1982 - bought Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five WHEELS OF STEEL and THE MESSAGE
1983 - bought Malcolm Mclarens BUFFALO GALS
1983 - discovered Electro..Afrika Bambaata,Cybotron,Hashim,Newcleus etc learned to breakdance,took up graffitti and saw Granmaster Melle Mel n the furious 5 live..
http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/
1984 - The year Breakdancing became a phenomenon....was part of it
Manchester was ROCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1985 - RUN DMC obsessed,watched the movie WILDSTYLE so much i f***ed up the VHS copy
1986 - Beasties,Run Dmc,LLCool J,Eric B N Rakim and PUBLIC ENEMY all visited my city and was there at every (YO BUM RUSH)show
1987 - THE GOLDEN AGE - was buying so much Vinyl i never had time to listen to em all..the year i discovered KRS 1 and DJ Scott La Rock,JUST ICE,MANTRONNNNNNNNNNNIX,Stesasonic,EPMD,Kool MOE DEE,Shante,Marley Marl,Steady B,a tribe called quest,JVC FORCE..i could go on forever
1988 - STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but then i started to lose interest which finally died around the time of the G FUNK era.....since then i have observed Hip Hop from afar and due to my purchases of music mags,friends and "the overkill"(T.M) ive always known whats happening in the Hip Hop world.
I usually hear 1 track i like a year..last year it was Bustah Ryhmes -TOUCH IT(stripped down and no frills...like the good ole days)...maybe its the DAFT PUNK sample
and this year it was the instrumental version of BRAND NEW by Ryhmefest...note the words instrumental...mebbe these are on the commercial side but i AM familiar with a host of underground acts but i dont get nothing from them either.
and Lupe Fiascos last 2 singles......id say ive heard them a good few times....Daydream maybe a few too many.
So yes you could say i know a little thing or two about Hip Hop
I have had a PM from a member of this board and its made me think,take a step back so as of now im knocking this on the head.