I've never seen a drunk history with two dudes who can handle their liquor as well as Questlove and Colton. They didn't even spill their drinks. Kudos to you my friends.
@@Threaopolieze well it does seem sometimes that the narrated part is a lot more lucid than the cutaways to the couch part. As of they went back and redid the voice over later to make it more clear. But sometimes those folks seem pretty legit drunk off their asses. Especially in earlier episodes.
@@christopherayettey4390 my guess is that they film it twice: once while they are sober (or at least relatively sober), and then again when they're trashed, and then cut them together. Often you'll see the narrator slurring their words, slinging their drinks, or even falling on the floor... and then they cut back to the actual story and suddenly they're lucid again.
@@yameenallworld8692 I don’t know about that. I know they used to get Florida radio stations which is why they started toasting, they were emulating American radio personalities I also know they loved watching westerns which is why they would call their gangs “posses”. I would bet that is where the love of county music came from as well
As a true lover of Hip Hop, this hit me hard on some emotional level. This has to become a little series just about Hip Hop. The story telling is great, we just need to touch upon the rest of the pillars of this great art. This history needs to be preserved for future generations. And I do ask for any other lovers of Hip Hop, take a trip to New York after some research, and really take in where this music originated from. The melting pot of what this art is with the combination of other genres is what made Hip Hop. I’ll never take for granted how all this makes me feel. Much love🙏
I didn’t hear anything about him majoring in school for it but Flash said himself that he was always taking apart electronics he had around the house and bringing in abandoned car radios and stuff to take them apart and learn how they work.
@@larsspargur97 I grew up with Joe, that's why I knew he went to Gompers along with my brother and that's a vocational school for electronics, or working in the electrical field He used to live in Throgg's Neck before moving to the South Bronx
@edub9930 Of course I didn't know at the time it was the beginning of all this, but there was so much going on. Music, dance, clothes. The culture was crazy. Wish I could go back in time with a GoPro.
I LOVE THIS! Born and raised in The Bronx, it's so weird how you are literally part of the the invisible cast in all this unfolding history but not even know the specific details because it was just 'life'-- going to jams and partying with people who were at the time our performing peers, but now are true and legitimate icons. AMAZING!
Sylvia was the first nasty girl of her time. Her record was called pillow talk. That's why the big rappers wouldn't hook up with her. They weren't into a women exploitation back then. She ripped those boys off, it was ugly. Her son Joey got a brand new Cadillac. I was in his driveway a week after he got it. My guitarist "Tate" took me to the house. Hank was still working at McDonald's on main drag in Englewood,NJ. Palisades Avenue. The studio was blocks away. My band had recorded in that studio and thanks to "Sir Roland Hanna", famus jazz pianist we were able to get on Master back. Great to be alive back then new music new electronic devices coming. Good Sh*t , Blood Sweat n Tears.
@@michaelphillips2526No, not at this studio. Small tyme. Rapper's Delight done on 8-track reel-to-reel . They just moved up to new 16-track when I got there. Mix of Ampeg and MCI Equip. Bad carma, corruption. When the s*** hit the fan the studio collapsed. Then a developer bought six square blocks and bulldozed everything.
I knew Dizzy Gillespie and his Protege Jon Faddis , I'm pretty sure Dizzy workd with Van gelder. I always wanted to meet Phil Spector before he nutted up. Never met Clive Davis so I don't know what happened between him and Whitney.
is really interesting how both hip-hop and house music both have very similar beginnings. both started with soul/disco breakdowns, and they both started in the hoods of america, just in diffrent cities
My mom bought that album around the same time we are going to The Rocky Horror Picture Show up and quite a diverse family. Everything everyday all the time awesome awesome job thank you Drunk History you're awesome
Was not the first recorded Rap song, maybe the first to go international but not the first on wax. Don't take too much stock in the media's version of History cuz it's just that His Story!!!
@@kevthepoet naw I don't approve of ghost writing or biting, just never dive into hip hop history all like that, first time hearing one of sugarhill gang was spitting out of someone else notebook.
DJ Kool Herc’s father owned a great sound system in Jamaica. Dub from Jamaica and the great sound engineers don’t get enough credit in how much they influenced hip hop
@RealTalk his name was Keith Campbell. I didn’t say he did per se, I’m saying reggae dub and the sound engineers influenced hip-hop more than what’s given credit for usually. The sampling, bass lines, and MC’ing in particular.
I remember being at Atlanta Nights and just watching Frank Ski scratch, it was such artistry and amazing. Watching the transitions he performed with flawless ease was amazing.
conway walcolm I’ll leave the “Hip Hop origins” debate alone bcus anyone who knows what they’re talking about knows Jamaica has nothing to do with the roots.... But are you seriously trying to say sound system equipment comes from Jamaica? Lol. Even though Jamaican DeeJays used to come to the states for equipment? You do know there was a Juke Joint/“sound system” culture in the south right? And if caribbeans are the reason they existed in NYC Dj culture, whats the reason for it existing in the midwest with no caribbeans around?
@@jerseydevils9686 This statement doesn't sound right to me it's as if your saying I couldn't invent something because I didn't make the equipment. As if your saying I couldn't invent a new supercomputer because circuit boards weren't made in Spain. 😑 Plus these sound systems were hand made by carpenters and sound engineers and put in the streets to play music. Obviously Kool Herc soaked this up and then added his own spin to it. Do you think he would've brought this to NY if he hadn't witnessed it in JA first?
conway walcolm My point is that the equipment/concept wasnt invented in Jamaica so idk how you think a culture of big speakers/amps blasting music was at any point exclusive to Jamaica. And im telling you it was being done in parts of the states where there were no caribbeans or knowledge of JA sound systems Yes many built them from scratch and many bought ready made equipment. Youre stating Herc “soaked it up” with certainty when its just conjecture. You dont know that. He was a kid when he left JA and has said so himself his set was based more on Disco Dj sets...Djs before him who werent Jamaican and played the same genres he did.
Love this story and I love that Doug Wimbish, bass player for "Living Colour" dropped the bass lines for the original Sugar Hill Gang. One of the world's best bass players! He turned down The Rolling Stones to play what he wanted to play as an artist. Stories from this crew span out like spider web tentacles of talent
My mind is literally blown and the idea of someone taking a sound and turning it into a different wave and sound. Is like math works but learning your own style hits me
Definitely got misty eyed during the quest love segment. Hip hops origins are so monumental. I remember making it a point to memorize Rapper's Delight when I was like 6 bc my uncle was stuck back in time lol
This was cool, but they gotta talk about bboying/breakdancing and tagging/graffiti cause they only covered 2 out of the 4 pillars of hip-hop. We gotta hear Questlove talk about the story of Afrika Bambaataa and how hip-hop was meant to uplift the youth and gradually get em outta gang culture. Even up here in Minnesota in the early 2000s we had a lot of Asian gangbangers (mostly Hmong kids of refugees from the Vietnam war who were stuck in the ghetto) but bboying got a lot of them away from that lifestyle. Same happened with the Asians in California. That's why Asians dominated that show America's Best Dance Crew. Filipinos in Cali had crazy gangs like Sathanas in the 90s, but then we got The Jabbawockeez.
Both educational, and entertaining story-telling. Love the "Batman" (1988) 'Wait'll they getta load of Me' (uttered by The Joker of course) reference. Bam!
True. When I saw that guy for the first time I had to google him to make sure he was uncle Phill's son but sadly he wasn't bit that guy could lie to anyone he is uncle Phill's son and people could accept it without questioning. haha
Thus a new word was born to describe whack MCs who steal another artist style and lyrics "Bittin". Much respect for the accuracy of this video "WORD" ✊🏿
7:07 Bonding with Derek and Questlove over memories of _ta ta ti ti ta, ti ti ta ti ti ta, rest._ Pretty sure I thought that was something that my elementary music teacher made up herself. 😅❤😂
0:24-2:01 Clive Campbell/'Kool Herc' immigrated from Kingston, Jamaica in 1965 to Sedgwick Houses, Morris Heights (New York, NY) with his whole family not on his own. One of the earlier pioneers of rapping, with many claim, was Jacko Robinson (8/3/1918-15/7/2000) and the gospel singers, popularity from the 1940s-1950s, The Jubalaires.
Exactly , Me too. Now it's time to bring all components together at one time. 12 piece band with a horn section, lead singer with background vocals, DJ mixing and scratching, the rapper interjecting his knowledge. The music must evolve.