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“The Recording Academy is dedicated to celebrating a wide variety of great music and sound through the decades,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “We are especially honored to welcome this year’s selection of some of the most influential recordings of the last century. Marked by both cultural and historical significance, these works truly have influenced and inspired audiences for generations, and we are thrilled to induct them into our growing catalog of outstanding recordings.”


"We used to go to different states to sell drugs, make crazy Money (…). I remember one time next to the last time we went to Georgia to sell, we were at this bar, and Charlie was around one side of the bar sellin’ while I was on the opposite side sellin’, and Jerodo was in front watching the car (…) I heard a loud bang! It was a single shot. We ran to the front of the bar and saw Jerondo (ich człowiek) on the ground with three gunmen over him (…) As we pulled out our pistols, Charlie and I, after coming different directions, the guys opened fired on us. They had Mac-10 machine guns and an Uzi."Bee urodził się na Bronxie, tam się wychowywał i był świadkiem oraz czynnie uczestniczył w rozwój ruchu. Jak sam twierdzi, on i jego ludzie wprowadzili hip hop na Long Island ! Dzisiaj zajmuję się projektowaniem biżuterii, marzy o otworzeniu hip hopowej restauracji.
"The Graffiti craze has started! 'KILROY WAS HERE' was the spark and TAKI 183 was the fire. Since that time, Graffiti has developed beyond a doubt into an art in itself. An offshot of graphic arts compounded with modern art of the 60s known as psychadelic acid art.
At first, Graffiti was unpopular because of the crude masterpieces on the sides of subways which people flatly called 'scribble.' As months passed the public noticed a change in the type of work produced by these writers. It actually started to look beautiful! Multi-colored advertisements of names swept the gloomy subway stations and filled them with warmth. This was the beginning of the 'Golden Age of Graffiti' as Graffiti artists called it. The artists also formed groups amoung themselves so that the competition would be organized.
An estimated 10,000 young people were doing Graffiti. Laws were passed that branded Graffiti as 'Defacement of Public Property' and as 'Juvenile Delinquency' due to the ignorance involved.
Graffiti developed and improved as fast as it appeared. At this point, the original Graffiti Artists were in their teens. Because they were older, contributed to the fact that better work was running on the trains. Cartoon characters started to appear on the sides of subways as well as ships, cars, people and anything else that would catch the passengers' eyes.
In 1973 Graffiti grew larger and larger and it started getting out of control. Large dazzling murals covered the full lengths of cars, windows, doors and everything. Some covered the front of the trains too. Some came in three to five cars covered in a row. Graffiti had reached its peak. Little kids ages 11 and up started to do Graffiti, taking after the older kids.
The New York City Transit Authority was furious. It set off a massive merciless crackdown on Graffiti. This crackdown was a mistake because they were catching the older artists and the little kids who did all the scribble were getting away with it.
It was from that time, the brand new art which our kids created as a final way to make themselves heard, started to go downhill. Downhill just like the American dollar. There was less and less good art and more and more scribble. In my opinion, "GOLDEN GRAFFITI" died in April of 1974. The city could be blamed for killing the sentiment, hope and whatever these kids wished for. Most of them had potential but since being from low class families they couldn't afford to send the kids to art classes. The heartless transit crackdown killed the last hopes and chances these kids had.
I know. I'm one of them.
Dzisiaj miałem przemyślenie ... Ciekawe ile osób zginęło na yardach. Ciekawy to musiałbyś czas. Oddałbym wszystko by nie mieć nic i żyć w czasie gdy hip hop stawał się tym czym pozostał w naszych sercach ...
CAINE ONE "
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Jednak jako "ultra pionier" w tej dziedzinie, niewątpliwie w olbrzymim stopniu przyczynił się do rozwoju tego odłamu kultury, na czas gdy nikt jeszcze nie miał zielonego pojęcia, że powstanie wspomniana kultura. Gdy gangi rządziły Nowym Jorkiem, 22 czerwca 1968 roku, Flowers brał udział w promocji koncertu Jamesa Browna na stadionie Yankesów. Początki lat 70. spędził poza klubami, działając na lokalnej scenie Brooklynu, mając na względzie okoliczne parki, pierwsze dyskoteki w licealnych klubach przy szkole, czy imprezach okolicznościowych. Wiele dzieciaków, z odziału największego gangu miasta które nigdy nie śpi... Black Spades, było częstymi gośćmi na jego eventach tym samym, Flowers był dość znaną postacią w Bronksie, gdzie Spades z początkiem lat 70. przenieśli swoją kwatere. Przytaczając wywiad z Dj'em Dr. Transition z Brooklynu, Flowers potrafił miksować na trzech gramofonach jednocześnie, będąc przy tym niesamowicie szybkim i sprawnym. Świetnie czuł się, w gatunkach funk, soul i disco... W jego repertuarze nie brakowało kawałków tj. "Good Times", "Love Is The Message" czy "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll"... Końcówka lat 70., w jego życiu upłynęła na stopniowym popadaniu w uzależnienie narkotykowe, co w efekcie powodowało powolne usuwanie się jego osoby w cień. Flowers zmarł w 1992 roku w osamotnieniu, pozostając w pamięci pionierów i fanów jako fundament inspirujący. Szacunek! 

Eumir Deodato 'Prelude' (1973)
Kleeer 'Winners' (1979)
The Main Ingredient 'Euphrates River' (1974)
Bobby Lyle 'The Genie' (1977)
War 'The World Is a Ghetto' (1972)
Montana 'I Love Music' (1978)
Lakeside 'Fantastic Voyage' (1980)
Bobby Caldwell 'What You Won't Do For Love' (1978)
The Fatback Band 'The Best Of The Fatback Band' (1976)
Harlem River Drive 'Harlem River Drive' (1970)
The S.O.S. Band 'Sands Of Time' (1986)
Montreal feat. Uchenna Ikejiani 'Same' (1979)
Wild Cherry 'Wild Cherry' (1976)
Parliament 'Chocolate City' (1979)
Funkadelic 'Maggot Brain' (1971)
Marvin Gaye 'I Want You' (1976)
Faith Hope & Charity 'How Can I Help But Love You' / 'Keep Me Baby' (1978)
Marvin Gaye 'Super Hits' (1970)
Funkadelic 'Standing On The Verge of Getting It On' (1974)
Ohio Players 'Angel' (1977)
OldSchoolers Crew to ekipa założona przez Dj'a Fingera i kOOl MiKe'a w 2008 roku. Idea organizowanych przez nich event'ów poświęcona jest promowaniu i rozpowszechnianiu prawdy o korzeniach Kultury Hip Hop. Edukowanie poprzez muzykę, film, taniec, słowo, a to wszystko w pozytywnym klimacie ''block parties'', prosto z czarnoskórych dzielnic Nowego Jorku lat 70-80 minionego stulecia. Na ich żywiołowe sety składa się oldschool rap / funk&soul / bboy breaks / electro / 80s pop / disco oraz zapomniane taneczne kawałki z dobrym brzmieniem Starej Szkoły.

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