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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] Africa Bambaataa was not well known for being "conscious" early on in terms of his "rapping". His main claim to fame was electronic synthesizers and instrumental beats, ie. looking for the perfect beat. Most of his lyrics were pretty much standard in terms of Hip Hop of the time and not particularly "conscious". The consciousness he gets credit for is in identifying himself with Africa through his name, dress and relating the beats and rhythms he made with Africa and the Zulu Nation. And yes you are right "the Message" was a very notable example of a form of conscious rap but that was very much in the minority and the the real conscious movement didn't really take off until Public Enemy and KRS One. And I mean people who consistently publish conscious albums, not simply one rap song that is conscious to the point where it becomes a genre unto itself. And these records made a point to be explicit about the problems that black folks still faced from the larger white society, whereas other albums simply alluded to it. I grew up in the 70s and I know how Hip Hop started because I lived it. Hip Hop started in the house and in the playgrounds of New York and Philadelphia. There was no hip hop on the radio and at that time in New York and Philadelphia disco and R&B was the mainstream in black music. Early hip hop got most of its beats and sounds from R&B, like the Commodores, Denise Williams and so forth. Those "break beats" were used to make a lot of the popular hip hop albums. And people were experimenting with scratching using old R&B records and disco records from their parents or from the store. That is simply how Hip Hop started. Hip Hop is a direct descendant of R&B, Disco, Be Bop Jazz and even Swing Rhyming in the 40s. And in the 70s and early 80s, most neighborhoods had a lot of very big block parties and public events in parks and recreation centers which often started out with live bands but eventually DJs and Rappers started to become more popular as Hip Hop became more popular with the youth. So no, the bands weren't Hip Hop, but the DJs and Rappers were the Hip Hop and in this time, that was the main way people could hear hip hop because there wasn't any on the radio and there wasn't a lot of tapes either. It was primarily something you saw and heard live at these outdoor events or parties and in this time almost everyone and their brother was either a DJ, MC or Rapper and there was a lot of money to made because there were a lot of block parties, outdoor events and house parties at this time and a lot of people were going to them. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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