As a nation, Jamaica is the most influential music nation outside of the USA

[KENNY DA COOKER]

BATTLING which is the characterstic that gives HIP HOP it's unique competitive character was dervived from DANCEHALL REGGAE...

the whole concept of MURDERING or KILLING your competitor in a battle came DIRECTLY from the dancehall NOT NO GOTTDAMN JAZZ MUSIC....

fukkk wrong wit these revisionist wikepedia geeks....

if you never been to a reggae clash on Flatbush avenue during the 90's or seen a MC battle uptown pon a new York city corner.....

you will never understand the essence from which ALL OF THIS IS DERIVED

 

[Poitier]

Use rappers of Carribean descent from 80s and 90s as "proof" that Jamaicans "created rap" in the 60s and claim interviews from Kool Herc and cited sources are irrelevant

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Use rappers of Carribean descent from 80s and 90s as "proof" that Jamaicans "created rap" in the 60s and claim interviews from Kool Herc and cited sources are irrelevant

I'm pretty sure you don't listen to reggae.

They were probably 30 years ahead of the game in terms of FLOW.

 

[Poitier]

I'm pretty sure you don't listen to reggae.

They were probably 30 years ahead of the game in terms of FLOW.

If you never heard of James Brown

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

If you never heard of James Brown

WTF are you TALKING about?

Goddamn you're just dense.

Listen to reggae from the mid to late 70s and and tell me you didn't hear dudes rapping like that in 1999.

 

[Poitier]

WTF are you TALKING about?

Goddamn you're just dense.

Listen to reggae from the mid to late 70s and and tell me you didn't hear dudes rapping like that in 1999.

Having an influence and claiming to create are two different things.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Having an influence and claiming to create are two different things.

James Brown influenced the production and musical side of rap music, not the MCing.

 

[Poitier]

James Brown influenced the production and musical side of rap music, not the MCing.

 

[King Sun]

James Brown influenced the production and musical side of rap music, not the MCing.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

BATTLING which is the characterstic that gives HIP HOP it's unique competitive character was dervived from DANCEHALL REGGAE...

the whole concept of MURDERING or KILLING your competitor in a battle came DIRECTLY from the dancehall NOT NO GOTTDAMN JAZZ MUSIC....

fukkk wrong wit these revisionist wikepedia geeks....

if you never been to a reggae clash on Flatbush avenue during the 90's or seen a MC battle uptown pon a new York city corner.....

you will never understand the essence from which ALL OF THIS IS DERIVED

C'mon man,you don't see how flawed your argument is by using 90's examples? I posted examples from pre-HipHop and the American ones are closer to the essence of HipHop than the Jamaican ones. I already brought up the point about how you can trace a straight line from the verbal sparring game, the Dozens



to battling on the Mic

 

[IllmaticDelta]

James Brown influenced the production and musical side of rap music, not the MCing.

Listen to KRS on the Jazz and James Brown connection to rap/Mcing/bboying

 

[sledt]

Haven't read all this thread, but the Beatles, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Eric Clapton and David Bowie kinda makes this thread ridiculous.
UK had the 1960's - 70's on lock

 

[Roovers410]

the u.k is the most influental region ever...

Madness
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Sting
The Kinks
Oasis
etc etc etc

 

[IllmaticDelta]

double post

 

[IllmaticDelta]

the u.k is the most influental region ever...

Madness
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Sting
The Kinks
Oasis
etc etc etc

The UK Rock scene never exists without the appropriation of American music