Music:Music History
Brian breaks down the jaw-dropping story of one determined journalist with his back against the wall and the outlandish piece of advice he took that helped birth an entire genre and industry.
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Songs used in this episode: Perry Como – “There is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas” and Kurtis Blow – “Christmas Rappin'”
https://rockthebells.com/articles/kurtis-blow-talks-christmas-rappin/
https://hiphopevolution.com/articles/hhe-transcripts-kurtis-blow-and-russell-simmons-tell-the-story-behind-christmas-rappin-to-hip-hop-evolution/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/arts/music/robert-ford-jr-dead.html
The original Billboard article considered to be first coverage of hip-hop in the mainstream:
https://books.google.com/books?id=9CQEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=robert%20ford%20b-beats&f=false
The original Billboard article explaining the emergence of rap in NY:
https://books.google.com/books?id=iiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2&dq=Jive+Talking+N.Y.+DJs+Rapping+Away+in+Black+Discos&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpqZfGvOLpAhU0l3IEHcYbAQgQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://hiphophero.com/looking-back-at-the-first-major-label-rap-song-kurtis-blows-christmas-rappin/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-sugarhill-gang-mn0000564631/biography
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/every-year-just-bout-time-kurtis-blow-celebrates-rhyme-180973639/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Robinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper%27s_Delight
Diggin in the Crates with Nile Rodgers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy70I5KbHno
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