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Putting the 4 elements of HipHop into its/their proper histo


17:54
Dizzy Gillespie on hearing POLYRHYTHMS via FBA church, as a youngster in South Carolina
49:52
Why were these Brazilians in the 70s, dancing like Papo Rojas and Enoc (Bronx Rockers from 70s)?
39:56
RIP to Angie Stone! A look back at pioneering early female rappers/djs from the 1970s era of HipHop.
52:41
More NYrican/LatinX propaganda? The real truth on usage of prefix(es) Afro & African in the USA
01:21:52
Authentic Rican music never had traction in NYC;FBA music has always been foundational to NYC scene.
43:57
From the enslaved to the freed: The early existence of ( pre-Civil War) FBAs in the Bronx
38:04
So-called, "Black Aboriginal" profile Pt 1: ODB (Wutang)
03:33
@randee4550 "They were the 2nd oldest ethnic group in NY outside of its Dutch founders"
33:14
The nicknames for the Bronx and NYC in general, came straight out of Southern FBA culture/milieu!
03:07:11
From sex, drugs, rock n roll, slang to protest; Jazz and Blues laid & paved the way for HipHop!
01:31:17
​@INKREDIBLE_HULK777 Arturo Schomburg didn't father Blk History in the USA. Come see REAL TRUTH!!
01:58:42
An immediate predecessor to HipHop music (rap(per)): The Black Arts Movement of the 1960s
01:12:58
Southern FBA AAVE speakers invent Jive talk, which then lays the foundations for HipHop slang.
01:08:12
MelleMel=IDIOT NYC a place of ethnic enclaves; a uniform non-race based Bronx/NYC culture is a MYTH!
05:45
GrandmixerDXT- Rap/bboyn existed in the 1920s; nomenclature made us think it came about in the 1970s
04:53:04
@DrDerrickColon : Ya man thought that was a flex. ORIGINATOR vs JOINER/ADOPTER are NOT THE SAME!
14:07
Bom5 (1970s Rican bboy/graf) - "Savage Nomads/Skulls used to fight Blk Spades and Italians/whites"
08:05
Guru (OG Black Spades founder): "To me, Disco King Mario started this HipHop thing"
25:05
Blk Spades founder confirms beef/racial tension between Blks/Rican. Says HoeAve meeting had 0 impact
23:00
Dj Kool Herc basically says he was a continuation of Dj John Brown (clip I never posted before)
24:51
Sammy Davis Jr: No more false heritage claims & myths/false claims on his dancing roots/influences!
27:13
Stop the Cap!: Hoe Ave meeting (Bronx 1971) in no way, impacted the Birth Of HipHop.
54:09
DC GoGo Beat: The Origin, straight from Chuck's own mouth
01:04:44
@DrDerrickColon :FBA music is the "African matrix"; FBA great at abstracting their African input
30:31
@DrDerrickColon : "Griot/Sahelian" musical cluster is found in FBAs, not Carib/Latin/South America
01:02:31
@DrDerrickColon : Upper West African vs Lower West African music & how this impacted "Latin" music
01:00:28
@DrDerrickColon : Ratio of Upper West African vs Lower West African makes Felipe's take false!
31:10
@DrDerrickColon : FBA Jazz has its own (different) 'Clave'; Latins confused by "Swing" feel/concept
33:41
@DrDerrickColon :Same sequence of notes but with a different usage
28:10
Harlem Hell Fighters Band: REAL TRUTH on James Reese Europe & how Puerto Ricans got into the band!
09:40
To DrDerrickColon: Felipe=WRONG. FBA's were "rapping" before so-called "Latin Scat" singers existed
02:43
"Blues and HipHop are first cousins" (Featuring a TBB member lol)
59:03
To DrDerrickColon: Felipe's supposition on "Scatting" has no grounds in truth. See REAL TRUTH INSIDE
31:09
"Clave rhythm is Pan-African; it exists wherever Africans were enslaved. It's Afro-transatlantic"
06:18
THE LATIN BREAKDOWN. HIP HOPS LATINO CONNECTION (Dr Colon): Response Pt 3
38:30
Indigenous (continental) African music isn't "Funky"; the "Funk" had to be imported
01:13
Felipe Luciano "I grew up in a pentecostal church, it was like Orisha/Santeria" (Little did he know)
01:23:50
THE LATIN BREAKDOWN. HIP HOPS LATINO CONNECTION (Dr Colon): Response Pt 2
07:06
THE LATIN BREAKDOWN. HIP HOPS LATINO CONNECTION (Dr Colon): Response Pt 1
07:08
The hurdle for those who make false claims on Jazz music: Buddy Bolden and the Uptowners
23:54
When Joe Bataan met "Latin" gatekeeping
12:21
To the idiot @INKREDIBLE_HULK777 : FBA musicians in NYC circa 1910, pre-Harlem Hellfighters
23:01
Refresher: The FBA roots & foundations of "Rock" music
01:06
To DrDerrickColon & randee4550: Time to hold another L on that, "roots of Rocking" debate!
03:29
From Buck Dance to Lindy Hop: The FBA Jazz vernacular dance roots of Bboying/Floor rocking!
04:05
To Dr. Colon: A response to graffiti portion of UPDATED HIP HOP DOCUMENTARY ORIGINS & ELEMENTS
04:59
FBA NYC (and its nation wide influence) culture: The Swing era, Savoy Ballroom and the LindyHop
08:33
Dr Colon and Randee: It's time to put your bogus 'Latin Breakdown' theory on bboy music to test!!!
01:12
To Dr Colon: On the so-called "Latin Descargas" or "Go-offs" at the Palladium (Mambo era)
07:33
To Dr Colon: Debunking his Cowbell (as an instrument) lies
01:21:31
Response to @KINGKOOKOS : No, Puerto Ricans were not in NYC before FBAs!
19:12
Ken Swift (RSC bboy) warned yall about BBoying being a dance and not a "Sport" for the Olympics lol!
01:02
Amigo Rock (2nd gen Rocker, then bboy): Talks Rocking Manhattan vs BK & first time he saw Bboying
04:21
Frosty Freeze (Rock Steady Crew bboy): Talks his history in the culture and his bboy influences
04:11
Trac2/Dr Colon lying again?: 1st gen Rock dancer (Bk) says late 1960s origin of the dance is FALSE!
01:16
Papo Rojas, did you ever figure out the answer to the question you and Enoch were asked?
33:31
Jazz/Tap steps & moves (1800-1950) later became R&B/Soul/Funk steps & moves (1950-1970s)
59:26
The impact and lasting influence from the black tap dancers of 1920s/1930s, Vaudeville/Broadway
01:29
FBA Roots of the Bboy: The Jazz Split
16:03
Jazz drumkit influence on the Timbales; FBA Jazz drumming influence on Tito Puente's drumming style