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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 digg_url = ‘http://www.vinylrevinyl.com/2010/02/03/18-musical-innovations-we-can-thank-african-americans-for/’;
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Without African Americans, there is no American music. Some of the most raw, energetic, complex, and groundbreaking music that has ever been played was played by African Americans from the US. Everything we listen to today, in some way or [...]
The Life and Death of Hiphop Beatdigging
Monday, February 1st, 2010 digg_url = ‘http://www.vinylrevinyl.com/2010/02/01/the-life-and-death-of-hiphop-beatdigging/’;
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Early Hiphop: The Inception
The place: Bronx, NY. The year: 1973. Gang wars were in full swing, crime was rampant, and a man named Kevin Donovan, member of the Black Spades gang, made somewhat of a mecca to the nation of Africa.
Months later, [...]
In Defense of Hip Hop and Rap
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 digg_url = ‘http://www.vinylrevinyl.com/2008/12/18/in-defense-of-hip-hop-and-rap/’;
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It\’s very fashionable to dislike hip hop and rap and make it known. I hear this rhetoric all the time, usually from older folks, and a surprising number of younger folks too. People say that hip hop is not music, that it\’s offensive, [...]