DJ Kool Herc (The Father of Hip Hop)

Fri, Sep 2
10:00pm-4:00am
$10adv./$15door

A RARE DJ SET BY THE "FATHER OF HIP HOP" KOOL HERC
CELEBRATING JEFF CHANG'S AWARD WINNING BOOK "CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP"

On Friday, Sept. 2nd, True Skool & On the Corner present Can't Stop
Won't Stop, a celebration for "Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of
the Hip-Hop Generation", a book written by Jeff Chang, which recently
won the "2005 American Book Award". The introduction of the book is
written by the Father of Hip Hop himself, DJ Kool Herc.
Appropriately, the event will feature a rare DJ set by DJ Kool Herc.
Special guests include: Pam the Funkstress (The Coup), Sake 1 (Local
1200), DJ Teeko (4onefunk/2003 ITF USA Champ) and Deuce Ace. The
event is hosted by emcees from the Quannum label. This event takes
place @ DNA Lounge, 375 11th St. (@ Harrison), San Francisco / 21+,
10pm-4am, $15 door, $10 advance
Buy Tickets: www.dnalounge.com / Info: www.true-skool.org

ABOUT DJ KOOL HERC
The birth of rap as we know it can be directly traced back to the
concrete jungles of the Bronx in the late '60s and early '70s, an era
now fondly remembered as the old school. No man deserves more credit
for planting the seeds of hip hop than DJ Kool Herc. Herc modeled his
sound system, the Herculoids-the loudest and most powerful sound
around-after the massive mobile sound systems in his native Jamaica,
but his playlist was something else entirely.

Popular club DJs kept Manhattan crowds moving to a nonstop mix of
trendy disco hits, cleverly blended from one song to the next. While
these DJs did the same old thing with the newest records, Herc was
creating something completely new out of old and obscure records. He
noticed that funk, the era's quintessential black sound, elicited a
much greater crowd reaction in the predominantly black and Hispanic
Bronx. Not only that, but Herc noticed that when he played, for
example, James Brown's "Give It Up or Turnit A Loose," people went
especially wild during the "break" segment of the song, when just the
drums or percussion took over.

Herc wondred what would happen if he got two copies of the same
record and cut back and forth between them in order to prolong the
break or sonic climax. Unwittingly, Herc had stumbled upon the
breakbeat, the starting point for much hip hop, dance, techno, and
jungle (drum 'n' bass) today. (The Vibe History of Hip Hop, edited by
Alan Light)

MORE ABOUT "CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP"
www.cantstopwontstop.com

ABOUT PAM THE FUNKSTRESS
www.true-skool.org/artists.php?contid=00091

ABOUT SAKE 1
www.true-skool.org/artists.php?contid=00128

ABOUT TEEKO
www.true-skool.org/artists.php?contid=00146

Venue:

DNA Lounge
375 11th St. (@ Harrison)
San Francisco

http://www.dnalounge.com

Additional Info:
-skool.org
http://www.true-skool.org