When the Beat Was Born

Posted on 10 October 2017 by Laban Carrick Hill

Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc.On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back to school party at a park in the South Bronx Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks the musical interludes between verses longer for dancing He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, here s how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world. Free Download Kindle ePUB When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill – kino-fada.fr This book has many problems Lets start with the title I don t think that it is accurate to say that during the Harlem Renaissance the Beat was born Music has been around forever we all know that people where teaching themselves rhythm and such FAR before DJ Kool Herc developed the first turntables Another thing that got me pissed was that it just seemed like something that would be handed to a 2nd grader who had to do a brief school project on music and or had to write about an artist T This book has many problems Lets start with the t...Reflection on ONE Text to text, text to self, text to world connection with the book Text to Text This text would connect very nicely with A Splash of Red The Life and Art of Horace Pippin They both tell the story of someone having a passion for something and following his dreams, not giving up on them These two books in the same unit would be amazing art and music being created by African Americans who have not traditionally been credited with making significant contributions when, actual Reflection on ONE Text to text, text to self, text to world connection with the book Text to Text This text would connect very nicely with A Splash of Red The Life and Art of Horace Pippin They both tell the story of someone having a passion for something and following his dreams, not giving up on them These two books in the same unit would be amazing art and music being created by African Americans who have not traditionally been credited with making significant contributions when, actually, they have been behind some of the biggest artistic movements in American history Write six discussion que...This is a wonderful story for a children s book However, it misses the mark on being suitable for any particular level It looks like a picture book It reads mostly like an easy reader chapter book without the chapters Yet, at times, it goes be...This review was originally posted on As Told By TinaI ve been on a mission to readdiversely to the Littles I recently saw When the Beat Was Born on different lists I found for diverse reads and was once again lucky that my library had it I mainly borrowed this book for myself I ve always loved to learn the history of Hip Hop a...A beautifully illustrated picture book biography of the inventor of hip hop I hope to seeby Theodore Taylor III I wish there had beenabout DJ Kool Herc However, any book that gets me, as a reader, so interested that I do further research is not necessarily a negative.Interesting history of DJ Herc s influence on hip hop music Very stylized illustrations Would appeal to intermediate students who want to learnabout music.Great story about how Jamaican born DJ Kool Herc created Hip Hop in the Bronx in the early 1970s.This book was really enlightening of the hip hop movement It s about a little boy named Clive who loved music He was influenced my a DJ in his neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica who use to throw house parties every week He moved to New York when he was a little older he noticed that there was some DJ in his ne...BiographyThe pages in this book are incredible They are vibrant with color and draw you into the story.Grades 2 5This book could be used before a writing piece or to show children how different communities in New York looked and how DJ Kool Her helped them.Clive had loved music since he was a child He lived in Kingston, Jamaica and loved to listen to DJs at the parties in his neighborhood He was too young to attend, but he watched them set up before the parties and dreamed of becoming a DJ himself When he was 13, Clive moved to New York City with his mother That was where he started to play sports and got the nickname Hercules due to his size He was soon known as Kool Herc When his father got a sound system, Kool Herc became a DJ at a part Clive had loved music since he was a child He lived...

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10 October 2017

Laban Carrick Hill