A Thread for Afrika Bambaataa Badass Synthesizer Hip Hop Motherfucker

Actually that record sleeve looks familiar somehow. LOL.

What I think is funny is the way parents were all like "oh no, no kid of mine is going to be doing any of this break dancing"...

Our parents made us breakdance for their amusement. Not that we were good at it. It was a great segue into freestyle biking though!

we had a party at my place for my girlfriend's birthday and i blasted 'looking for the perfect beat' through my PA and now have a new found appreciation for this stuff. not that i didn't like it before, but it's not really music to listen to on your headphones while walking to school, and dancing to it being played super fucking loud in my living room was some of the most fun i've ever had. anyways these youtubes are v good but does anyone here have really extensive knowledge of this stuff? or a comprehensive anthology to recommend? if not just dump more youtubes please.

As mentioned, get this and this, which will start you off well, or just get this and be set for life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R3LBqKE4qs

Admittedly though, the Streetsounds series makes a pretty quick turn into drum-machine hiphop, rather than straight electrofunk…xpost

ya i have a feeling this stuff had a pretty short lifespan. apparently bambataa has been steadily releasing music all these years, i wonder what it all sounds like.

BOOM BOOM-BOOM-BOOM
BOOM BOOM
BOOM BOOM-BOOM-BOOM
DEEJAYS!!

^^^really best moment of music ever recorded

i just scored a copy of "death mix"

holy shit

I love Bambaataa, Man Parrish, Jonzun Crew, Planet Patrol, Hashim, etc, but the best old school electro act was actually Warp 9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d24KlC7HlYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mZaKcl6lUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8hHxJTP05o

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/afrika-bambaataa-sex-abuse-accuser-ronald-savage-speaks-article-1.2594599

dang

yeah this is so fucked up and sad. i guess this puts an end to bambaataa's embrace by the academy.

Wow. I am p surprised.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/afrika-bambaataa-molested-hundreds-boys-bodyguard-article-1.2626593

Sleeve, your comments please. I'm sure you've been busy, so missed this story.

It's pretty fucked up all the accounts that's out there from Bronx ppl on YouTube, sounds like this was known for years

Yeah. Surprising and sad.

Incredibly surprising. It's not like people (albeit in a politically incorrect way) weren't writing about it three years ago. This thread is destined to die on ILM because nobody cares, and AB was never anywhere near the star that Michael Gira is.

http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/493985/afrika-bambaataa-allegedly-is-a-homo

The abuse of kids is new to me but not that he's gay. That's been known for a look long time.

I shouldn't have read the four pages of that AllHipHop thread.

Yeah unfortunately the conversation that needs to be had has been subsumed by the homophobic star chamber/DJ Vlad/lord Jamar asshole crew

Legendary hip-hop rapper and DJ Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation are reportedly being sued for child sex trafficking, according to a new lawsuit.

Per Okayplayer, in a report by Chicago’s Metropolis Newspaper, an unnamed accuser filed a suit last month against the hip-hop icon in which he alleged Bambaataa sexually abused and repeatedly prostituted him to other men for four years beginning when he was 12 years old. The suit also claims that a majority of the assaults took place at Bambaataa’s Bronx River home, which also served as The Zulu Nation’s headquarters at the time.

This new suit marks the fourth time in the last five years that the hip-hop pioneer has been accused of sexual abuse. As previously reported by The Root, Ronald Savage was the first to come forward in 2016; he described an initial sexual assault by Bambaataa in disturbing detail during an interview with the New York Daily News. Not too long after, three more men recounted similar stories of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of Bambaataa which reportedly started when they were also children. At the time, the “Planet Rock” rapper denied any and all allegations in a statement, while the Zulu Nation issued a lengthy letter apologizing to the accusers and have since distanced themselves from their former leader.

https://www.theroot.com/afrika-bambaataa-and-the-zulu-nation-sued-for-child-sex-1847643346

This new suit marks the fourth time in the last five years that the hip-hop pioneer has been accused of sexual abuse. As previously reported by The Root, Ronald Savage was the first to come forward in 2016; he described an initial sexual assault by Bambaataa in disturbing detail during an interview with the New York Daily News. Not too long after, three more men recounted similar stories of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of Bambaataa which reportedly started when they were also children.

somehow i missed all of this. what a fucking terrible world