, let's discuss who should be considered for Grandmaster status, if we were nominating people for that title
this is just for fun, so fuck off with the industry comments and shit about how nobody will ever do this for real
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2897630, DJs
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Thu Aug-21-14 06:30 AM
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2897688, RE: DJs
Posted by howardlloyd, Thu Aug-21-14 12:16 PM
flash (shuldnt have to be said he already has the title)
jazzy jeff
JMJ
every x-ecutioner
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2897763, RE: DJs
Posted by CalvinButts, Thu Aug-21-14 07:00 PM
>jazzy jeff
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2897776, Roc Raida was an official Grandmaster, the last one I believe
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Thu Aug-21-14 07:53 PM
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2897764, Rob Swift
Posted by CalvinButts, Thu Aug-21-14 07:00 PM
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2898843, Grandmaster Flowers
Posted by Chanson, Wed Aug-27-14 06:54 PM
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2898847, Flowers was the first Grandmaster
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Wed Aug-27-14 07:29 PM
I'm asking more for people we think deserve the title as of now
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2897631, Grafitti Writers
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Thu Aug-21-14 06:30 AM
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2897769, all the Style Wars dudes
Posted by CalvinButts, Thu Aug-21-14 07:04 PM
my graf knowledge pales in comparison to my appreciation
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2897632, Breakers
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Thu Aug-21-14 06:30 AM
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2897689, RE: Breakers
Posted by howardlloyd, Thu Aug-21-14 12:19 PM
its a lot of breakers....
whole rock steady and NYCB is where i'd start
crazy legs
kid nice
mr. wave(!)
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2898842, I'm throwing Shabba Doo in there as well
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Wed Aug-27-14 06:53 PM
he's been putting in serious work for almost 4o years, he's probably the most long-lived breaker doing it at a high level
that's not an easy thing because breaking is easily the most physical of the 4 elements
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2897633, Emcees
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Thu Aug-21-14 06:30 AM
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2897686, RE: Emcees
Posted by howardlloyd, Thu Aug-21-14 12:14 PM
KRS ... first to come to mind
i mean....what hasn't he done. fast/slow /conscious /street/ major label/indy/ best performer
rakim...just because
wouldn't be mad at thought getting that title either
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2897766, Grandmaster Blastmaster
Posted by CalvinButts, Thu Aug-21-14 07:01 PM
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2897765, Mos Def/Yasiin Bey
Posted by CalvinButts, Thu Aug-21-14 07:01 PM
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2897770, RE: Emcees
Posted by walterroan, Thu Aug-21-14 07:04 PM
Rakim the God
Kool g rapp
Nas
Krs
Big daddy Kane/juice crew
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2897959, There's a definite backlog of emcees that deserve it
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Fri Aug-22-14 06:31 PM
Great list
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2897759, Producers
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Thu Aug-21-14 06:23 PM
I was going to include this in the DJ post, but at this point production is too expansive to really justify it
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2897768, Pete Rock, Madlib
Posted by CalvinButts, Thu Aug-21-14 07:02 PM
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