About this deck
August 11, 1973. Cindy Campbell throws a back-to-school party in the rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the Bronx. Her brother Clive — DJ Kool Herc — runs two turntables side by side, finds the percussion break in James Brown's Give It Up or Turnit a Loose , and switches between two copies to extend it. The "merry-go-round" technique. The break loop. Hip-hop's clock starts here. Key sections include: HIP · HOP; 1520 SEDGWICK AVE.; OLD SCHOOL · 1979–84; GOLDEN AGE · 1986–94; STRAIGHT OUTTA; THE SOUTH RISES; GLOBAL HIP-HOP; FOUR ELEMENTS; MCs · A.SHORT.LIST; 15 RECORDS.
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