Nutshell of Hip-Hop (feat. Sarah Hobson)

Let's go back to 1973 The newly born genre of music that is so well loved is just getting its first breath of life Now nearly 50 years old, hip hop has caused Death, Destruction, Connection, and Love Now it's 1973, and record playing has been a thing for over 42 years But no one at this point has thought of spinning a couple of records on twin turntables Not until Jamaican-American Clive Campbell, better known as DJ Kool Herc, sprung on the scene and introduced spending the same record on twin turntables He used to toggle between records to isolate and extend percussion breaks This technique can provide a much more danceable and enjoyable experience After DJ Kool Herc sprung on the scene, many more started to come around and got inspired by the DJ One other pioneer of hip hop is a man who goes by Grandmaster Flash He was a rapper and a DJ who knew how to turn the average turntable into a musical instrument He considered DJ Kool Herc to be one of his heroes and was inspired by his work Grandmaster Flash would go on to invent a few techniques for the turntable Some of them were the backspin technique punch phrasing and scratching which were all techniques used to stylize and spice up the music to keep it playing for however long it was needed He would often work with other artists who helped kickstart hip hop, like Curtis Blow, Melly Mel, and Kid Creole Later in life, he even worked with Flava Flav and DJ Tomek on a song that stayed in the Top 10 on German charts for 17 weeks Many more artists sprung on the scene and created music that was hated in the public eye at the time One particular group is N.W.A., a group of six artists, now some of the most recognizable names in the genre Dr. J, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Yella, and the D.O.C When Straight Outta Compton was released in 1988, the album spoke about police brutality and what it was like growing up in the streets of Compton In a riot following the album's release, hundreds of people bought and destroyed the album in the streets The riots caused the parental advisory sticker to be put on albums and songs that contain explicit lyrics After N.W.A. disbanded in 1991, Eazy-E died and gave his record label to his wife Dr. Dre left Eazy-E's Ruthless Records and Suge Knight's Death Row Records to start his own label, Aftermath After leaving both record labels and making his own, he signed several well-known artists like Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar Seven months after the creation of Aftermath Records, a rapper named Tupac Shakur, who was signed to Death Row Records, died in a Las Vegas shooting Tupac was well-known for addressing social topics in his music, like life in Compton and how to support lower-income communities