The Dust King
A Childrens Story
this is just a quick history lesson since i seen the reception of electronic in the daft punk thread
for us it all started with afrika bambaatta sampling the german group kraftwerk for the classic record planet rock.
off top younger (or older) might remember this as a lil cease song from his first album featuring jay-z
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWHM4V-csVU]Lil' Cease - 4 My nikkaz (Feat. Blake C, Bristal & Jay-Z) [CD Quality] - YouTube[/ame]
anyways that was 1977. zulu nation planet rock came out a few years later in 82 and very soon after electronic music started to branch into different areas in the U.S. which contained elements of hip-hop.
D.C. had go-go, Detroit had techno and Chicago had house.
around the same time kraftwerk blew up you had artists like the yellow magic orchestra (1978, who spearheaded the technopop movement in japan)
one of there biggest hits "behind the mask" was later sampled by micheal jackson in 1982.
the craze in computerized sounds started a few years before kraftwerk when many a hollywood score (1955 and up) would use moog synthesizers (which the beatles also used themselves on the abbey road album)
the spike in popularity hit in 1971 with stanley kubricks soundtrack for the movie clockwork orange which featured moog versions of classic orchestrated works by beethoven and rossini.
i could get into much more but i just wanted to do a brief overview. many might ask how this is hip-hop related but without the sample by zulu nation we wouldnt have a lot of the foundation and basis of the culture.
lets show respect for afrika for embracing all cultures and spreading love in hip-hop which bridged the gap for other genres.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6GLszJQBc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6GLszJQBc[/ame]
for us it all started with afrika bambaatta sampling the german group kraftwerk for the classic record planet rock.
off top younger (or older) might remember this as a lil cease song from his first album featuring jay-z
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWHM4V-csVU]Lil' Cease - 4 My nikkaz (Feat. Blake C, Bristal & Jay-Z) [CD Quality] - YouTube[/ame]
anyways that was 1977. zulu nation planet rock came out a few years later in 82 and very soon after electronic music started to branch into different areas in the U.S. which contained elements of hip-hop.
D.C. had go-go, Detroit had techno and Chicago had house.
around the same time kraftwerk blew up you had artists like the yellow magic orchestra (1978, who spearheaded the technopop movement in japan)
one of there biggest hits "behind the mask" was later sampled by micheal jackson in 1982.
the craze in computerized sounds started a few years before kraftwerk when many a hollywood score (1955 and up) would use moog synthesizers (which the beatles also used themselves on the abbey road album)
the spike in popularity hit in 1971 with stanley kubricks soundtrack for the movie clockwork orange which featured moog versions of classic orchestrated works by beethoven and rossini.
i could get into much more but i just wanted to do a brief overview. many might ask how this is hip-hop related but without the sample by zulu nation we wouldnt have a lot of the foundation and basis of the culture.
lets show respect for afrika for embracing all cultures and spreading love in hip-hop which bridged the gap for other genres.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6GLszJQBc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6GLszJQBc[/ame]
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