Old Skool DJ

Today my son and I had to run some things to the township dump.  Someone had thrown out a very old stereo system.   Brought back memories of my own childhood days standing by the record player trying to scratch like DJ I would see at the house parties. The 8 track player was a real blast from the past. 

What do you remember from those days?

Songs that come to my mind were Sugar Hill Gang- Apache, Afrika Bambaato- Planet Rock, Whoudini-Follow the Leader, Kurtis Blow- The Breaks, Grand Master Flash- Scorpio, and Run-DMC- Walk this Way.

Hip Hop Culture History Lesson

I spent last weekend in NYC shooting behind scenes of  Hip Hop music video.  It turned out to be a lesson in the Hip Hop Culture that I was a part growing up.  I grew up listening, dancing, and watching Hip Hop videos.  I was on location in several different areas of Brooklyn, Harlem, and Queens. It made I think about some of my favorite” back in day" videos like  "Self Destruction" -Stop the Violence movement, "Microphone Fiend- Eric B and Rakim, and "My Addias"-Run-DMC to name just a few.  I thought about the oversize thick gold chains, colorful sweat suits, brightly colored fat shoe laces, and cool looking Kango hats that were part of my era growing up.  Now colleges study the Hip Hop Culture movement.  This for me is funny because to me and many others like me it was just a way of expressing ourselves. We never thought of it as "culture movement". 

So here is little bit of "Culture":

So check my man Flash's video soon to be released March 23, 2012.  "Dejavu" www.flashishiphop.com