Adventures of Grandmaster Flash My Life, My Beats

Name: Adventures of Grandmaster Flash My Life, My Beats
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ISBN: 9780767924757

ISBN-10: 0767924754

ISBN-13: 9780767924757

Edition: 2008

Authors: Grandmaster Flash, David Ritz

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip hop. Theirs was a groundbreaking union between one DJ and five rapping MCs. One of the first hip hop posses, they were responsible for such masterpieces as “The Message” and “Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel.” In the 1970s Grandmaster Flash pioneered the art of break-beat deejaying—the process of remixing and thereby creating a new piece of music by playing vinyl records and turntables as if they were musical instruments. Disco-era DJs spun records so that people could dance. Turntablists like Flash took it a step further by cutting, rubbing, backspinning, and mixing records, focusing…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication date: 6/10/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English