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Pdna2
Not really. When I see this vid it brings back a whole different reality in nyc at that time. They cleaned things up here, the streets of Manhattan are safer, sanitized, but the culture is gone. It was the epicenter of the arts. Now nearly wiped out except for high priced venues or else so-so artsy Brooklyn culture which is also mucho expensive now. Back then, yeah the crime and grime were real and a bit dangerous, but apt. rentals were cheap; great clubs with inventive new artists were plentiful; visual art, music, dance, jazz, hip hop, post-punk, new wave existed side by side often melding into nameless fusions of creative energy. Gentrification is such a double-edged sword.
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Pdna2
Actually, I wrote that comment before Covid and all the protests and riots here in NYC -- things are changing here. Now we're getting the broken glass, the high crime rates/homocides returning, but none of the good stuff from that late 70s-early 80s era. No clubs or music scene. No concerts or art galleries. Now we all walk in fear of plague, and all bars are closed, restaurants and small businesses shuttered. Outside dining only... it's more like a bad sci-fi movie than a cultural flourishing ala 1980. People are moving out a lot. Real estate values are down. It's not clear if schools will reopen and all universities are doing remote classes on Zoom. New York has seen more disease and death than most other places in the world. 1 in 5 New Yorkers have been exposed to covid 19. AND nobody's even done an album on this dystopian scene yet, and if they did it would be impossible to play it live before an audience. We need Grandmaster Flash back, or someone who can write The Message 2.0.
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tbspollen
remember the big rivalry in the 80s between Queens (RUN-DMC, LL COOL J and all the big money) vs. the Bronx (Grandmaster Flash, boogie down productions, KRS-1 and Scott LaRock). Really that stuff from the Bronx, while no where near as commercially successful, was and is more relevant.
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d1gitalbybirth
Still one of the greatest HipHop songs of all time! Still sound fresh even now.
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FrameBuster
This is a timeless classic. Sounds fresher than anything of the todays plastic rap.
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X8SK5X
Johnny was a fool, he didn’t act cool. He walked on out, he broke every rule. He should’ve stopped, looked and listened, should’ve used his head. If he don’t watch out, he’s gonna wind up dead. Now don’t step out when you’re close to the edge, or you may find out that you’ll lose your head.
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sweatbloodtears
I agree, one of the best rap/hip hop songs of all time, a pure mix of poetry and rhythm
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TheDarkSide73
don't push me cause i'm close to the edge, i'm tryin' not to lose my head..haaaa haaaaaa...Great Old Skool Hip Hop.. :-)
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