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Don't Stop the Beat

Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash talks about his new memoir and the state of music today.

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  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/09/2008 7:43:33 PM

    They harassed her until she registered to vote six times!:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3145562&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/08/2008 11:49:34 PM

    "Not all Democrats agree with Mr. Frank that such policies are off-limits to criticism. Last week Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama said in a statement: 'Like a lot of my Democratic colleagues I was too slow to appreciate the recklessness of Fannie and Freddie. I defended their efforts to encourage affordable homeownership, when in retrospect, I should have heeded the concerns raised by their regulator in 2004. Frankly, I wish my Democratic colleagues would admit when it comes to Fannie and Freddie, we were wrong.'

    "Mr. Davis is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus."

    'Rank snobbery'

    Camille Paglia, who supports Sen. Barack Obama, has nothing but scorn for the way the media has treated Sarah Palin.

    "The mountain of rubbish poured out about Palin over the past month would rival Everest. What a disgrace for our jabbering army of liberal journalists and commentators, too many of whom behaved like snippy jackasses," Miss Paglia writes at www.salon.com.

    "The bourgeois conventionalism and rank snobbery of these alleged humanitarians stank up the place. As for Palin's brutally edited interviews with Charlie Gibson and that viper, Katie Couric, don't we all know that the best bits ended up on the cutting-room floor? Something has gone seriously wrong with Democratic ideology, which seems to have become a candied set of holier-than-thou bromides attached like tutti-frutti to a quivering green Jell-O mold of adolescent sentimentality."

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/06/2008 6:06:37 PM

    The Antichrist!:
    When George Soros failed to obtain the election of his candidate, John Kerry, in 2004, he brooded for a while, even said he might get out of politics altogether, but he just couldn???t stop himself. He has stated publicly that he wishes to burst the ???bubble of American supremacy,??? because he says our preeminence in the world is a detriment to global ???equilibrium.??? So far, he has failed, but he keeps on trying.

    And Mr. Soros has made no secret either of the fact that he sees the shortest way to effect political shake-ups, what he terms ???regime changes,??? is through very difficult economic conditions.

    America has not yet felt the full force of Soros style economic shock treatment. But others have.

    Soros made his first billion in 1992 by shorting the British pound with leveraged billions in financial bets, and became known as the man who broke the Bank of England. He broke it on the backs of hard-working British citizens who immediately saw their homes severely devalued and their life savings cut drastically in comparative worth almost overnight.

    When the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 threatened to spread globally, George Soros was right in the thick of it. Soros was accused by the Malaysian Prime Minister of causing the collapse with his monetary machinations, and he was branded in Thailand as an ???economic war criminal??? who ???sucks the blood from the people.??? Right in the middle of this crisis, Soros dashed off his book, The Crisis of Global Capitalism, which demanded a ???third way??? toward economic stability.

    Wake up, America, before it is too late!!!!

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/05/2008 8:29:37 PM

    he ACORN does not fall from the tree:
    http://justsaynodeal.com/acorn.html

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/05/2008 1:04:07 AM

    This is one of the few Democrats that I am proud of!:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR5ekEuGyvk

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/03/2008 9:03:59 PM

    Day 5 of stealing Ohio's election!:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3130656&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/03/2008 3:20:46 PM

    EVEN MORE ON THE VOTER FRAUD THAT IS GOING ON IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES!:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3129737&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/
    DON'T SAY THAT I NEVER WARNED OF OBAMA'S NEFARIOUS CAMPAIGN!

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/03/2008 1:05:24 AM

    You may not like Bill, but sometimes you have to love him!
    http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/02/2008 2:11:14 PM

    More on the voter fraud in Ohio:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3128354&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/01/2008 10:31:44 PM

    voter fraud in Ohio:
    http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3126975&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/01/2008 10:07:26 PM

    A man of great wisdom:
    http://www.atlah.org/broadcast/manningreport.html

  • Posted By: Krohn @ 10/01/2008 9:41:02 PM

    Obama's dirtiest, darkest secret!:
    http://larrysinclair.org/

  • Posted By: good conscience @ 08/20/2008 10:57:25 AM

    Countless years ago I took my middle-school age son to a great Battle of the Bands concert in Houston, becasue he was crazy about break-dancing and rap. We saw Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, and they were fantastic and unforgettable. We still talk about that concert today and how grateful we are for the chance to have seen them play. They created such a great, unique sound and one that's every bit as relevant today. We bow to you Flash, you are so awesome. And I'm so glad that you're writing your story. You've done something great by not allowing your past to prevent you from high achievement. And please, ignore that tiny voice coming from under a rock named fedorovingtonboop, he-she-its arrogance is surpassed only by his-her-its ignorance and jealousy.

  • Posted By: FATJOEY @ 06/25/2008 3:07:45 PM

    hiphop isn't music!

    • Posted By: Just Us Plz! @ 06/27/2008 6:32:47 PM

      Your right Hip Hop isnt music it is a culture, rap is the music, hip hop combines 4 elements!

    • Posted By: TheVigil @ 06/25/2008 3:16:53 PM

      Yes, what with all that noise, and that gyrating. Speaking of which, that "Elvis" character with all his hooting and hollering has got to go, too. Come to think of it, we'd better get rid of all the jazz clubs selling that demon liquor as well.

      Don't be surprised if you wake up one day and find that history has completely passed you by.

  • Posted By: fedorovingtonboop @ 06/26/2008 6:33:16 PM

    a scientist?! what an arrogant idiot. you take a record THAT SOMEONE ELSE MADE and then make stupid noises with them. WOW you're amazing

  • Posted By: EE7011 @ 06/26/2008 12:24:27 PM

    I was at a club recently and the DJ played "Apache" and literally the whole room got up and started dancing. It seemed like everyone was having a great time! Hip-hop music today just doesn't give me that feeling.

  • Posted By: techresmgt @ 06/25/2008 9:31:00 AM

    Odd, uninteresting, and overdone piece of journalism. What do we care what DJ's have to say? Why is their opinion so compelling and to whom? Everyone has a tough life; but we keep hearing the same, old, tired versions of the same thing.

    • Posted By: Emanuel @ 06/25/2008 10:15:11 AM

      You are clueless. Why come to this article and make comments about something that you know nothing about? In case you have been living in a cave for the past 30 years, Hip Hop has grown to the top selling genre of music worldwide. GrandMaster Flash is one of the founding fathers of this transcendent style of music. Much of what people consider to be Hip Hop music today doesn't even compare to the brilliant works of GrandMaster Flash, KRS One, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and many more.

      His opinion is compelling to me because his perpsective on how music has evolved is relevant.

      Words of advice to you: if you know nothing, say nothing.

      • Posted By: ackridgek @ 06/25/2008 10:30:10 AM

        You obviously know hiphop's culture, and history, the idiot who commented first should know that it's best for people to think you're a fool, then to make a stupid comment and remove all doubt.

        • Posted By: stematwork @ 06/25/2008 1:29:26 PM

          dude...you left out tribe!

          great article

  • Posted By: Stormcrow @ 06/25/2008 11:53:13 AM

    Interesting article. I am happy to see someone getting credit for their work in a field that was non-existent at the time. GMF is truly a pioneer. Although I think hip-hop is embarrassing (just looking at the rented cars, jewelry, grills and out of shape posse members flopping around on stage hollering: "yo yo yo" makes me laugh.) I think it is a strong example of how success can come from anywhere. Especially here in America!

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