Hip hop evolution series11/26/2023 ![]() For its success in bridging cultures and fleshing out the history of an important pop culture institution with a documentarian’s detail, Hip-Hop Evolution wins a Peabody Award. The four-part series serves as a detailed chronicle of how music born from the poorest neighborhoods in urban America rose to become a worldwide phenomenon, giving new vitality and visibility to long-ignored voices from people of color along the way. Host Shad is an earnest, knowledgeable guide, helping viewers navigate the genre’s history from the 1970s to the 1990s-including in-depth interviews with rap icons like DJ Kool Herc, Russell Simmons, Kurtis Blow, Public Enemy’s Chuck D., and many more. But director Darby Wheeler’s Hip-Hop Evolution proves the universality of rap by digging deep into the roots of the music as the early soundtrack to bustling house parties and an urgent street culture in New York City. Other personas appeared in the episode: Charlie Ahearn, Joe Conzo, Bill Adler, Kevin Powell, Dan Charnas, Nelson George, Fab 5 Freedy, Keith Harring, Joe Schloss.It may seem unusual that a superior documentary on one of the most American of art forms-hip-hop culture and rap music-would be produced by a Canadian director and hosted by an MC raised in Ontario. Other musical personas appeared in the episode: Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee, Disco Wiz, Grandmixer DXT, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Big Daddy Kane, Master Gee, Wonder Mike, Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Russell Simmons, Rappin’ Rodney, Rappin’ Duke, Mel Brooks, Danny Boy, Jazzy Jay, Blondie, Tom Silverman, Sal Abbatiello, Ice Cube, Ice-T. Groups mentioned in this episode: Furious Five, Funky Four, Busy Bee Starski, DXT, Spoony Gee, The Treacherous 3, Fearless Four, Masterdon and the Deaf Committee, Crash Crew, Fantastic (Romantic) Five, Cold Crush Brothers, Sugarhill Gang, Soulsonic Force. The concept of the rhyme came from Stevie Wonder song “ Living for the City ”. “ The Message ” by Gradmaster Flash and the Furious Five was not a party hip hop song “it was a window to urban America”. It was also the first hit record to use Roland’s TR-808. “ Planet Rock ” by Soulsonic Force, DJ-ed by Bambaataa, brought techno (funk) beats to hip hop. Hip-Hop Evolution 2016 Maturity Rating: 18+ 4 Seasons Documentaries Interviews with influential MCs, DJs and moguls trace the genre's dynamic evolution from the 1970s through the '00s in this documentary series. “ Rapture '“ by Blondie, DJ-ed by Grandmaster Flash was one of the examples. Surprisingly, the audience appreciated it. They started to play in punk rock parties. “ Rapper’s Delight ” was the hip hop’s first worldwide hit.Īfrika Bambaataa decided to bring the hip hop from Bronx to Manhattan. Sylvia Robinson, All Platinum Records, produced the first hip hop album with Sugarhill Gang : “ Rapper’s Delight”. Making a hip hop record idea was not going to be coming within hip hop community. It was still a form of live performance art for the first pioneers… Up until ‘79. “ Grandmaster Caz of Cold Crush was the hip hop’s first real poet”.īecause of the cultural codes of old school hip hop, none ever thought about making a record. After the tapes got fame, they became the most dominant underground group of hip hop. People was favoring them after listening the bootleg tapes of the Harlem World battle. Īn epic battle was setup for two in Harlem World on the July of ‘81.Įverything changed for Cold Crush Bros after the battle. The 4-part Netflix series Hip-Hop Evolution snakes through the genre’s journey from the South Bronx to Compton in vivid detail, buoyed by interviews with the major players in the game. Because they were travelling the world, all these newly formed groups were battling for that spot like Cold Crush Bros and Fantastic Five. What did all the local hip hop artists with those looted gears in Harlem and Bronx? They started to form lots of groups (see Groups mentioned in this episode at the bottom).įurious Five was in the top of the game during the late seventies. In South Bronx, among the most popular stores ransacked, there were electronic stores. Looters had ransacked about 1,600 stores. ![]() “Hip hop was built on overcoming limitations”.Ī lightning caused a blackout for 25 hours in New York in ‘77. For a more readable context, I am going to share them weekly as some of my notes got really longer. I also decided to share each episode’s notes with public. I’d like to keep this as a reference for myself. Here is my personal notes in my own organized way. So, I strongly recommend you to watch the whole series - at least to hear the sound and music references of the artists mentioned here… Although it is not, and it probably can’t be, a complete reference guide for the vast amount of hip hop artists and contributors, I believe that it catches cornerstones very well. I consumed whole 4 seasons in Netflix in two days. ![]() It is amazing it is concise, but every second is full of knowledge.
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