The Zulu Nation Confirms Afrika Bambaataa Is Gay!

[mobbinfms]

Nobody in the 90's gave a fukk about Africa Bambaataa. His career peaked in the mid 80's.

I'm one of the oldest people on this board and I was 10 years old when his biggest song ("Planet Rock") came out. The "old heads" on this board did not grow up listening to Africa Bambaataa.

Fred.

I can only speak for the Bay Area, because that's where I grew up, but Planet Rock got steady radio play in the early 90s. They even played the video on a semi regular basis on our local video channel CMC. I don't know how to explain this, but it was just understood that Planet Rock was a massively important classic "hip hop" record.
Oddly enough, I don't remember any other Bam records getting play.
That may just be the Bay though
They played a lot of classic freestyle records all the time. The Message (video too) Rappers Delight, etc. my bay brehs probably remember. @The_Hillsta @StillNotSoft

@hexagram23 ehat was the song Bambatta dropped in 86?

 

[Not The Ruler O9]

 

[Still Benefited]

He needed to respond weeks ago

Them Zulu Nation nikkas kindve fukked em over,I was all for giving benefit of the doubt until them nikkas came out and said what they did

 

[Da King]

Sad times in hip hop

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

We're all gay af

 

[Heelish]

Define trolling?

Cuz there are many straight mufckaz(wont say names homie resting in peace) who had questionable mannerisms when it came to entertainment

shyt Young Thug even refers to what he's doing as "being like Prince"

 

[Osmosis]

 

[hex]

I can only speak for the Bay Area, because that's where I grew up, but Planet Rock got steady radio play in the early 90s. They even played the video on a semi regular basis on our local video channel CMC. I don't know how to explain this, but it was just understood that Planet Rock was a massively important classic "hip hop" record.
Oddly enough, I don't remember any other Bam records getting play.
That may just be the Bay though
They played a lot of classic freestyle records all the time. The Message (video too) Rappers Delight, etc. my bay brehs probably remember. @The_Hillsta @StillNotSoft

@hexagram23 ehat was the song Bambatta dropped in 86?

"Planet Rock" actually came out around '82 but it peaked in popularity in '86 due to the album dropping.

And I need to clarify, getting radio play =/= 90's heads were checking for it. There's stations in my area that still play "Ditty", it don't mean people are gonna go out and buy a Paperboy record in 2016.

Fred.

 

[mobbinfms]

"Planet Rock" actually came out around '82 but it peaked in popularity in '86 due to the album dropping.

And I need to clarify, getting radio play =/= 90's heads were checking for it. There's stations in my area that still play "Ditty", it don't mean people are gonna go out and buy a Paperboy record in 2016.

Fred.

I see what you're saying. I'm just saying in the Bay that record and Bam were revered, although nobody was checking for new shyt from him.

Ditty was a huge record too
You get the Ahmad record out there?

 

[hex]

I see what you're saying. I'm just saying in the Bay that record and Bam were revered, although nobody was checking for new shyt from him.

Ditty was a huge record too
You get the Ahmad record out there?

I had everything breh.

Don't get me wrong Kansas City, Missouri isn't some kind of hip-hop mecca by any stretch of the imagination but I got family on both coasts and my dad collected music. He didn't go out of his way to collect hip-hop but he came back from both coasts with a ton of shyt as early as '84. First pressings of RUN DMC, Afrika Bambaataa, all that shyt.

And the reason I had to clarify your point....and the reason I was arguing with IllmaticDelta earlier in the thread....is because when we talk about "Planet Rock" or Bam as hip-hop we know the historical context. Most of the board doesn't. So when we sit here and argue over the minutia of how much of his catalog would really be "hip-hop", all it's doing is confusing the fukk out of the younger posters.

Fred.

 

[thekingsmen]

This thread shows alot of people arent educated on hiphop history. Only a few knew like @Art Barr @Master Teacher and few others.

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Afrika a boy toucher
Raekwon did a song with Bieber
"The finisher" Mister Cee finishing off trannies
Dr Dre don't write or make beats
Mobb Deep had a tweet beef with each other
Rza sold his album to that creep dude and don't care if fans hear it

Spooky times to be a real hippa to the hibbidy hoppa

 

[Swirv]

There are many more gay rappers that are hoping their dirt doesnt come out. I remember watching a hip hop lyricist dvd back in early 2000's and Grandmaster Caz had a PR cat rolling his blunts for him, which I thought was strange.

Bottom line dont put anybody on a pedestal. Especially those in the limelight because you dont know who they really are when the lights are off.

 

[SunZoo]

You got dudes in here who are saying that he was a pioneer for hip hop...in this very thread bruh. You might not have been listening to him but there are people who were. I wasn't even listening to this nikka but I know who he is. We can argue all day long but I will chalk it up and agree to disagree

If you grew up on/in this Hip Hop shyt you knew about Bam but nobody was listening to him. Knowing of him and his impact is different than him being culturally relevant beyond the late 80's.

 

[John Hull]

I literally cannot name one other song by Bambatty besides Planet Rock. But Ima let y'all young thugs cook