Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1

Posted on 03 April 2017 by Ed Piskor

The lore of the early days of hip hop has become the stuff of myth, so what better way to document this fascinating, epic true story than in another great American mythological medium the comic book From exciting young talent and self proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, acclaimed for his hacker graphic novel Wizzywig, comes this explosively entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, The Hip Hop Family Tree is now collected in a single volume cleverly presented and packaged in a style mimicking the Marvel comics of the same era Piskor s exuberant yet controlled cartooning takes you from the parks and rec rooms of the South Bronx to the night clubs, recording studios, and radio stations where the scene started to boom, capturing the flavor of late 1970s New York City in panels bursting with obsessively authentic detail With a painstaking, vigorous and engaging Ken Burns meets Stan Lee approach, the battles and rivalries, the technical innovations, the triumphs and failures are all thoroughly researched and lovingly depicted plus the charismatic players behind the scenes like Russell Simmons, Sylvia Robinson and then punker Rick Rubin Piskor also traces graffiti master Fab 5 Freddy s rise in the art world, and Debbie Harry, Keith Haring, The Clash, and other luminaries make cameos as the music and culture begin to penetrate downtown Manhattan and the mainstream at large Like the acclaimed hip hop documentaries Style Wars and Scratch, The Hip Hop Family Tree is an exciting and essential cultural chronicle and a must for hip hop fans, pop culture addicts, and anyone who wants to know how it went down back in the day. New Read [ Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1 ] by [ Ed Piskor ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The rise of hip hop in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s makes for a fascinating topic, and Ed Piskor s meticulously researched Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 1 approaches it with a lot of fanboy enthusiasm While this approach can be very enjoyable, it is arguably also the book s weakest link, as the dutiful mention of everyone and their mother comes at the expense of in depth characterization and narrative flow What is , Piskor completely ignores hip hop s broader social con The rise of hip hop in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s makes for a fascinating topic, and Ed Piskor s meticulously researched Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 1 approaches it with a lot of fanboy enthusiasm While t...Damn fantastic And huge I just want to dive right into it If only it came with a mix tape and the original material Piskor is working with.Like a physicist approaching the Big Bang or a biologist approaching the moment the word became flesh, Ed Piskor delves into the most primordial moments of Hip Hop Innumerable details of people and place are overwhelmingly displayed alongside a foundational story just as convoluted The characters and settings that have forged the latest and most powerful trend in universal music are all there Disappointingly, the same width of attention to detail cannot be said of internal cohesion.More strin Like a physicist approaching the Big Bang or a biologist approaching the moment the word became flesh, Ed Piskor delves into the most primordial moments of Hip Hop Innumerable details of people and place are overwhelmingly displayed alongside a foundational story just as convoluted The characters and settings that have forged the latest and most powerful trend in universal music are all there Disappointingly, the same width of attention to detail cannot be said of internal cohesion.More strings of narrative are thrown down than those in a bowl of Spaghe...Very fun A history of hip hop in comics form This is only volume one, so it only covers up to the early 80 s or so I admit this is history I m largely unfamiliar with, but it has the ring of truth about it I certainly recognize lots of names, and even recall hearing a song or two I was previously familiar with Piskor s work from his collaborations with Harvey Pekar He can seemingly draw anything the cover, in particular, is quite striking The production on this book is top notch, going f Very fun A history of hip hop in comics form This is only volume one, so it only covers up to the early 80 s or so I admit this is history I m largely unfamiliar with, but it has the ring of truth about it I cer...Way too much name dropping and then moving on to the next person The book should come with a mix cd and a collection of classic graffiti art.I knew absolutely jack shit about hip hop before reading this, so the learning curve was tough But Piskor does a great job of aping the dynamic color and fun of the old giant sized comic books so most of the information goes down smooth I don t know why this was so muchappealing to me than the work Piskor did on the Beats, which I absolutely fucking hated, but it is.I had the pleasure of seeing Piskor read and talk in Gainesville la...I had only dabbled in rap hip hop before reading this and I was blown away by the richness of the history of the genre Of course I couldn t just read through it because I had to stop and check out youtube videos of the songs I was reading about and read wikipedia articles to fill in the gaps Piskor didn t elaborate on I was so taken with the material that I dedicated my last radio show to hip hop tracks released in 1979 I love it when a nonfiction book motivates me to do my own exploring on t I had only dabbled in rap hip hop before reading this and I was blown away by the richness of the history of the genre Of course I couldn t just read thro...L epica ai tempi della pop art.Potrebbe risultare un banalit , anzi certamente lo , ma giudicare un fenomeno artistico senza analizzare la realt storica contingente a quel fenomeno una sciocchezza Eppure.Eppure sembra un operazione estremamente difficile, pensando a cosa sia diventato adesso l hip hop un industria culturale globale dal valore di miliardi di dollari cercare di circoscriverlo a una determinata area e a un determinato momento stori...Let s say four and a half stars.Visually this series is amazing, from the treasury edition large format, to the the muted color palette to the yellowed pages meant to emulate old comics.It begins a little scattered, and at first the lack of really developed narrative structure made it seem a little too haphazard, but Piskor gets into a groove and soon we spend enough time with people to get a sense of how stuff is developing on the individual level.I love the little Easter eggs thrown into some Let s say four and a half stars.Visually this series is amazing, from the treasury edition large format, to the the muted color palette to the yellowed pages meant to emulate old comics.It begins a little scattered, and at first the lack of really developed narrative structure made it seem a little too haphazard, but Piskor gets into a groove and soon we spend enough time with people to get a sense of how stuff...It s an impressive effort Slices of the hip hop story, featuring the beginning of a new art form I definitely learned a lot, but missed context, since it s such a broad effort I wanted to knowabout the liv...

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03 April 2017

Ed Piskor