The Official DJ Kool Herc Appreciation Thread

[Irish Snyper]

Praise The Man That Birthed The Art Form We All Love!

Some Helpful Sites On DJ Kool Herc (http://www.zulunation.com/images/kooldjherc_1.jpg):

Wikipedia.org - DJ Kool Herc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool_Herc)

ZuluNation.com - The Father Of Hip Hop (http://www.zulunation.com/hip_hop_history_2.htm)

DaveyD.com - DJ Kool Herc's Definition Of Hip Hop? (http://www.daveyd.com/koolherc.html)

DaveyD.com - 1989 Interview With DJ Kool Herc (http://www.daveyd.com/interviewkoolherc89.html)

[Irish-dipstick]

cool herc is da bomb the true godfather of original hip-hop the dopest dj still lol :thumbsup:

cool herc enter tharoom rest of yall djs sit,
fat ass can't fit he step to the deck i spit this ill sh!t.

[Irish Snyper]

cool herc is da bomb the true godfather of original hip-hop the dopest dj still lol :thumbsup:

Thanks For Your Thoughts But Enough Of The Rhymes In Every Thread!

[req-society]

Kool Herc and Coke La Rock should be shouted out in songs forever like Pac and Biggie are

[Irish Snyper]

Kool Herc and Coke La Rock should be shouted out in songs forever like Pac and Biggie are

:yes:

[Smooth Denali]

its funny how there is only to 4 posts of respect in here
but everyone will R.I.P. some dead rapper no one heard of from the south


anyway big up to Kool Herc he will be missed

[DJKATA]

anyway big up to Kool Herc he will be missed

You make it sound like Herc is dead?

Anyways ive met him a couple of times, down to earth humble dude

[Koolest]

What's f*cked up is hearing stories that Herc is broke, is or was working for Fed-ex To me he made this he should be living lovely somehow.....maybe from a movie deal or residuals from every hiphop artist..... 2 cents per artist.

[beat tape king]

Kool Herc and Coke La Rock should be shouted out in songs forever like Pac and Biggie are


That's the truth: Kool Herc INVENTED hip hop...Coke La Rock INVENTED rap.

All other DJs and MCs...FALL BACK!

[elle simple]

RESPECT!

He spun out here a couple months ago, a set that went from the old-school to the new, except he skipped over the 90s for some reason lol anyway, homeboy looks GOOD for pushing 50....

"Kool Herc aint never got a royalty check"

and lol@the Irish dipsh`tt hahaha

[Irish Snyper]

Sticky This Thread!!!

[THE DICTATOR]

I Always Wondered How He Birthed Hip Hop...didnt He Just Play Records?but I Guess Sum 1 Had To Be Choosen As The Father...........i Just Hate Dude 4 What He Did In The Hip Hop Honors I Guess...but Much Luv To The Founding Fathers

[Irish Snyper]

Much Luv To The Founding Fathers

:yes:

[spiteful88]

:yes: Much love for him, without him there'd be no hip hop.

[Irish Snyper]

I Always Wondered How He Birthed Hip Hop...didnt He Just Play Records?but I Guess Sum 1 Had To Be Choosen As The Father...........i Just Hate Dude 4 What He Did In The Hip Hop Honors I Guess...but Much Luv To The Founding Fathers

Who Did Wat?

[Illkiller2]

RESPECT to the dad

[RaeDaChef]

mad props to kool herc

[GeneralTarik]

All respect due to Clive Campbell, Coke La Rock, Imperial JC, the real Clark Kent, N!gga Twins and The Herculoids. One Love

[Dj_Ready_Red]

Kool Herc is very important to the culture then and now and really just starting to get props that has missed him all these years!

[Wolfe]

Sticky This Thread!!!

:yes:

[SUGEKNIGHTJR.]

Kool Herc and Coke La Rock should be shouted out in songs forever like Pac and Biggie are

KOOL HERC and Coke La Rock are a direct link to the jamaican forefathers of this culture via soundsystems and toasting mc's.

a link which goes back to the west african griots who shouted and chanted phrases over drums in west africa.

[woodywood]

KOOL HERC and Coke La Rock are a direct link to the jamaican forefathers of this culture via soundsystems and toasting mc's.
a link which goes back to the west african griots who shouted and chanted phrases over drums in west africa.

:yes:

[hypestyle]

when have Kool Herc ever recorded a proper studio album? why has no one offered him a deal? even an independent record label?

[Wolfe]

when have Kool Herc ever recorded a proper studio album? why has no one offered him a deal? even an independent record label?

that's wat i've always thought, why isn't he involved in the Music Business, whether it be his own Label or putting out Mixtapes or even a Radio Show

[SUGEKNIGHTJR.]

when have Kool Herc ever recorded a proper studio album? why has no one offered him a deal? even an independent record label?

Well because quite frankly, what Kool Herc did in his prime cannot be really captured in the form of a "song" or "album"..he basically was a party rocking d.j, minus the theatrics of cutting and scratching pioneers such as Grandmaster Flash , D.S.T or Theordore.

Also he didn't make beats i.e (produce) nor did his vocal partner Coke La Roc did what was considered rapping, Kool Herc stated in an NPR interview that what Coke did was distinct from rapping, it was basically "toasting" or what we call in america "emceeing" which is like chanting catchy phrases over beats, this is the african inspired "call and response" technique that eventually gave birth to rapping.

Kool Herc's contribution to the culture is basically providing an escape for many disenfranchised youth in the bronx, who were not able to afford nor be allowed to entertain themselves at the discos which populated NYC during the disco craze which was present during Kool Herc's prime (73-79), his neighborhood parties provided an outlet for many proto-disco type records as well as obscure funk and r&b jams i.e (give it up turn it loose, apache) that his audience was not hearing on mainstream radio at the time.

Also keep in mind when Kool Herc was nearly fatally stabbed during one house jam, he took a long hiatus from the industry and wasn't heard or seen from till the movie producers behind Beat Street sought him out.

To sum it up the "KOOL HERC EXPERIENCE" cannot be defined by a record deal or a radio show, it is something that had to be experienced live from what i'm getting, fortunatly everytime someone samples an obscure track, or when someone hosts a party and plays breakbeats they are paying homage to the man.

case in point, for future refrence, here is a list of records likely to be heard at a KOOL HERC jam:

1. I'll Bake Me a Man - Barbara Acklin (Brunswick, 1973)
2. If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me - Betty Wright (Alston, 1972)
3. Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - Equals (Shout, 1972)
4. Rain - Dorothy Morrison (Elektra, 1971)
5. Fencewalk - Mandrill (Polydor, 1973)
6. Street Dance/Njia (Nija) Walk (Street walk) - The Fatback Band (Perception, 1973)
7. Sultana/Rain 2000 - Titanic (Epic, 1972/1973)
8. Dust Yourself Off and Try It Again - Beautiful Zion Choir (Myrrh, 1973)
9. You're the One - Little Sister (Stone Flower, 1970)
10. Music For Gong Gong - Osibisa (Decca, 1971)
11. I Got It - Gloria Spencer (Jay Walking, 1971)
12. Girl You Need a Change of Mind/Date With the Rain - Eddie Kendricks (Tamla, 1972)
13. You Sure Know How To Love Your Man - Willie Hutch (Motown, 1974)
14. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins (People, 1972)
15. I Like What I Like - Everyday People (Paramount, 1972)
16. Twenty-Five Miles/Running Back and Forth - Edwin Starr (Gordy, 1969)
17. Feel the Need in Me - Detroit Emeralds (Westbound, 1972)
18. Giving Up - Zulema (Sussex, 1973)
19. Doing it to Death - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s (People, 1973)
20. Melting Pot - Boris Gardiner Happening (Dynamic, 1973)
21. Beggin' - Timebox (Deram, 1968)
22. Woman/Wild Safari - Barrabas (RCA, 1973)
23. The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron (Strata-East, 1974)/Brother to Brother (Turbo, 1974)
24. I Can Understand It - The New Birth (RCA, 1973)/Valentinos (Atlantic, 1973)/Kokomo (Columbia, 1975)
25. Pursuit of the PimpMobile - Isaac Hayes (Enterprise, 1974)
26. Take Off Your Make-up - Lamont Dozier (ABC, 1973)
27. Love and Happiness - Al Green (Hi, 1972)
28. Main Line - Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros., 1974)
29. Armed and Extremely Dangerous/Smarty Pants - First Choice (Philly Groove, 1973)
30. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart - The Trammps (Buddah, 1972)
31. Who is He And What is He to You - Creative Source (Sussex, 1974)
32. Life and Death in G & A - Abaco Dream (A&M, 1969)
33. Half a Cup - Reggie Gardner (ABC, 1974)
34. We the People - Soul Searchers (Sussex, 1972)
35. Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Bonnie Bramlett (Columbia, 1973)
36. Getting Together - Brothers Guiding Light Featuring David (Mercury, 1973)
37. Sweet Charlie Babe/Time - Jackie Moore (Atlantic, 1973)
38. What Goes Around (Comes Around) - Black Ivory (Kwanza, 1974)
39. Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (Atlantic, 1973)
40. Good Things Don't Last Forever - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (Roulette, 1974)
41. Koke - Tribe (ABC, 1973)
42. Pull Yourself Together - Buddy Miles (Columbia, 1974)
43. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations (Gordy, 1972)
44. Under the Influence of Love - Love Unlimited (20th Century, 1973)
45. Little Bit of Love - Brenda & The Tabulations (Epic, 1972)
46. And You Call That Love - Vernon Burch (75)
47. Ask Me - Ecstacy, Passion & Pain (74)
48. Brazil - Ritchie Family (75)
49. Breaking Out All Over - Lamont Dozier (73)
50. Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch (73)
51. Call Me Your Anything Man - Bobby Moore (75)
52. Casanova Brown - Gloria Gaynor (75)
53. Change With The Times - Van McCoy (75)
54. Checkmate - Barrabas (75)
55. City Country City - War (72)
56. Crystal World - Crystal Grass (75)
57. Dance And Hum Along - Jackson 5 (73)
58. Do It Anyway You Wanna - People's Choice (75)
59. Do The Bus Stop - Fatback Band (75)
60. Eleanor Rigby - Wing & A Prayer (75)
61. Erucu - Jermaine Jackson (Instr.) (75)
62. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith (75)
63. Face The Music - Dynamic Superiors (75)
64. Foot Stompin' Music - Bohannon (75)
65. Free Man - South Shore Commission (75)
66. Give It Up Or Turn It Loose - James Brown (69)
67. Give Me Your Love - Sisters Love (73)
68. Got To Get A Knutt - New Birth (73)
69. Helplessly - Moment Of Truth (75)
70. Hi-Jack - Herbie Mann (75)
71. I Can Understand It - Bobby Womack (72); he also played
72. I'll Do Anything For You - Barry White (75)
73. I'm In Heaven - Touch Of Class (75)
74. It Only Takes A Minute - Tavares (75)
75. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch (72)
76. Law Of The Land - Undisputed Truth (73)
77. Look Me Up - Blue Magic (73)
78. Love & Happiness - First Choice (73)
79. Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me - Sister Sledge (74)
80. Love Is The Message - MFSB (74)
81. Make Me Believe In You - Patti Jo (75)
82. Mellow Blow - Barrabas (75)
83. Melting Pot - Booker T. & MGs (71)
84. Messin' With My Mind - Labelle (75)
85. Mirrors Of My Mind - Jackson 5 (74)
86. Mister Magic - Grover Washington, Jr. (75)
87. Move Me No Mountain - Love Unlimited (74)
88. Peace Pipe - B.T. Express (75)
89. Peanut Vendor - Ritchie Family (75)
90. Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is - Olympic Runners (74)
91. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (71)
92. Salsoul Rainbow - Salsoul Orchestra (75)
93. Save Me - Silver Convention (75)
94. Somebody's Gotta Go - Mike & Bill (75)
95. Sugar Pie Guy - Joneses (74)
96. The Family Tree - Family Tree (75)
97. The Player - First Choice (74)
98. Walk On By - Gloria Gaynor (75)
99. Waterbed - LTG Exchange (74)
100. Corazon - LTG Exchange (7x)
101. What Can I Do For You - Labelle (75)
102. Where Do I Go From Here - Supremes (75)
103. Cymande - Bra

[dat boy rh]

thanks for the linx dawg!
i love ol' school rap and it' s predescessors.
thnks!

[Altar K. Shun]

Damn, where did this thread come back from? I'm actually in here under my alias, it's been so long.

Well it can't be said enough, much respect due to Kool Herc and the Herculoids.