Comments on: Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, Grandmaster Flash's First Record http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 01:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1430431 Ed Piskor Tue, 22 May 2012 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1430431  It seems ATV/off road vehicles, in general, have always been a trope of Hip Hop. I need to figure out a way to get DJ Breakout's awesomely designed Dune Buggy into the comic. In the 80's Jeeps were in. And then there was this vehicle called a Hummer.  It seems ATV/off road vehicles, in general, have always been a trope of Hip Hop. I need to figure out a way to get DJ Breakout’s awesomely designed Dune Buggy into the comic. In the 80′s Jeeps were in. And then there was this vehicle called a Hummer.

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1430423 Ed Piskor Tue, 22 May 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1430423  Oh, cool! If you update this every month or so, you'll be my hero!  Oh, cool! If you update this every month or so, you’ll be my hero!

]]> By: chris jimson http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1430371 chris jimson Tue, 22 May 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1430371 What is it with dirt bikes?  Crash Crew posed on the cover of their album on dirt bikes too. Flash does appear on one record back then-- he manually plays a Vox drum machine on that Bozo Meko record (which was basically a bootleg of them doing their live routines.) What is it with dirt bikes?  Crash Crew posed on the cover of their album on dirt bikes too.

Flash does appear on one record back then– he manually plays a Vox drum machine on that Bozo Meko record (which was basically a bootleg of them doing their live routines.)

]]> By: 666beast1 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1430348 666beast1 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1430348 Fantastic.  I want an advance I can blow recklessly. Dirt bikes, drugs, original comic book art, they're all good. Fantastic.  I want an advance I can blow recklessly. Dirt bikes, drugs, original comic book art, they’re all good.

]]> By: n http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1430242 n Tue, 22 May 2012 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1430242 I compiled a youtube playlist of all the recordings mentioned, though I'm sure I missed a few: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA8139D645CE93D99 Thanks for the much-needed hip-hop education, Ed Piskor. I'm loving every strip. I compiled a youtube playlist of all the recordings mentioned, though I’m sure I missed a few: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA8139D645CE93D99

Thanks for the much-needed hip-hop education, Ed Piskor. I’m loving every strip.

]]> By: fredh http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1430022 fredh Tue, 22 May 2012 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1430022 Although the band denies it, supposedly Sleep spent their advance entirely on marijuana, which helped birth the 52-minute, one song, doom metal classic known as "Jerusalem."   Although the band denies it, supposedly Sleep spent their advance entirely on marijuana, which helped birth the 52-minute, one song, doom metal classic known as “Jerusalem.”  

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1429971 Ed Piskor Tue, 22 May 2012 15:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1429971 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRj2yYRtWxs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRj2yYRtWxs

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1429972 Ed Piskor Tue, 22 May 2012 15:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1429972  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfTmD-htoI  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfTmD-htoI

]]> By: lysdexia http://boingboing.net/2012/05/22/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-20.html#comment-1429950 lysdexia Tue, 22 May 2012 15:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=161946#comment-1429950 Probably the best use of an advance I've ever seen. Probably the best use of an advance I’ve ever seen.

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