MORE PROOF THAT HIP HOP STARTED IN THE WEST

[soopadoopaflykid]

well i wouldnt say new york started hip hop more like jamaica did but it just really took off in nyc

[J$crILLa]

dont care who started it. i know the westcoast got me started in it tho.

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

dont care who started it. i know the westcoast got me started in it tho.

[Crown]

Biography by Steve Huey
The West Coast's answer to the Last Poets, Watts Prophets didn't get quite the same recognition for their contributions to raising black consciousness and laying the foundations for rap. The group was formed at the Watts Writer's Workshop, an organization started by screenwriter Budd Schulberg designed to provide a creative outlet in the wake of the 1965 Watts riots. Father Amde Hamilton (an Ethiopian Orthodox priest, born Anthony Hamilton), Otis O'Solomon, and Richard Dedeaux met in the workshop circa 1967, and soon began performing together as Watts Prophets, setting their socially and politically conscious poetry to spare, often jazzy musical backing. They won second place in an inner-city talent show, which led to a residency at John Daniels' Maverick's Flat club in South Central L.A.; they also performed at fundraisers, in prisons, and around their community whenever possible. In 1969, Watts Prophets debuted with The Black Voices: On the Streets in Watts. Two years later, the group released Rappin' Black in a White World on ALA, with accompaniment by ex-Motown pianist DeeDee McNeil. The radical, incendiary tone of their work fit right in with the emerging black power movement, and attracted unfavorable notice from the government; the home of the Watts Writers Project was destroyed by fire in 1975 after having been infiltrated by an FBI informant. Record deals were hard to come by, and were continually falling through (including one with Bob Marley's home, Tuff Gong, that evaporated with Marley's premature death). Still, they remained sporadically active as performers, and were rediscovered by the hip-hop generation as their records were sampled frequently; additionally, O'Solomon's "Hey World" was covered by Ziggy Marley. In 1997, Watts Prophets released an album of new material with pianist Horace Tapscott, When the 90's Came, on Payday/ffrr, which also reissued their two original LPs. The Prophets remain dedicated community activists today, promoting creative self-expression and the arts to young people around Southern California and beyond.
 

 
 
     
   
 

[Digital Pimpin']

dont care who started it. i know the westcoast got me started in it tho.

[BL7]

dont care who started it. i know the westcoast got me started in it tho.

And quit with the "east vs. west" stuff already. Shit is pointless.

[Crown]

dont care who started it. i know the westcoast got me started in it tho.

And quit with the "east vs. west" stuff already. Shit is pointless.

How can THE TRUTH be pointless???

[MontrealCity's Most]

Its not that its pointless the truth is a must but if people in the eats would say ok hip hop started in the west then wha? I think westcoast made gansgta rap famous thats for sure.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

As already stated, spoken word does not = hiphop, otherwise we should be crediting Bob Dylan with starting hiphop!

[Crown]

As already stated, spoken word does not = hiphop, otherwise we should be crediting Bob Dylan with starting hiphop!

Fusing music with Jazz and Funk roots with a rapid-fire, spoken word sound, they created a sound that gave them a considerable local following, but little commercial success. They released two albums, 1969's The Black Voices: On the Streets in Watts and 1971's Rappin' Black in a White World that established a strong tendency toward social commentary and a reputation for militancy.

These niggas aint nothin like no square ass Bob Dylan PLUS they 1st single was even named RAPPIN' BLACK

NEW YORK CLAIMS THEY STARTED GRAFFITI WHEN ESES BEEN HITTIN UP WALLS IN BIG BLOCK AND OLD ENGLISH LETTERS SINCE THE 1930S

NEW YORK CLAIMS THEY STARTED BREAKDANCING POPPING AND LOCKING WHEN RERUN AND THE LOCKERS FROM THE WEST COAST BEEN DOING THAT SHIT SINCE THE 60S (DONT EVEN BRING UP SOUL TRAIN)

NEW YORK NIGGAS EVEN CLAIM THAT THEY INVENTED GANGSTER RAP.

[eastcoast timbs]

spokens words dont mean hip hop u stupid ass bitch.shit started in new york. everybody know.

rofl
was all that even necessary?