Topic: Afrika Bambaataa

The Art of Rap screened Saturday afternoon at the MARC to a more bumpin' crowd than Sundance usually sees. Stocked with rap artists and hip-hop ...

. Caveman, Kelly Clarkson and more.

Friday. . Caveman at Bowery Ballroom In a new interview with TONY, the members of Caveman revealed how they plan to upgrade for 2012; follow their...
As I write this piece, everyone I know is retweeting, re-posting, and petitioning to get the word out about the Troy Davis case and why they...

The Art of Spinning

Tweet More ideas from Spooky . Question: How is DJ'ing an art form? DJ Spooky: Well let's look like back at the history of the idea of the record...

Punjabi funk hop and a dash of humor

0 . BlackMahal was started by Vijay Chattha, who says of the beginning, "I combined golden-era hip-hop instrumentals with live Punjabi freestyles...
Many of us this morning have a serious case of the Mondays. Winter has come a bit too early for many of our tastes, but there's nothing that a...
Talk Box Basics Talk boxes can create sounds such as those in Peter Frampton's "Do You Wanna Like I Do? Popular Talk Box Songs Other well-known songs featuring the talk box are "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh, "Livin' on a ...

The history of Hip-Hop

Hip-Hop emerged from the ghettos of New York Cityin the early 70s. Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term hip hop when the specific music style was known as disco rap. However, the term is credited to Keith Cowboy ...

Hiphopology

During the early to mid '70s, visionaries like Kool DJ Herc introduced new ideas to the way music was played. Like some other music-loving bredren and sistren' along with myself, Kool DJ Herc was born in Kingston, Jamaica. With a sound system ...

The truth about 'breakdancing'

When discussing the truth about breakdancing, one has to sya that, in a nutshell, breakdancing is not only a dance form but also a lifestyle and a movement that has evolved as a part of a hip hop culture during the early ...