Seated together with his fellow DJ/ promoters- North Carolina transplant Justin Carter and Irishman Eamon Harkin- at a bar in Fort Greene, Singer, an Ohio native, reminisces about a decade spent partaking in and promoting dance parties amid the cement strictures of New York, and how far the scene here has fallen. [...] it often spurred guest DJs like Afrika Bambaataa or Detroit's Omar S. to make rain dances out of their sets.
The music is rich and inventive, drawing on not only punk rock and gypsy folk music but also American-style rap (in various languages), reggae-style dancehall singing, and dub effects. Hiphop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa didn't limit himself to disc-jockeying strictly from one or two kinds of music but spread his net wide, layering the sounds of funk and disco with European electronic music and rock 'n' roll, creating an entirely new sound.
NEW YORK -- Here's something Madonna can really celebrate: a nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Madge joins heartland rocker John Mellencamp, the puckish rappers Beastie Boys and premier dance acts Donna Summer and Chic among the nine nominees for the hall. The five leading vote-getters will be inducted in the annual ceremony March 10. The other nominees are rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, literate songwriter Leonard Cohen, the original British Invasion combo The Dave Clark Five and surf rock instrumentalists The Ventures.
[...] came his epiphanic meeting with Here: a vision that "naturally progressed to deejaying myself" and provided a new valve of release for that pressurized anger. [...] while Wiz caught some flack about it- "People were opinionated about my role as a predominantly Spanish person doing something that was perceived as black culture; most Latinos were listening to disco and salsa then"- the hip-hop community heartily embraced him and the dynamic DJ team he formed with future Cold Crush Brothers member Grandmaster Caz. "At first, we played out in parks and community centers as Casanova Fly [Caz's first rap name] & DJ Disco Wiz, but that soon became the Mighty Force," he recalls of the crew that, at its peak, would also include Prince Whipper Whip and Dot-a-Rock of the Fantastic Five...
... in homage to hip-hop spiritual godfather Afrika Bambaataa. In an age when the culture was propelle...
In 1982, Afrika Bambaataa and his crew, Soul Sonic Force, put out Planet Rock, which, on vinyl, captured the blend of genres Bambaataa was creating in New York. He called it Electro-Funk-a mixture of funk and rock breaks, synthesized melodies, video game explosions, and samples from unconventional sources, such as "50s commercial jingles and the German electro group, Kraftwerk. The success of Planet Rock sent Bambaataa and his crew around the world, thrust into the role of hip-hop missionaries. The record started taking me around the world and breaking down barriers in places that didn't know nothing about hip-hop. And that was a struggle in itself. In different parts of Europe and Asia, you perform and people would just sit there. So we had to break it down. Go to Italy and grab people...
Pittsburgh-based drummer-to-the-stars Poogie Bell has laid down the backbeat for everyone from R&B legend Luther Vandross and funk master Maceo Parker to hip-hop godfather Afrika Bambaataa and pop idol Clay Aiken. I've done a little bit of everything, from jazz to country to world music," Bell says. "I even worked with Shania Twain for a hot minute. I did a TV special that she was on.
[...] most names of celebrities from the music world are not humorous, but so many of them are surprising. Innovative rap star Afrika Bambaataa ("Planet Rock") gave himself that exotic, Afrocentric moniker, but his name is actually Kevin Donovan.
In New York in the 1970s, Hip-Hop became the newest musical evolution. The UGA New York Chapter Director, Gail Windley, aka DJ Flame, observed Hip-Hop's development first hand alongside the early pioneers such as Grand Master Flash and Kool Herc. Flame went on to make her own mark as DJ LaSpank in the Mercedes Ladies, the first all female group in this genre. Flame, who was living in the Gun Hill Projects in the northeast Bronx at that time, recalls that the Bronx was an "explosive environment... a time of government program cut backs...police corruption was rampant, gang violence at an all time high.... [the South Bronx] looked like a Warsaw ghetto." Hip-Hop music provided an outlet for this "ghetto" as the youth came together and used their artistic talent to escape their desperate si...
... was the Zulu Nation, which was formed by Afrika Bambaataa in 1973. Bambaataa recognized Hip-Hop's ...
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