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Musical February : Day 2
I’m a big music fan so thought it might be nice to take part in Bee’s ” Love is in Da Blog” Challenge for the month of February.
Today’s prompt is a Hip-hop or Rap Love Song from your teenage years. Rap as a genre began at block parties in New York City in the early 1970s, when I was still a teenager. DJs began isolating the percussion breaks of funk, soul, and disco songs and extending them. MCs tasked with introducing the DJs and keeping the crowd energizsd would talk between songs, joking and generally interacting with the audience. Over time, it became common for the MCs (or rappers, as they soon became known) to talk and rhyme over and in sync with the music. Initially dismissed as a fad, rap music subsequently proved its commercial viability. Here’s The Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight.
To celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, Fotografiska in New York is displaying over 200 photos spanning the culture’s five decades, curated by Jenkins and Sally Berman, former director of photography for Mass Appeal. In addition to the exhibition itself, running through 21 May, Fotografiska is also offering event programming, including a curators’ talk, panel discussions, film screenings and even a dance workshop.
“Love Is In Da Blog” Rules/suggestions
- Join in! No matter where, when and with what. You missed the first day or week? Don’t worry. Just jump in when it suits you.
- Send us the link! My blog is public again, so ping-backs work. A ping-back is a link from one WP blog to another. If you blog on another platform, please leave your link in the comments.
- Tag your post either with “Love Is In Da Blog” or “LoIsInDaBl” or “Love Is In Da Blog 23” or #LoIsInDaBl23. You can also use these as hashtags for Twitter and other Social Networks to give your post more exposure.
- No matter which music the prompt favours, you create with it whatever you please and whatever length you please (no pun intended 😉 ) as long as it is about “LOVE.”
- I post the prompt post the day before, so you have some time to make up your mind and create your post. There won’t be two different posts, and I hope it’s not too confusing.
- If you like, use this picture for your readers to find the posts.
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awe a great track Sharri! xo
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Looks like I am as old as Hip Hop 😂. I thought I don’t know many rep or Hip Hop songs but it turns out I heard a lot. This one is the second today I recognise 🥰
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That’s good to hear
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🤣 not sure about that 💕
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I still love this classic by the C + C Music Factory: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTGrV58wec
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That’s a good one
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