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He's pretty tight. Not sure I'd want to listen to a 10mn solo of anything though.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell
Today's era of kids are just so friggin talented- what a shame music industry doesn't promote musicians anymore...these 2 young Asian sisters are the examples.
https://youtu.be/V5YDxDuyKDI
https://youtu.be/C14ZRoB5tqU
MC HAMMER
I thought it over a long time.
SugarHillGang was the 1st major group. they were nowhere near the 1st rap act. In fact our heroes of rap declared their making up words like dang diggy dang a dang a diddy..or a hip hop hibby to the hibidy hip...U get it!;D it was pure garbage to EVERY TOP GROUP, DUO doing parties and clubs. Problem was their manager had $ & connections..so when they got them on radio...the people, masses thought it was the shit! Grand Master stated it was awful- but we all had to reinvent our game because that was what the people wanted.
Kurtis Blow was the 1st major solo artist
Da Brat the first to go platinum
DJ Kool Herc had dancers during his break- they were the break boys...which eventually became known as breakdancing
Grandmaster Flash invented what DJs do today- mixing songs together.
Grandmaster's copartner little brother one day accidentally bumped record...- it didn't skip or scratch the needle slid...the young boy liked that sound and played wioth it...he became Wizard Theodore- who invented scratching to this day...every major DJ does it.
side note- "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On the Wheels of Steel", the first record to only showcase turntablism.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five again!! By 1983 they changed the game. Once they were known, doing videos, they felt compelled to speak on their hood, their problems, so what would be called conscious rap- started- the song called The Message.
"It's like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under"
They backed that up with whitelines...people using coke to cope...
I wanted to give RUN DMC the credit- & big bro Russell Simmons who along with Rick Rubin formed Def Jam because RUN DMC was the 1st rap group to headline tours...they came out on stage with a HUGE PAIR OF ADIDAS SNEAKERS THE SIZE OF 2 CARS- IT WAS WILD!!!
So I think the greatest influence in rap music wasn't the best rapper. MC Hammer
B4 him it was just guys on stage rapping- but with Michael & Janet Jackson videos highlighting dancers- he felt he was as good or a better dancer.
When he did- according to Morris Day of the Time...his song 2legit toquit- fucked th game up Because it was a major #1 hit without musicians.
From then on- mostly R&B, rap were given stupid limited budgets to record albums. Hammer did his with beat machine, sampling machine and overdubs and makes tens to hundreds of millions.
Funk music died for a moment. Soul Music deemed for old folk and the young kids of the 1990s were fed digital algorythms for sound.
(Until the album called the Chronic by Dr.Dre who was a fan of funk-rap music was about beat machines and sampling. Dr. Dre started playing instruments in his songs-which revived music into rap music again.
Hammer was so inspirational, that rappers emulated them by having 300 hundred dancers on one stage!:dancer::dancer::domo-kun:
Yes Michael & Janet inspired pop artists to have dancers, but Hammer did it for rappers. Hammer made it possible to sell a hundred million copies without using musicians.
Hammer IMO was/is the most influential rap artist ever.
https://youtu.be/otCpCn0l4Wo
comedians had a field day with MC hammer wannabes ;D
https://youtu.be/j9mTcKPlYF4
@Spicoli @ykdadamaja who was the most influential rap artist/group/duo? O0
Without hammer? No Wacky D!!
https://youtu.be/qKyFWL4UH-4
Hammer sold out everywhere.
On TV...it was an event..women loved this dude. And whenever he did Arsenio Hall show...he got top ratings!!
https://youtu.be/6-CMeYfSihk
a post ago I joked 300 hundred dancers on one stage....how many mofos in the video above??;D
https://youtu.be/qZcZ2IXA09g
First rapper to do a world tour like this. Looking at all those dancers, easy to see how expensive it be to feed all those mofos, pay em.
A lot of rapper sell out shows, but none performed, none came close to doing it like Hammer, but boy o boy do they try.
;D What I am most influenced and thankful for when it comes to Hammer :mwink:
https://youtu.be/ZB_z1AKxxsk
Anyone remember 5 Star. They were a English group in the 80's who were influenced by Michael Jackson and R&B. The songs and dances were brilliant and they did conquer US. Slightest touch was my favourite song of there's but loved rain or shine and system addict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QnpyVzigng