Bambaata vs. Grandmaster Flash circa early 80's etc etc

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I recently bought Bambaata's Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985. Is there anything essential that isn't on it?

― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 2 July 2006 04:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh god, probably not. But I'm not an expert just yet.

― Vampire Business (Bimble...), Sunday, 2 July 2006 05:07 (seventeen years ago) link

the 3 CD set 'Grandmaster Flash, The Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel - Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel' is gnarly
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ECXCAY.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50337240_.jpg

― mentalist (mentalist), Sunday, 2 July 2006 07:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Babe Ruth vs Lou Gehrig
Pele vs Maradona
Air vs Water

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Monday, 3 July 2006 06:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Question about the Bambaata comp. What's up with the similiarly titled first two tracks?

― It's Rodney, who erupts like a volcano and covers you with his love! (R. J. Gree, Monday, 3 July 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Unity vs. Jesse

― Rev. PappaWheelie, The Good Doctor (PappaWheelie 2), Monday, 3 July 2006 23:30 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

Anyone ever see Afrika Bambaata spin recently ? I've got a friend who wants me to go but I don't want to pay 20 bucks for an old school hip hop set that I've heard rehashed hundreds of times at hip hop club. Does anyone know what he drops in his sets these days ?

― oscar, Sunday, 17 February 2008 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

man WTF

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/rapper-kidd-creole-charged-murder-homeless-man/story?id=49010102

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link

Bambaata has the edge w the James Brown collab but Grandmaster Flash's "Scorpio" is still amazing

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link

the media silence wrt the Bambaataa and the wide spread child abuse allegations is pretty disturbing

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link

idk what to make of that stuff, I think the most high profile thing I saw was something in pfork? can't remember.

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link

it's def not getting Cosby-level attention or anything, but then he's sort of a cult figure these days

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link

yeah I would think for most people the first response to that headline would be "who is Afrika Bamaataa?"

really sad how things shook out for both these groups. imagine how full of potential it all must have seemed in 1982.

― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16k-k29wA8Q

love the animation on this video

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link

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