a history of hip-hop

[boys_beastie]

did anybody watch this last night? it was on a midnight on BBC2 and they interviewed kool herc, GMF, casanova fly, jazzy jay, bambaataa, half of double trouble, fab5freddy and loads of random break boys and break girls. and i also learned a lot or cool stuff. how people used to go out on the street and plug their boomboxes and turntables into the nearest lamp post and have a party and the police would show up but leave em alone cause they were'nt causin trouble.

it also had a lot of interesting stuff in too.

anyone catch it?

[CrankItUp!]

Missed it...dammit ! Was there any mention of the Beastie Boys ?

[boys_beastie]

no they were'nt but its mroe of a series. its on again tonight.

[King PSYZ]

I wonder if it's that history of hip hop thing from VH1 over here from this time last year?

[boys_beastie]

it could be. it was about the origins. it was more about the south bronx where it started and when it moved into queens and brooklyn.

[Loppfessor]

Did they mention me at all? Probably not if it's in chronological order cus I really didn't start rockin mics till the early 90s

[King PSYZ]

Check the end credits, if nothing else I'd like to know more. If you get a chance netflix "5 Sides of a Coin", on of the best hip-hop doco's ever.

[icy manipulator]

fuck that sounds like it would've been awesome. what did gmf have to say for himself?

[faz]

BBC2? Wow what a coincidence CH4 had a hip hop thing last night aswell [/sarcasm] I missed it last night but I'm gonna try watch tonights one

[jackrock]

i watched this program on lopty223 wow it was good. does anyone watch polgr1588ad- georgia?? my favorite station is 558poqwd










*sarcasm*

[BeastieLips]

damn i wish i saw it. does BBC America play the same thing as the real BBC?

[Drederick Tatum]

I remember watching this back in '99. it's pretty good.

[boys_beastie]

"5 Sides of a Coin"

ill look out for it

what did gmf have to say for himself?

he didnt speak about himself or the furious 5 or the message but he did speak about other bands. melle mel did all the talking about the abnd and 'the message'.

I remember watching this back in '99

must have missed it back then. but thinking about it in the paper it did say repeat next to it...

[faz]

....so wait...was it on bbc2? Because its a hip hop week (kinda) on ch4. Watched last nights one it was about when "gangster rap" started aswell as "commercial" stuff like mc hammer and vanilla ice

[boys_beastie]

I MEANT CHANNEL 4! I WAS JUST TIHNKING ABOUT THE SCORSESE DOCUMENTARY ON BOB DYLAN WHICH WAS ON CH2A.

PS. next in hiphop series on tonight, aswell as a program called 'white men can't rap' or sometihng.

CATCH IT!

[discopants]

You know as well as I do that the Beasties always have their contribution played down, like that bitch, big-girls-blouse Eminem was the first ever white rapper.

[BionicEye]

the Bob Dylan documentary is on PBS now... whoo hoo

[voltanapricot]

no they were'nt but its mroe of a series. its on again tonight.
Yes they did. They also mentioned the fact that they were white and Jewish.

*yawn*

[boys_beastie]

i was talking about the 1st episode there, which they were'nt on...:)