Through The Telescope: The Digital Age
With Computers becoming more common, so is Hip Hop.
As a culture, Hip Hop has always been a product of technology. From turn-tableism to modern PC sequencers, Hip Hop’s always manifested from whatever current technologies are available. Depending on how you view it, this could be a good or bad thing. However, with the growth of technology becoming more apparent, has the accessibility turned Hip Hop into a burdened culture through it’s up rise of anyone-can-do-it rap artists and producers? Or has it helped Hip Hop in bringing it to a wider scale?
The originators of Hip Hop – or even heads who have been listening long enough – that Hip Hop started from “two turn tables and a mic”. This has been the goto quote for getting the message across that this culture started from few things, and blossomed into a multi-billion dollar industry. Even though that notion rings true, Hip Hop still started with the use of technology. What occured (if you haven’t already read here) was Bronx native, DJ Kool Herc started parties using two-turntables and a microphone; what set this apart as apposed to the normal block parties was Hercs use of “The Breaks”. What are those you ask? They were segments in a record that didn’t have the singer on them, these segments had much more percussion — they were considered the most danceable.
Posted by LostMoniker on November 12th, 2008 :: Filed under Through The Telescope: Hip Hop and Society
Tags :: cell phone, classic hip hop, commercialization, Digital Age, digital downloads, Information Age, iPod, new hip hop, soundclick, world hip hop, youtube
