Comments on: Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, The Origin Of "Hip Hop", And A Tale From Hollis, Queens http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1342996 Ed Piskor Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1342996 The timeframe is bouncing around a lot, but, we're dealing with the mid 70's mostly. The Russell Simmons/Kurtis Blow stuff is about 1978-79 though. The timeframe is bouncing around a lot, but, we’re dealing with the mid 70′s mostly. The Russell Simmons/Kurtis Blow stuff is about 1978-79 though.

]]> By: sisyphus321 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1342336 sisyphus321 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1342336 I love this series. But hip-hop didn't hit the deep midwest until ... well, I'm not even sure it's made it there yet. I feel like a hick for asking, but what years are we talking about here? I love this series. But hip-hop didn’t hit the deep midwest until … well, I’m not even sure it’s made it there yet. I feel like a hick for asking, but what years are we talking about here?

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1342251 gwailo_joe Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1342251 I'm three days late checking out the latest installment...but great as usual... This is the knowledge that needs to be dropped...more please!!! I’m three days late checking out the latest installment…but great as usual…

This is the knowledge that needs to be dropped…more please!!!

]]> By: Al Corrupt http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339874 Al Corrupt Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339874 This series brings together America's greatest cultural exports - comic books and hip hop.  - Sorry guys - the jury is still out on democracy ;] RIP Jam Master Jay. This series brings together America’s greatest cultural exports – comic books and hip hop.
 - Sorry guys – the jury is still out on democracy ;]

RIP Jam Master Jay.

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339763 Ed Piskor Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339763 They're not an act yet. Just friends from Hollis. More on that later :) They’re not an act yet. Just friends from Hollis. More on that later :)

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339743 Donald Petersen Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339743 Is it a bit of creative license to show Run-D.M.C. as an act so young and short that they can't quite see over the turntables?  Man, they're cute!  Anyway, I too am loving this series.  I could read a hundred installments of this at a sitting and not tire of it. Is it a bit of creative license to show Run-D.M.C. as an act so young and short that they can’t quite see over the turntables?  Man, they’re cute!  Anyway, I too am loving this series.  I could read a hundred installments of this at a sitting and not tire of it.

]]> By: Layne http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339680 Layne Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339680 Beastie Boys never sounded the same after they got rid of Hurricane.  Coincidence? I think not.  Beastie Boys never sounded the same after they got rid of Hurricane. 
Coincidence? I think not. 

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339632 Mister44 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339632 Every time I see Kurtis Blow I can't help think of this song : The Ballad of Curtis Loew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Ib2p0hIOY ETA - Yay - Jam Master Jay! RIP Every time I see Kurtis Blow I can’t help think of this song :
The Ballad of Curtis Loew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Ib2p0hIOY

ETA – Yay – Jam Master Jay! RIP

]]> By: wizardru http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339627 wizardru Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339627 Loving this series SO MUCH, y'all. Loving this series SO MUCH, y’all.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339622 dculberson Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339622  "My hips pop and they don't stop!"  ”My hips pop and they don’t stop!”

]]> By: zombiebob http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339591 zombiebob Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339591 awesome as always awesome as always

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339586 Robert Baruch Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339586 When do we get to Newcleus and Jam On It? My nostalgia circuits need tickling. When do we get to Newcleus and Jam On It? My nostalgia circuits need tickling.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339568 MrJM Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339568 My grandpa first invented hip-hop in 1943. My grandpa first invented hip-hop in 1943.

]]> By: ryuchi http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-5.html#comment-1339559 ryuchi Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142395#comment-1339559 These colors--so warm, brings back a whole another era! These colors–so warm, brings back a whole another era!

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