Hip Hop: The Early Years 1979 - 1986 (HD)
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Published 2011-05-08
Remember when hip hop was fresh and fun! From b-boy dancing, to the DJ scratching and mixing records, to the coolest 80's hip hop movies and trends...it's all here. Re-take this quick journey down hip hop's early years. My next installment, The Golden Age, will focus on the ladies of hip hop, gangsta rap, east coast versus west coast, and so much more! Thanks for watching.
Video typo correction
Documentary NOT Ducumentary!
*Credits for interviews, sounds, & images*
Some images and sounds shown courtesy of the hip hop sneaker documentary "Just for Kicks" and "I Am Hip Hop: The Chicago Hip Hop Documentary." The Fat Boys and LL. Cool J. images shown courtesy of Ebony Jet videos.
Doug. E. Fresh interview shown courtesy of Beatbox Battle TV.
Busy Bee Interview conducted by Steven Hager. To hear the entire interview click here: • Origins of Hip Hop with Busy Bee
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"Hip Hop: The Early Years 1979 - 1986" was created, written, produced, edited, and published for and by Shlyanth Productions.
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All Comments (21)
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It's all good, but then again the 80's in general was one of the best decades ever when it comes to music.
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This is why I love Hip Hop.
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Gotta Love New York City
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its actually a rewarding feeling to know i was a part of an all new, unknown culture that came to life in america. i remember the actual time hip hop started playing on nyc radio. fab five freddy played a large visual part of my earliest hip hop memories. mr. magic on the radio. i think it was WBAU. Afrika Islam had a nyc radio show b4 he went to the west coast. Jerry BloodRock. World Famous Supreme team radio show 105.9. Special k and teddy ted. Damn. i was like 9 or 10yrs old in Brooklyn NY. Outside with the big ass radio in front of the building with the homies. Saturday nite til like 5am. Early 80s. shit was new and fresh. its still with me til this day.
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I grew up during that era in Chicago. The time was surreal, almost magical despite the conditions of the inner city where we grew up. So much to draw inspirations from, tagging, writing rhymes, pop locking and breaking, DJ'ing. I emulated my older brother as he introduced us to the hip hop culture. I can only imagine what it must have been like in NYC, the hip hop mecca.
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New York City damn there started ever clothing trend and famous name brand that becomes popular. It all goes through nyc first
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Brings back my teenage years the VERY BEST MEMORIES everytime i hear these sings it automatically transports me back to whatever memory it provokes
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I went from elementary school to high school during this time period. Those were the days...I lived just outside of NYC, so I heard all the new music as it came out, went to some hip hop parties (hoping not to get shot), and by the late 80s was getting into clubs and seeing a lot of these rappers in person. Rap was becoming a little more mainstream, but still very much underground and very urban from '79 to '86. It was like a culture and our own way to dress and talk that gave us the ability to bond as kids without the adults being able to understand.
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Wait a minute, the early years of hiphop starting at 1979? I thought hiphop started in 1973 with Kool Herc, not?
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Hip-hop is forever! There's nothing better than old school hip-hop! They paved the way for all of us!😀
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You can't really discuss the evolution of hip hop without mentioning the emerging technology of the time. TR-808, DMX drum machine, Casio FZ-01 sampler, Akai of course, and the keyboards like the DX-7. Would we have hip hop without these machines?
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Hip Hop is much more than music. It's really sad how Hip Hop nowadays has been twisted to this material bling bling bullshit Rap. It's a culture which contains Graffiti, Break Dance (and other street style dance) and Rap. Hip Hop is not a music genre!! Rap is. Hip Hop is a state of mind. Peace!
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I actually cried watching this wonderful video. It took me back to my teenager years and when hip hop was pure. Thank u so much for uploading it🌺💋
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"Black people are the most creative people on the planet." ~Jamie Foxx at the Trumpet Awards
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The early years of Hip-Hop undoubtedly was the dopest of all EVER created from Hip-Hop. NOT the 90s! MUCH respect to the 80s 1st then the 90s and then those that follow Hip-Hop and Rap and came there after!
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"There´s no stopping us" by Ollie & Jerry is my favourite breakdance-title ever ! I miss such a beat an the bass line in the music of today !!
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I get chills listening to real music. That teena marie - "am talking square biz", wow i miss teena and the beats. A lot of folks are gone but never forgotten.
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Thanx 4 posting, Shy. I LOVE you! This is what REAL Hip Hop is. Great job on putting this 2gether.
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Bring back the old school attitude! Rap is dying today literally from all the hard drugs and in-fighting,but it's good to keep the real Hip-hop alive!
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ITS BEEN A WHILE MY DEAR.....THANK YOU FOR THE TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE...GREAT POST....OLD SKOOL 4 LIFE !!!
