Did Grandmaster Flash Really Invent Modern Hip-Hop?

What if one of the biggest musical revolutions in history started because a DJ was pissed off that the best part of a record was always over too damn fast?

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That’s where this conversation gets really interesting.

Grandmaster Flash goes deep into the experimentation, science and sheer ingenuity behind the techniques that helped build hip-hop—from extending drum breaks and creating a musical bed for MCs to throwing park parties with makeshift sound systems long before the record industry understood what was happening.

He also explains how hip-hop escaped New York, why it took so long for the mainstream to recognize what had been created, and why so many of the people who helped build the culture still aren’t remembered the way they should be.

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And then there’s the really crazy part: techniques invented in the 1970s are now embedded in rock, metal, pop and electronic music all over the planet.

It’s a hell of a story—and Birth of a Culture finally puts much of it on paper.

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