Founding Fathers; The Untold Story of Hip Hop is a fascinating and at times controversial documentary of unsung DJs who contributed to the foundational principals of the music known today as Hip Hop.
This documentary transports you back to the early underground disco days of the streets and parks throughout New York City. Narrated by Chuck D, with plenty of primary interviews and slammin’ beats.
feat Grandmaster Flowers, Pete DJ Jones Nu Sounds, Master D aka DJ Lance, Infinity Machine, DJ Hollywood and Chuck D.
It's just absolutely crazy that all of these different black American deejays have gotten written out of the history of Hip Hop, their own ethnic culture, just to give all of the credit to 3 Caribbean immigrants that learned everything they knew from them.
shout out to Al Haymon, that brother still doing his thing google him 1:12:24 he in the boxing game now, owns a whole boxing company that comes on tv now fox and showtime tv
what, i thought herc brought the sound system on his plane flight to the bronx and showed the black americans who new nothing about sound systems never heard of a sound system, he showed them everything about sound systems right? thats what i was told by jamaica
This video is a bunch of bullshit I ain't even watch the whole thing cuz it's all lies The birth of hip-hop is the boogie down Bronx Period Point Blank
I'll say this. I liked much of the info about the djs, the equipment, timeframe, promoters, places and whatever else. I like how they tied up how hip hop had many influences coming from many different places. But I must tell yall that even folks in Washington D.C. say that hip hop originated in their city. We all know the disco vs. b-boy street sound. We all know what hip hop ended up becoming in the 80s and what it is now. Generally speaking, in music, what becomes the long lasting trend in a genre tends to get the prize. That's just the way it is.
See Flowers played for an older crowd there no break dancing or rapping, obviously they'd was molible dj that just play the hole records and wasn't rapping just speaking over the record.
This is the pre-coming of HIP HOP. There was No Break Dancing, No Sampling, No Graffiti, No DJing with scratching or tricks, and No MCing. This was right before HIP HOP was formed. No one was rapping, it was just spoken word from the DJ. I like the history, but it's Not what HIP HOP formed to be. This was the prequel to HIP HOP.
The Jamaican DJ Sound boy Culture is the orgins of the breakbeat creation. The Jamaicans brought that from Jamaica to assist in the beggining of the sampling, etc.
From what I have been able to gather over the years, the Brooklyn cats were the first to blend records together but they were playing whole songs (dance songs). In the Bronx, DJ Kool Herc was the first to play only the "break" part of the song and loop it with others to create the break beat, which inspired "break" dancing. Rapping has been around since the 1930's on recorded African-American music.
Grandmaster Flowers is the Father of Hip Hop, he was the first one to blend records together in the early to mid 60's! Wikipedia gives the credit to Francis Grosso (first one to blend records) but this is incorrect. I wouldn't be surprised if Grosso himself learned from hearing Flowers. There is an interview of Pete DJ Jones as well who said Flowers was the one first known to blend records together. Wikipedia is also wrong when stating Hip Hop started from Kool Herc and in the Bronx. Hip Hop started in Brooklyn. Its the Truth. Peace To Grandmaster Flowers the Father of Hip Hop!
It's just absolutely crazy that all of these different black American deejays have gotten written out of the history of Hip Hop, their own ethnic culture, just to give all of the credit to 3 Caribbean immigrants that learned everything they knew from them.
shout out to Al Haymon, that brother still doing his thing google him 1:12:24 he in the boxing game now, owns a whole boxing company that comes on tv now fox and showtime tv
what, i thought herc brought the sound system on his plane flight to the bronx and showed the black americans who new nothing about sound systems never heard of a sound system, he showed them everything about sound systems right? thats what i was told by jamaica
This video is a bunch of bullshit
I ain't even watch the whole thing cuz it's all lies
The birth of hip-hop is the boogie down Bronx
Period
Point Blank
I'll say this. I liked much of the info about the djs, the equipment, timeframe, promoters, places and whatever else. I like how they tied up how hip hop had many influences coming from many different places. But I must tell yall that even folks in Washington D.C. say that hip hop originated in their city. We all know the disco vs. b-boy street sound. We all know what hip hop ended up becoming in the 80s and what it is now. Generally speaking, in music, what becomes the long lasting trend in a genre tends to get the prize. That's just the way it is.
I watch this every week. This is what I grew up on in the culture of Hip Hop. The early days of exposure. Park Jams Block Parties
Notice that there was no b boys in yall documentary
See Flowers played for an older crowd there no break dancing or rapping, obviously they'd was molible dj that just play the hole records and wasn't rapping just speaking over the record.
The TRUTH must be told…
Is there a soundtrack for this Masterpiece documentary?
This is the pre-coming of HIP HOP. There was No Break Dancing, No Sampling, No Graffiti, No DJing with scratching or tricks, and No MCing. This was right before HIP HOP was formed. No one was rapping, it was just spoken word from the DJ. I like the history, but it's Not what HIP HOP formed to be. This was the prequel to HIP HOP.
The Jamaican DJ Sound boy Culture is the orgins of the breakbeat creation. The Jamaicans brought that from Jamaica to assist in the beggining of the sampling, etc.
Nice. Great Research for the history of The HIP HOP Culture.
Hip Hop Started in the Bronx with Kool Herc,Africa Bambatta and Grandmaster Flash
This documentary <3
From what I have been able to gather over the years, the Brooklyn cats were the first to blend records together but they were playing whole songs (dance songs). In the Bronx, DJ Kool Herc was the first to play only the "break" part of the song and loop it with others to create the break beat, which inspired "break" dancing. Rapping has been around since the 1930's on recorded African-American music.
respect, the true history.
Pigmeat Markham and some artists from the 50's, 60's were the first rappers.
Thanks for this masterpiece of Hip Hop history!! So good!!!
For a second I thought it was VJ Ralph McDaniels narrating.
Grandmaster Flowers is the Father of Hip Hop, he was the first one to blend records together in the early to mid 60's! Wikipedia gives the credit to Francis Grosso (first one to blend records) but this is incorrect. I wouldn't be surprised if Grosso himself learned from hearing Flowers. There is an interview of Pete DJ Jones as well who said Flowers was the one first known to blend records together. Wikipedia is also wrong when stating Hip Hop started from Kool Herc and in the Bronx. Hip Hop started in Brooklyn. Its the Truth. Peace To Grandmaster Flowers the Father of Hip Hop!
Also check out Michaelwayne Tv on youtube for the Bronx perspective on who were the founding fathers of Hip Hop.