Hvem var djs der pionerer rapmusik i 1970'erne?
Grand Wizzard Theodore
Hip hop music
DJ's som Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash og Jazzy Jay forfinede og udviklede brugen af breakbeats, herunder cutting og scratching. Den metode, som Herc anvendte, blev hurtigt kopieret i stor stil, og i slutningen af 1970'erne udgav DJ'er 12-tommer plader, hvor de rappede til beatet. Blandt de populære numre var Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" og The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". Herc og andre DJ's tilsluttede deres udstyr til strømledninger og optrådte på steder som offentlige basketballbaner og på 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, New York, som nu officielt er en historisk bygning. Udstyret bestod af mange højttalere, pladespillere og en eller flere mikrofoner. Ved at bruge denne teknik kunne DJ's skabe en bred vifte af musik, men ifølge Rap Attack af David Toop "At its worst the technique could turn the night into one endless and inevitably boring song". KC The Prince of Soul, en rapper-lyriker med Pete DJ Jones, bliver ofte krediteret for at være den første rap-lyriker, der kaldte sig selv en "MC".
Jazzy Jay
Hip hop music
DJs such as Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash, and Jazzy Jay refined and developed the use of breakbeats, including cutting and scratching. The approach used by Herc was soon widely copied, and by the late 1970s, DJs were releasing 12-inch records where they would rap to the beat. Popular tunes included Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" and The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". Herc and other DJs would connect their equipment to power lines and perform at venues such as public basketball courts and at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, New York, now officially a historic building. The equipment consisted of numerous speakers, turntables, and one or more microphones. By using this technique, DJs could create a variety of music, but according to Rap Attack by David Toop "At its worst the technique could turn the night into one endless and inevitably boring song". KC The Prince of Soul, a rapper-lyricist with Pete DJ Jones, is often credited with being the first rap lyricist to call himself an "MC".
Hip hop music