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What was the first show of that style where the Mcs were in charge?
"Our party had changed because Flash could play a little, but then we’d show up and make a set.
It was more of a show than a guy and a microphone. We raised it.
The show had come". Melle Mel
"Ours became more of a concert than a party. We wanted sophistication.
Until then, being Mc was something off-stage.
No one cared much whether they saw them or not.
But we wanted to be up and look down. And we wanted the audience to look down.
They’d hear us and see us. And that changed the dynamic of hip hop from being a DJ-oriented culture to one where rap was the dominant part of hip hop". Melle Mel
"Their routine, how the five guys came and went, how they had fun. They were so amazing.
That it separated them from everything else that happened in hip hop". Big Daddy Kane
"So at that moment I knew that this... was exploding.
Suddenly, the itinerary was getting bigger.
We did two shows a day, in different states.
We traveled in Learjets. From there to Germany, Paris.
We played with people like The Jacksons and Rick James.
Hip Hop was growing". Grandmaster Flash
In Hip Hop we like to say that this music and culture started out of nothing.
But the truth is, hip hop comes from everything.
Hip Hop is Funk and Rock, Soul and Jazz. It is Gospel, Toasting and rhymes for children. Even Disco.
Hip Hop is also politics and technology.
All the forces that led him to become a culture.
But the most important thing is that it’s all those things combined.
And even if the pioneers are essential, they are only part of the whole story.
In the beginning, Hip Hop was mostly an alternative culture and was far from conquering the United States.
No one’s made a rap album yet.
So it is clear that this journey has just begun.
In the next post I will continue with this, thanks for the attention.
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Model: Angelica.
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