The famous Google Doodle 44th Anniversary DJ Turntables - the infamous wheels of steel - I absolutely LOVED that GOOGLE did this!!! It's one of the BEST TRIBUTES EVER to the LEGACY of HIP HOP for the entire world to see and remember with great Pioneers like DJ KOOL HERC from the SOUTH BRONX! This was the Old School Early Days of the Hip Hop scene with the DJ' Scratchin on the WHEELZ of STEEL at the forefront with breakers, rappers, poppers, up-rockers and the graffiti - Bboys and Bgirls -- WORD UP!!!
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW AND THEN ON THE PAGE THE LINK TAKES YOU, CLICK ON THE DJ TURNTABLES AND GO TO TOWN!!!
Graphics Courtesy: https://www.google.com/doodles/44th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-hip-hop
First Generation Rappers - Whose Who?
The First Wave of Hip Hoppers from the late 70's to approximately 1984 or maybe 1985. (I de-mark it approximately from the movies Krush Groove or Rappin, and anyone after who came on the scene after that movie is second generation hip hop - with some exceptions of course you can probably call Eric B and Rakim, BDP and the crew KRS1 mentions in his rap "Number One" and the crew Kool Moe Dee mentions in the rap song The Wild Wild West as 1st gen, Stetsasonic and Mc Lyte as well.)
So I would say maybe the second wave started with the likes of: Public Enemy, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Easy E and NWA, Tupac, Hammer, 3rs Bass, Salt N Pepa, Too Short, Kane, D Nice, Jungle Brothers, JJ Fad, Cookie Crew, EMPD, Mix-a-Lot and others were second generation. This is as I see it (and again forgive me if I left anyone out!)
The first generation included the likes of: The Sugar Gill Gang, Spoonie G, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, Grandmaster Melle Mel, the Treacherous Three with Kool Moe Dee, LA Sunshine and Special K, Funky 4+1, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, Scorpio, DJ Hollywood, DJ Disco Wiz, Busy Bee, Grandmixer DST, Supreme Team, Trouble Funk, Rammellzee, KRob, Grand Wizzard Theodore, The Fearless Four, Kool DJ Red Alert, Tla Rock, Captain Rock, Bambaata, Soul Sonic Force and the Zulu Nation, Whiz Kid, Spyder D, Sparky D, DJ Easy Lee, DJ Dano B, DJ Reggie Reg and DJ Crazy Eddie, Philly Phil, Man Parrish, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde, Sha Rock, Newcleus aka The Jam On Crew, Twilight 22, Cybotron, Dynamic Three, Royalcash, Mantrronix, Schooly D, Kraftwerk, Ice-T, Force MDs, Midnight Star, World Class Wreckin Crew, Unknown DJ, Afrika Islam, UTFO, All the Roxannes, Hashim, Marley Marl, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Jazzy Jay, Kurtis Blow, Whodini, Run DMC, Davy D, Debbie D, The Disco Three (Aka Fat Boys), Cold Crush Brothers, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick, Just Ice, Prince Paul, Fab 5 Freddy and even Herbie Hancock!
KEEP IT FRESH HIP HOPPERS!
