At 07:14 PM 7/11/01 -0400, BigKumquat@aol.com wrote:
>In my mind, it works like this:
>
>Hip hop is a musical form that emerged in the seventies. It is based on
>taking the instrumental "breaks" from soul and funk records and continually
>repeating them using two turntables, a technique that dj's in this era began
>to employ when they realized that the crowd danced the hardest during the
>funky instrumental breaks...so why not keep them going longer?
Originally a Jamaican technique, imported by DJ Kool Herc to the
Bronx. Tons of examples of this kind of thing, toasting/MCing, etc., in
seventies Jamaican dancehall culture.
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