Graffiti rock

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episode
title Graffiti rock
Country of production United States
original language English
Production
company		 CB Communication Inc., MTH Productions Inc., Skywise Productions Inc.
length 23 minutes
classification Episode 1
First broadcast June 29, 1984 on WPIX
Rod
Director Clark Santee
script Michael Holman
production Gail Trell Barker, Richard Bencivengo, Michael Holman, Stephen E. Memishian, Delia Gravel Santee
music Afrika Bambaataa (musical advice)
camera Martha Cooper
occupation

Powerful Pexster (New York City Breaker), Shannon, Darryl McDaniels (Run-DMC). Jason Mizell (Run-DMC), Joseph Simmons (Run-DMC), Jimmie Jaz (DJ), Kevin Keaton (Special K), Kool Moe Dee, Action (New York City Breaker), Flip Rock (New York City Breaker), Vincent Gallo (Prince Vince), Icey Ice (New York City Breaker), Joseph (Breakdancer), Josephine (Breakdancer), Lil Lep (New York City Breaker), Glide Master (New York City Breaker), New York City Breakers, Kid Nice (New York City Breaker), Mr. Wave (New York City Breaker), Debi Mazar (dancer), Normski (dancer)

Guest appearance (s)

'Brim' Fuentes (stage design / graffiti)

Graffiti Rock is an influential and innovative breakdance , hip-hop, and rap television show that aired on New York City TV station WPIX on June 29, 1984. Artists who appeared on the show included Shannon , The New York City Breakers , Run DMC , Kool Moe Dee , Treacherous Three, and Special K , among others . The show was produced and hosted by Michael Holman . In 1984, at the height of breakdancing, Holman tried to further popularize breakdancing. Kool Moe Dee and Special K are co-hosts on the show. Holman was also the manager of the New York City Breakers. Graffiti Rock was planned to be the pilot of a series that was not produced.

history

Holman, a graduate of the University of San Francisco , was one of the most ardent proponents of hip hop as part of New York's experimental music and art scene. Among other things, he was in a joint group with Jean Michel Basquiat and Vincent Gallo . After he managed to find a group of investors to fund the pilot for the planned series, he hired Kool Moe Dee and Special K as co-hosts and hired Afrika Bambaataa as his music advisor. With the help of Russell Simmons , he booked Run DMC as guests. At the request of the financiers, Holman organized a mixed audience, including two then unknown youngsters from New York, Debi Mazar and Vincent Gallo. In the spring of 1984 the pilot was recorded.

procedure

The pilot is loosely based on youth dance shows such as American Bandstand . Viewers are introduced to hip hop culture in an educational style. In a studio covered with graffiti , rappers, DJs and breakdancers perform, with teenagers and young adults dressed in typical hip-hop style dancing.

As the moderator, Holman asks the DJ to explain his technique, encourages the rappers to rap and introduces breakdancers who demonstrate various movements. The clothing of the culture is also shown and described. Numerous Kangol headgear can be seen in the show, as well as Adidas sneakers. Holman introduces Rosemary and Dino, whom he presents as typical of B-Boys and B-Girls . Both wear Adidas Superstars with loose, wide laces.

Songs played on the show are: Graffiti Rock by Kool Moe Dee & Special K, What People Do for Money by Divine Sounds , Play at Your Own Risk by Planet Patrol , Hey DJ by World's Famous Supreme Team , Sucker MC’s by Run DMC, Let Me Love You from Force MD's and Give Me Tonight from Shannon. The show also features a short battle rap between Run DMC on the one hand and Kool Moe Dee and Special K on the other.

In this show, the trio Run DMC made their television debut . At the same time as the show, Holman published Breaking and the New York City Breakers (Freundlich Books, 1984, ISBN 0-88191-016-3 ), which he hoped would bring hip-hop to a wider audience. It is aimed at young readers and uses photos from Graffiti Rock and other hip-hop events for illustration.

meaning

To the present day, the show has played a role in the history of hip-hop and breakdancing. The Beastie Boys sampled part of the show in the intro to Alright, Hear This . The show was discontinued because investors assumed hip-hop was a passing fad.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c David Gonzalez: A One-Episode Show With a Lasting Impact on Hip-Hop. In: The New York Times . July 21, 2013, accessed October 13, 2019 .
  3. ^ Imani Kai Johnson: Hip-hop dance . In: Justin A. Williams (Ed.): The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop (=  Cambridge Companions to Music ). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2015, ISBN 978-1-107-03746-5 , pp. 26 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  4. ^ John G .: The New York City Breakers. In: OldSchoolHipHop.com. August 12, 2010, accessed October 13, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Thomas Turner: The Sports Shoe . A History from Field to Fashion. Bloomsbury Publishing, London 2019, ISBN 978-1-4742-8181-2 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  6. ↑ Graffiti Rock in the Internet Movie Database (section Trivia )
  7. ^ Dan Charnas: The Big Payback. The History of the Business of Hip-Hop . Penguin, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1-101-44582-2 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  8. ↑ Kimberley Monteyne: Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s . University Press of Mississippi, Jackson 2013, ISBN 978-1-4968-0262-0 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  9. ↑ Soundtrack in the Internet Movie Database (English)