The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats
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The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats
Book Details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Actors & Entertainers
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780767924757
- ISBN-10
- 0767924754
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ISBN: 0767924754
Author: Flash, Grandmaster
Condition: Used
A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip hop and one of the culture's most revered music iconsboth the tale of his life and legacy and a testament to dogged determination.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 DJingthe process of remixing and thereby creating a new piece of music by playing vinyl records and turntables as musical instruments. Disco-era DJs spun records so that people could dance. The original turntablist, Flash took it a step further by cutting, rubbing, backspinning, and mixing records, focusing on breakswhat Flash described as the short, clim
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