Comments on: Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, The Cold Crush Brothers http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1496024 Maggie Koerth-Baker Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1496024 That is super cool. I'd really been curious about your process on this. This is going to be some seriously interesting journalism when it's done.  That is super cool. I’d really been curious about your process on this. This is going to be some seriously interesting journalism when it’s done. 

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1495963 Ed Piskor Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1495963  Had the opportunity to do some interviews, and more to come, but, mostly gleaning info from every documentary, book, and published interview I can get my hands on.  Had the opportunity to do some interviews, and more to come, but, mostly gleaning info from every documentary, book, and published interview I can get my hands on.

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1495677 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1495677 Out of curiosity, where are you getting all this information from? Bootlegs and previously published history/interviews? Or have you been interviewing some of these people directly, too?  Out of curiosity, where are you getting all this information from? Bootlegs and previously published history/interviews? Or have you been interviewing some of these people directly, too? 

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1495611 MrJM Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1495611 Daaaaaaaaaamn. Daaaaaaaaaamn.

]]> By: Tim Maughan http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1495020 Tim Maughan Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1495020 I'm fairly confident this is the best thing ever.  I’m fairly confident this is the best thing ever. 

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494560 Ed Piskor Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494560 By the way, the Cold Crush Brothers are still doing their thing, with great style. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDIt0dH2mc By the way, the Cold Crush Brothers are still doing their thing, with great style. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDIt0dH2mc

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494519 Ed Piskor Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494519  This means a ton coming from you, Maggie. Thanks!  This means a ton coming from you, Maggie. Thanks!

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494518 Ed Piskor Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494518  Not sure. I'd love to know, though.  Not sure. I’d love to know, though.

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494516 Ed Piskor Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494516  You might be right, Cubby. I like your version better, anyhow. I'll probably amend this for the book  You might be right, Cubby. I like your version better, anyhow. I’ll probably amend this for the book

]]> By: DJBudSonic http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494487 DJBudSonic Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494487 "So you wanna play the Dozens...?"  Love it -once again you made my day with your hip-hop time machine “So you wanna play the Dozens…?”  Love it -once again you made my day with your hip-hop time machine

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494428 penguinchris Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494428 I'm not a huge hip hop fan but I love stuff like this, the light-hearted wordplay (despite the relative nastiness of the insults, it's done in the spirit of fun). I’m not a huge hip hop fan but I love stuff like this, the light-hearted wordplay (despite the relative nastiness of the insults, it’s done in the spirit of fun).

]]> By: cubby96 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494242 cubby96 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494242 Really great.  Can't wait for a chance to buy the eventual book. A minor nit - in the recording you linked, I think they rhymed damp with stamp, not chance.  I think the line is "when it comes to cash, you ain't got a stamp" as in not even a food stamp.  Doesn't really detract from the piece, and I really respect your sharing the source.  I'm jealous that I didn't get to witness this part of hip hop history, and appreciate the lesson.  All those Beastie Boys lyrics that reference this stuff make so much more sense now.  Thanks for the context. Really great.  Can’t wait for a chance to buy the eventual book.

A minor nit – in the recording you linked, I think they rhymed damp with stamp, not chance.  I think the line is “when it comes to cash, you ain’t got a stamp” as in not even a food stamp.  Doesn’t really detract from the piece, and I really respect your sharing the source. 

I’m jealous that I didn’t get to witness this part of hip hop history, and appreciate the lesson.  All those Beastie Boys lyrics that reference this stuff make so much more sense now.  Thanks for the context.

]]> By: chris jimson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494205 chris jimson Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494205 Isn't this from one of those "Live Convention bee-bop's" LPs? Isn’t this from one of those “Live Convention bee-bop’s” LPs?

]]> By: Slowermo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494074 Slowermo Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494074 I just started buying shoes where I can't feel every rock. That one would have hit home. I just started buying shoes where I can’t feel every rock. That one would have hit home.

]]> By: Chang Terhune http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1494053 Chang Terhune Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1494053 These comics are the high point of my day, any day, but especially Tuesday!  Keep 'em coming, man!!! These comics are the high point of my day, any day, but especially Tuesday!  Keep ‘em coming, man!!!

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1493953 Maggie Koerth-Baker Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1493953 Ed, this whole series is flipping amazing. Great work!  Ed, this whole series is flipping amazing. Great work! 

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/07/31/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tre-2.html#comment-1493937 Ed Piskor Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173839#comment-1493937 About 4:25 in (pay no attention to the date of the vid, this scene from the comic takes place in 1980): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNQSS8w5ZP8 About 4:25 in (pay no attention to the date of the vid, this scene from the comic takes place in 1980):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNQSS8w5ZP8

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