Blogger Rox Fontaine reports that Roosevelt Island’s Lighthouse Park was the place to be last Friday for a special night of Hip Hop. From Rox Fontaine:
… The music was blasting from the lone PA speaker and everyone was having a great time. Apparently, it was too loud for tiny Roosevelt Island’s Public Safety and they barged in to tell the hosts to turn it down. The squad of about 6 officers hovered around for about 10 minutes and then walked off into the night. Of course, the music made it’s way back up shortly thereafter and Public Safety was back again. This time in two vehicles. They made it clear that if the music didn’t stay off, the party would be shut down.
People huffed and puffed for a short while about the lack of music and then something special happened.
*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap*…NO MUSIC!
It started with two or three people and within seconds it grew to about 30 people. The chant continued and a group gathered. The “cypher” was officially opened and the MCs began to take control of the party. This is Hip-Hop!…
More here.Here’s some old school hip hop from a really good movie – 1984’s Beat Street. Enjoy this scene with:
Grandmaster Melle Mel performing “Beat Street Breakdown”, the first track of the original soundtrack album of the 1984 mainstream Hip-Hop dramatic feature film “Beat Street”
from You Tube.