In this era, even you do not understand hip hop is, but for sure you will listen to hip hop music everywhere or even hip hop dancing. No doubt, in hip hop history, the most fundamental part is started with music. As we listen to hip hop song now, most of the time we can listen that some music will have Dj scratching and doing some juggling. But before this, who bring out this music style.
Back into old days of of hip hop, born one man called DJ KOOL HERC. He is organizing some party and bringing his own records to hype up the party. When everybody know the party is throw by Kool Herc, for sure there is crowd in the dance floor. he is playing funk soul music that everyone ignore that time. When he is playing some music, he found out that the dance floor hype up when it is in the some part of instrument break. Then from this observation, Kool Herc find out an idea that become hip hop music fundamental. One night he is trying the new technique which is MERRY GO ROUND. Merry Go Round technique is bringing same beat and keep it repeat instead of playing whole record. When he try this technique everyone accepted it and bring the party to next level. Then this technique of music become a music genre call breakbeat, and it is blueprint of this hip hop music. Then this genre become famous in the bboy history and also other song that apply breakbeat.
This video explain more how Kool Herc come out with merry go round.
one of the interview with DJ Kool Herc. He is telling his own story back in the old days
At this interview, he is telling everyone that time there is no headphone for Dj to listen to next track, so he is very focusing and need to know where is the right beat place and no one can disturb him when he is spinning. He also mentioning again why the Merry Go Round idea came out and he also mention he is having two copies of same records so that he can spin the particular beat that time. And that time he also based on what his audience like to listen, from that he improve his skill in spinning and make some beat went famous and viral on radio.
So, without him our hip hop godfather DJ KOOL HERC, we will not have this hip hop culture worldwide.
If you want to watch movie related to Dj Kool Herc, you can watch **VINYL.
One of the scene from Vinyl movie
Next, came out another DJ Godfather is our respectable GRANDMASTER FLASH. Back in his era, by applying fundamental from DJ Kool Herc, he is invented more skills in DJ scene that make every DJ in the world uses his skills to spin music.
In a documentary called HIP HOP EVOLUTION by Netflix, he is saying that mostly what he invented by him is using all around the world by Dj but no one give him credit.
This is the interview that telling what Dj skills that he invented
The Innovation that he bring to DJ line is very huge. How to say? Every technique that you see in the world right now, everything started with his invention. He started his experiment from observing the legend Kool Herc, Pete Jones and Grandmasters Flowers.
There are three fundamental that bring out by Grandmaster Flash
- Backspin technique (or, quick-mix theory)
- Punch phrasing (or, clock theory)
- Scratching(First invented by Grand Wizzard Theodore, but Grandmaster makes it perfect)
Here is the tutorial back in the old days how he doing his skills
Back in 2009, Grandmaster Flash bring back the nostalgic moment by spinning without any tools, just simply black records. As you can see the raw equipment, turntable, mixer and black records, can also make the best spin and can hit the beat well. Damn!! He really killed it..
without computer, Grandmster flash showing you all his invented skills
If you do not like reading and wish to know more about Grandmaster Flash, you can watch an original movie by Nextflix called THE GET DOWN. In here you can see how he bring the DJ scene to another level.
Get down the movie, all about Grandmaster Flash is inside. Lets watch the trailer
Hope my sharing can give you more idea about how Dj scene came out and how this scene can bring Hip Hop history to another level.