Owen Maier Hip-Hop History

Owen Maier- Hip Hop History

• Kool DJ Herc, Merry Go Round
• Innovative
• Turntables
• Relaxed but still a bit active
• Jumpy
• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five- The message
• Style
• Disco and funk based
• Project talk
• Problems of ghetto
• Very 80s beat
• No matter of genre
• Kurtis Blow- "The Breaks" on Soul Train TV Show
• Talking to everyone
• Basic rap (end rhyme)
• Funk
• Disco inspired again
• Repetitive 
• Ice-T "6 in the Morning"
• Acoustic beginning
• hard hitting beat
• Drum instrumental
• Police talk
• Eric B. and Rakim- I Ain't No Joke
• Chains
• Bragging
• Loves what he's doing
• Graffiti
• All elements of hip-hop
• Slick Rick-Children's Story
• Story-telling
• Silly video
• Vintage sound
• De La Soul-Stakes is High
• Horns
• Jazzy
• Murmuring
• Great rhymes 
• Death Row- "Nuthin' but a G Thang"
• Smooth, relaxed feel
• More melodic vocals
• Public Enemy- "Fight the Power"
• Political
• Always relevant
• Crazy outfits
• Revolutionary
• Rebellious
• Queen Latifah- U.N.I.T.Y.
• Feminist
• Rising against male-dominated
• Story-telling
• Krs-One "South Bronx"
• Conversation
• Forceful flow
• DMX- Ruff Ryders' Anthem
• Similar to Fight the Power
• Rebellious
• LL Cool J-Mama Said Knock You Out
• Punching
• Boxing
• Hard-hitting
• Macklemore- "Same Love"
• Powerful
• Story-telling
• Hip-hop hypocrisy 
• "Mathematics" Mos Def
• Hip-hop advantages
• Black and proud
• Logical