Posts Tagged ‘turntablism’
; ?>/saywordpress/wp-content/uploads/old/hiphop_cake.jpg” /><em>The celebration of meaningless round numbers in our society is one way we are bound together, and hip-hop is no different. Apparently, someone somewhere has declared that hip-hop is now 30 and everyone — television networks, record labels, commentators — has taken the opportunity to blabber on and on about its history and social significance. Not to be outdone, and motivated by professional jealousy, the GBs set about writing our own hip-hop retrospective. Sadly, initial enthusiasm gave way to eventual boredom, and we stopped about 2 paragaphs into it. Luckily, one of our readers has done the job for us, as he has related his own hip-hop experience in a way we think is both eloquent and instructive.</em></p>
<p>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:37:42 -0800 (PST)<br />
From: “Josh Davis” [stylz4mylz@yahoo.com]<br />
Subject: Hip-Hop Turns 30 (If You Say So!)<br />
To: contact@gossipingbitches.com</p>
<p>What up, GB, </p>
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[Part 2: GB1’s “I Hate the Everything”
January 12th, 2005
This is Part 2 of GB1’s “I Hate the Everything” series; a C-List Celebrity Look at some of hiphop’s most memorable events and topics. Last time, we covered everything from Chunky A to turntablism to EPMD’s breakup. What does Part 2 have in store? Come and check it out…
GB1’s: “I Hate the Everything” Pt. 1
November 11th, 2004
Talking out your ass is an American tradition. We live in a culture where not knowing what the hell you’re talking about is rewarded if you are able to maintain an obnoxiously authoritative tone about it. So the GBs got together and thought, "What if we got a bunch of desperate C-List celebrities together to comment and cap on various pop-culture topics?
Jeff Bridges is in Deep Concentration
February 18th, 2004
Boston, MA — This is a “turntable technique” class at Berklee College of Music, perhaps the first of its kind in the country. DJ Chi is Yoon J. Suh, 21, one of eight students at the prestigious institution who waste two hours every Thursday manipulating old-fashioned records to scratch out “skribbles” and “stabs.” “I can’t […]