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- Hardcover: 272
pages
- Publisher:
Broadway (June 10, 2008)
- Language:
English
- ISBN-10:
0767924754
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A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip
hop and one of the culture's most revered music icons—both the tale of
his life and legacy and a testament to dogged determination.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution
known as hip hop. Theirs was a groundbreaking union between one DJ and
five rapping MCs. One of the first hip hop posses, they were responsible
for such masterpieces as “The Message” and “Adventures of Grandmaster
Flash on the Wheels of Steel.”
In the 1970s Grandmaster Flash pioneered the art of break-beat DJing—the
process of remixing and thereby creating a new piece of music by playing
vinyl records and turntables as musical instruments. Disco-era DJs spun
records so that people could dance. The original turntablist, Flash took
it a step further by cutting, rubbing, backspinning, and mixing records,
focusing on “breaks”—what Flash described as “the short, climactic parts
of the records that really grabbed me”—as a way of heightening musical
excitement and creating something new.
Now the man who paved the way for such artists as Jay-Z, Sean “P. Diddy”
Combs, and 50 Cent tells all—from his early days on the mean streets of
the South Bronx, to the heights of hip hop stardom, losing millions at
the hands of his record label, his downward spiral into cocaine
addiction, and his ultimate redemption with the help and love of his
family and friends. In this powerful memoir, Flash recounts how music
from the streets, much like rock ’n’ roll a generation before, became
the sound of an era and swept a nation with its funk, flavor, and beat. |
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