Comments on: Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, Fab 5 Freddy meets Blondie (with Basquiat and The Clash) http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jonathan Zwickel http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1394919 Jonathan Zwickel Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1394919 Goosebumps from this one.  Goosebumps from this one. 

]]> By: Chang Terhune http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1392862 Chang Terhune Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1392862 This strip is my favorite thing about Tuesdays.  Keep on keeping' it real and keep on keeping' it comin'! This strip is my favorite thing about Tuesdays.  Keep on keeping’ it real and keep on keeping’ it comin’!

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1392605 noah django Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1392605  Dude, around 94 my school showed the documentary "A Great Day In Harlem."  Being a jazz fan, I attended.  Then, in 98, I'm grocery shopping and I see that cover.  Instantly, I understand the magnitude of what I'm seeing.  Then I pick it up and it's a gigantic gatefold?  Oh, man!  Flash and Herc centered on the cover part, with Rakim centered in the gatefold with a gangster-assed shadow thrown over his grill?  Completely bananas.  The photo has been prominently displayed in each of my residences since. As for Mos, I followed his career very closely for many years (I'm old now, so not recently.)  I knew he was the truth since he first spoke "See, this thing called rhymin/no different than coal mining/we both on assignment/to un-earth a diamond" (before he reprised the line on the Blackstar album)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsDPN-Tjks   And I even had records with him before that.  Yeah, he's a piece of the whole puzzle, all right:  COMPLICATED! I'm fixing to watch that doc you posted now.  Thanks for that, and thanks for the comics.  It's rare I read anything about hip hop that I haven't already researched myself (or indeed experienced myself,) and you're doing it every strip, Ed!  Dude, around 94 my school showed the documentary “A Great Day In Harlem.”  Being a jazz fan, I attended.  Then, in 98, I’m grocery shopping and I see that cover.  Instantly, I understand the magnitude of what I’m seeing.  Then I pick it up and it’s a gigantic gatefold?  Oh, man!  Flash and Herc centered on the cover part, with Rakim centered in the gatefold with a gangster-assed shadow thrown over his grill?  Completely bananas.  The photo has been prominently displayed in each of my residences since.

As for Mos, I followed his career very closely for many years (I’m old now, so not recently.)  I knew he was the truth since he first spoke “See, this thing called rhymin/no different than coal mining/we both on assignment/to un-earth a diamond” (before he reprised the line on the Blackstar album)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsDPN-Tjks   And I even had records with him before that.  Yeah, he’s a piece of the whole puzzle, all right:  COMPLICATED!

I’m fixing to watch that doc you posted now.  Thanks for that, and thanks for the comics.  It’s rare I read anything about hip hop that I haven’t already researched myself (or indeed experienced myself,) and you’re doing it every strip, Ed!

]]> By: JammitTimmaj http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1392415 JammitTimmaj Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1392415 It now makes sense: Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's fly DJ's spinning I said my, my Flash is fast, Flash is cool Francois sais pas, Flashe no deux It now makes sense:
Fab Five Freddie told me everybody’s fly
DJ’s spinning I said my, my
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
Francois sais pas, Flashe no deux

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1392293 Ed Piskor Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1392293  There's a great 3 part video on Youtube documenting that amazing photoshoot. My favorite thing about the series is how we see the true fan of hip hop that Mos Def is. He's completely out of his mind being in the same place as many of his heroes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLc-yNJEjZI  There’s a great 3 part video on Youtube documenting that amazing photoshoot. My favorite thing about the series is how we see the true fan of hip hop that Mos Def is. He’s completely out of his mind being in the same place as many of his heroes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLc-yNJEjZI

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1392269 Ed Piskor Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1392269 Ugh. I'm so bummed. As of just a few days ago, they started charging for the TV Party documentary on youtube, but, they still have the Halloween episode freely available, with Fred dressed as a nickel bag. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96zjqpyH78Y Ugh. I’m so bummed. As of just a few days ago, they started charging for the TV Party documentary on youtube, but, they still have the Halloween episode freely available, with Fred dressed as a nickel bag. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96zjqpyH78Y

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1392132 noah django Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1392132 and 18 years later, Ms. Harry collected her props due:  http://thefindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/XXL-A-Great-Day-In-Hip-Hop.jpg (to the left of the left column of people, in line with the window sills, wearing shades) that's from the gatefold.  here's the cover for reference.  no big online pictures of the whole thing for some reason  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2742039216_9d6eaa97c2.jpg and 18 years later, Ms. Harry collected her props due:  http://thefindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/XXL-A-Great-Day-In-Hip-Hop.jpg (to the left of the left column of people, in line with the window sills, wearing shades)

that’s from the gatefold.  here’s the cover for reference.  no big online pictures of the whole thing for some reason  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2742039216_9d6eaa97c2.jpg

]]> By: william shannon http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1391788 william shannon Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1391788 RIP FROSTY FREEZE RIP FROSTY FREEZE

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1391790 Nadreck Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1391790 What a great history lesson!  It's like when I learned what the lyrics to  "Yankee Doodle" meant! What a great history lesson!  It’s like when I learned what the lyrics to  ”Yankee Doodle” meant!

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2012/04/10/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-15.html#comment-1391787 benher Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=153806#comment-1391787 Congrats! Can't wait to see the finished product! Congrats! Can’t wait to see the finished product!

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