hiphoplifeandtimes

38 Years ago a bunch of creative, like minded, artistic street kids decided to get together and basically create one of the major foundations of hip-hop today. But you already knew that right? Without the likes of Afrika Bambaataa there wouldn’t be this beautiful culture we now dance around in on a daily basis. Tupac would’ve stayed in Balitmore Arts School or joined the New Afrikan Black Panthers, Ice-T would be going into gangsta retirement, Emimen would still be stacking shelves and Wocka Flocka Flame…Well he’d probably still be making pop record so no change there. To celebrate this occasion we’ll be posting some classics from the back catalogs of the great masters all week. This first one will the track that changed it all, “Planet Rock”.

This is the best documentary on hip-hop I’ve ever come across. It’s got some rad footage and the interviews with Ice-T make for some cinematic gold.  It’s in three parts and it’s hard to get hold of but there are some torrents of it floating about, but here it is all loaded up on Youtube in high quality by some nice person.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3