Born in the Bronx : a visual record of the early days of hip hop / edited by Johan Kugelberg ; photographs by Joe Conzo ; LL COOL J to kick it off ; foreword by Afrika Bambaataa ; original flyer art by Buddy Esquire ; featuring a timeline by Jeff Chang.
Edition:
Expanded edition.
Publisher:
1xRUN,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
240 pages : photographs, illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Hip hop map of the Bronx on inside of dust jacket.
Contents:
LL COOL J to kick it off -- Foreword / Afrika Bambaataa -- Introduction -- The Bronx -- Timeline / Jeff Chang -- The ephemeral beauty of hip hop flyers -- Playlists and rhymes -- The humble beginnings of hip hop on wax -- A lost time / Joe Conzo -- Born in the Bronx / JDL -- Casanova Fly : an interview with Grandmaster Caz -- We destroyed that place : LA Sunshine -- Scratch creator : Grandwizzard Theodore -- An interview with Buddy Esquire -- A picture is worth a thousand moves : Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon -- What you write? / Carlos MARE139 Rodriguez -- The land before the rhyme : DJ Disco Wiz.
Summary:
Hip hop first became a part of the mainstream music industry in the early 1980s, but the true origins of one of the most powerful pop-cultural influences of the twentieth century are in the spontaneous and progressive musical culture that grew out of tough Bronx neighborhoods of the 1970s. Writer and curator Johan Kugelberg has pulled together the scattered remains of a movement that never had its eye on posterity. The book includes a foreword by legendary DJ and Bronx activist Afrika Bambaataa, a hip hop timeline by best-selling author Jeff Chang, the improvisational flyer artwork of Buddy Esquire, Polaroid photographs buried for decades in basements across the Bronx, and personal contributions from influential figures such as Grandmaster Cas, LA Sunshine, JDL, Mare 139, and Grandwizzard Theodore. Above all, through the work of pioneering photographer Joe Conzo - the man the New York Times calls "the chronicler who took hip hop's baby pictures" - Born in the Bronx presents a truly unique introduction to an explosive and experimental period in music history.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.