The Hip Hop Family Tree, as told by Ed Piskor on Boingboing
"A Look Into The Viral Propagantion Of A Culture"
Back when BoingBoing started to serialize Ed Piskor's graphic novel series on the history of hip-hop, I cataloged the links here so that I could easily navigate the story as it developed. Then Ed found a publisher, and I took the easy way out and bought the books instead.
- Part 1: DJ Kool Herc discovers looping instrumental "breaks".
- Part 2: 1977 New York Blackout allows various Bronx DJs to upgrade their kit.
- Part 3: Grandmaster Flash finds his voice.
- Part 4: Overcoming technical limitations, one way or the other.
- Part 5: The phrase "hip hop" is coined.
- Part 6: Paul Winley compiles the first "Super Disco Brake's" LP for the DJs.
- Part 7: Grandmaster Flash, the Bros Disco, et al, bring their acts indoors, and score at the door.
- Part 8: Lichtensteins of the tagger crowd discover each other, and the Village Voice.
- Part 9: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 become the top club act.
- Part 10: Kool Moe Dee and Special K sharpen each other's rap, without dis.
- Part 11: Mr. Magic creates his radio show, Big Bank Hank sux air @ hiphop management.
- Part 12: Edging towards the first hip hop record. Who's gonna be first?
- Part 13: Grandmaster Flash keeps the Furious 5 in line, while Sylvia Robinson looks for someone to sign.
- Part 14: Kurtis Blow's Christmas Rappin' catches a major label's attention.
- Part 15: Fred Fab 5 gets cross-cultural.
- Part 16: The Sugarhill Gang forms.
- Part 17: Fatback releases King Tim III, the first hip hop single.
- Part 18: Mr. Magic spins Rapper's Delight, but some DJ's aren't happy about rap on vinyl.
- Part 19: "Rapper's Delight" is a hit, so why won't the labels publish more crews?
- Part 20: GM Flash & the Five paid $1200 each for their first record.
- Part 21: Young Dr. Dre listens to his first rap record.
- Part 22: Christmas Rappin' sells 100k copies during '79 holidays, 300k more in '80.
- Part 23: Disco Dave & The Force of the 5 MCs self-release High Powered Rap (1980).
- Part 24: Kurtis Blow and Rush Simmons' European Tour.
- Part 25: "Where's the money, Bobby [Robinson]?"... while Spoonie cuts a record with his friends.
- Part 26: Popular Groups Join Sugarhill Records
- Part 26a: Rick Rubin, and the first gold record.
- Part 26b: The Cold Crush Brothers
- Part 27: Soul Train demos rap, Epic Records shoots and misses with "Shock, Shock the House".
- Part 27a: Harlem World! (and Fat Man's 'Crew' releases Rappers Convention.
- Part 27b: Kool DJ Red Alert, Jazzy Jay, and the Zulu Nation Throwdown (Part 1 and 2).
- Part 27c: Super Rhymes, 8th Wonder, Rick Rubin Heads Downtown
- Part 27d: Mr. Magic, The Juice Crew, and Spyder D.
- Part 28: Brother D gets politically conscious, and the birth of Profile Records
- Part 29: The Art Scene, Basquiat, Fab Five Freddy Meets Charlie Ahearn
- Part 29a: Blondie Rapture, Furious 5 vs. Crash Crew
- Part 30: Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel.
- Part 31: Bambaataa's Jazzy Sensation, and Rick Rubin plays CBGB's
- Part 32: Cold Crush Bros. vs. The Fantastic 5, a widely bootlegged rap battle at Harlem World.
- Part 33: Busy Bee vs. Kool Moe Dee pt. 1
- Part 34: Busy Bee vs. Kool Moe Dee pt. 2, the template for microphone challenges also widely bootlegged.
- Part 34a: The First Rap Group on SNL, Funky Four + 1... (pardons for the rough video quality).
- Part 35: The First Day of MTV
- Part 36: The Infamous 20/20 Segment on Rap Music.
- Part 37: Genius Rap, and The Original Human Beatbox.
- Part 38: The History of Apache.
- Part 39: Rick Rubin Goes To College, Too $hort
- Part 40: T Ski Valley, Ice T Gets Out of the Army
- Part 41: Uptown Meets Downtown
- Part 42: Uptown Meets Downtown pt 2, Malcolm Mclaren
- Part 43: Negril, The Roxy, Fab 5 Freddy's Change The Beat
- Part 44: Wild Style Part 1, The Movie.
- Part 45: Wild Style Pt. 2
- Part 46: Wild Style Pt. 3
- Part 47: Wild Style Pt. 4
- Part 48: Wild Style Finale
- Part 49: Beastie Boys kick starts
- Part 50: Grandmaster Flash discovers the drum machine
- Part 51: Cold Crush Bros. Weekend, McLaren's Buffalo Gals
- Part 52: DJ. Junebug, and a Homeless Hip Hopper
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