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Some left over friday pre SSS Bristol footage, its Symatic heavy so strap your self in for some boss realness

this just came on at work, break at about 45 sec

i just saw a couple of bits of episodes to be fair, but it seemed really cheesy, and like it was some sort of musical or something. like there was a bit where theyre all coming up with different parts of the same song over time as a montage (montaaaaage) that was pretty awful. the point with not taking it as a history lesson is totally valid, except that they seemed to be trying so hard to make everything look authentic whilst totally romanticizing all sorts of shit. and.... baz luhrmann

Yo Flex, you got any really old school SCSI shit in your box of goodies?

Watched all six episodes this weekend and really enjoyed it even if it has got Jaden Smith in it! Hip hop history 101 it ain't by any stretch but an entertaining story none the less. I saw a lot of bitching online about the show from hip hop heads for it not showing history correctly and my thoughts echo dirks in that if your watching tv shows as history lessons your seriously missing the point. There was some moaning about the record labels not matching the songs playing in certain scenes but pretty sure the non DJ people watching didn't notice and couldn't care less. Seeing as the actor probably can't beat juggle the music would have been added in post production anyway and perhaps couldn't gain permission to play the records used to film the scene. The only part that annoyed me was the use of bad cgi to fake the graffiti writing.

Well maybe that's part the problem because I liked Glee. (please don't tell anyone)

If you're looking for a factual semi-documentary you will be seriously disappointed. It's more fiction than truth and filmed as a quazi-superhero/kung-fu flick. I thought it was fun and a fresh take. People looking to movies and tv shows for history lesson need to pull their head out cause that's not what fiction (or creative-nonfiction as the case would be) is going to give you.

I saw the trailer. I was hoping it was going to be like a true story of the origins of Hip Hop (like the Hip Hop Family Tree comics) but after watching the trailer it looks more like some sort of historically based fiction/drama. Will I watch it, hell yes! I'm hoping they keep in some scenes with Bambaaata molesting everyone and dusted out Russel Simmons.

It all started with the Earl Palmer trademark heavy backbeat. He realised this got the crowds dancing around the late 40s/early 50s and here we are decades later still worshiping the big snare on the 2 and the 4!

Yeah, Earl's the man! He was first choice for so many sessions for most of the 50s and 60s. That said, I'm glad James picked up Clyde as a daring youngster. It was that kind of move that kept James fresh, much like what happened when he picked up Catfish and Bootsy. Sure, James generally did it because he could pay them less and/or he pushed his existing band to breaking point, but history wouldn't have been that same any other way.

Didn't really get into beatmaking yet. When i do, i'll make sure to check out the battles

Easy man,.. welcome to DV Martin If you're into beatmaking we have a monthly beat battle on here that DJ Rock Well organises thats pretty dope

Hey, didn't know there was this kind of thread, i'm a bit late with the introduction but oh well.. Name is Martin, people call me Marushka for some reason(in Russia that's a female name, but i'm a male lol). Got my first turntable a year ago, had some problems with it, and started scratching like couple months later when i finally fixed it. I'm from Croatia, there are no scratch dj's around here where i live, so that's a bummer but i can live with that lol.. I'm 21 years old, been into hip hop for some time now, first got into bboying and then i found out about sampling(6 years after i got into bboying), records, beatmaking, turntablism and then finally scratching. This is my "quick" introduction P.S. I'm a spy too, don't tell anyone tho it's a secret Edit: Glad to be a part of this forum and community!

Rasteri will have his CDX in a few days, i just have to wait till im off work so i can send it