Sunday, October 30, 2011

A Look At The History of Hip Hop

Mixtapes are compilations of songs and in the hip-hop world, and they developed from a technique to enjoy club music to an advertising tool. At first, DJs made money by recording their gigs, which served as a predecessor to rap albums. Had these been catalogued as rap records, artists like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five would have gone platinum. Today, hip-hop artists use these cd's to generate hype for their music. Let's look back to find out how the genre reached this point.

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Dorothy Beckmann
Michael Heizer
Woodrow Wilson
Gustav Klimt

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