While looking for texts on the Puerto Rican connection to the invention of #HipHop (yep, we were there on the ground floor in a big way) I found two specific books "New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone" by Raquel Z. Rivera and "From Bomba to Hip-Hop" by Juan Flores. While these are incredible works of thought and research, the language is massively academic and inaccessible. Then I stumbled upon "Can't Stop Won't Stop : A History of the Hip Hop Generation" by Jeff Chang. Wow! Super easy to read, and Chang dives deep into the world Kool Herc inhabited in Jamaica and that he brought with him to the Bronx to help kick start the birth of this amazing culture. But he also unpacks the gang cultures, dominated by Puerto Ricans and the political and socio-economic context of the time that set the stage for Hip Hop's birth. A truly monumental and necessary history book. Can't recommend it enough. https://archive.org/details/cantstopwontstop00chang
As a Gen #Xennial (1975/8 to 1983/5), and from the #Philippines where my era was all about #hiphop / #rap, my taste has always been wideleg and bootcut + waist or low waist.
It's good seeing our era in fashion is making a comeback. I mean, we won't hear Gen Z and Gen Alpha whispering #oldie or #classic when we're outside. 🤣🤣😅😅😂😂😅😅
good morning once again and welcome to this week's edition of my #BlackFriday music thread! please give me a bit to compile the first few songs i'm gonna post—in the meantime, let's fucken goooooooo~ 🧵👇🏾
I'll do a proper intro message now as I know more what I'm doing. I'm fed up of Twitter/X being all hate speech & fake accounts so I've come here to discuss music, #horrormovies & #scifi. Yeah I'm one of those! 😀
So I've finally joined Mastodon after being hassled by someone who will remain unnamed. Joined here to get away from the toxicity of other social media platforms. I'm mostly here to discuss music. I love all forms but particularly #heavymetal#shoegaze#krautrock#progrock#jazz#hiphop#hardcore. All forms of #metal really & I love #horrormovies