![]() ![]() In Los Angeles, where the infamous “gangsta rap” originated, each gang had its own story to tell. These were rough neighborhoods in tough times and everyone was going through something. For hip-hop communities, this was expressed best through highlighting the struggles of day-to-day life. Since hip-hop originated on the community-level, there was a demand from audiences to tell stories they could relate to. Likewise, as hip-hop evolved, the lyrics themselves became a protest to the idea of protected intellectual property. And because of it, more music was put forth into the world. All these original “new and improved” upgrades to “scratching” and “spinning” came from his method. In many ways, rappers were oral historians, or minstrels recording history through spoken word.Īnd he’s right. “I’m so proud that my science has been taken to so many levels, and I see so many DJs do super-incredible things, but the real fact of the matter is… it would be totally impossible to do any of those things without what I invented." Eventually, other aspiring DJs began putting their own twists on his style, something he boasts about with pride: Marking the exact spot where these breaks occurred on the record with a crayon, he would be able to remember where these breaks occurred while DJing in a dark club on the weekends.īy taking something someone else created and literally putting a “spin” on it, he created an entirely new genre of music.ĭubbed the “Turntable God” by Bronx locals, he became a legend. He would then “spin” the record, making his own melodic remixes. He began “scratching” by finding breaks within song tracks, a place where there was a natural pause in the music. ![]() From a young age, Flash was obsessed with anything that spun: washing machines, bicycle wheels, and most of all, record players. The most obvious example of this free exchange of intellectual property is Grandmaster Flash. In other words, it is the antithesis of intellectual property. Hip-hop was built upon taking someone else’s art, putting your own spin on it, and creating something new. And it has become what is arguably the most organically libertarian musical genre existing today. It was born out of the unregulated exchange of ideas. Hip-hop and the spontaneous order of free markets are inseparable: a fact that was reinforced after watching the series. Already intrigued by this topic, I devoured the entire series in one evening.īy taking something someone else created and literally putting a “spin” on it, an entirely new genre of music was created. Netflix recently released an original documentary series called Hip-Hop Evolution. ![]()
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