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Yo! : the early days of hip hop 1982-84

Title
Yo! : the early days of hip hop 1982-84 / photography by Sophie Bramly ; edited by Stuart Baker.
Author
Bramly, Sophie
Publication
  • London : Soul Jazz Books, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
Baker, Stuart
Description
301 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
Summary
"This book features more than 150 rarely seen images documenting the rise of hip hop in the early 1980s, taken by French photographer Sophie Bramly. Bramly lived in New York during this period and became firmly embedded in the emergent scene. The book features many stunning, intimate images of a star-studded roll call of legendary hip hop figures, all of whom were only just getting known or in their ascendency. These include Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmixer DST, Jazzy Jay, Red Alert, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, Lisa Lee, the Fat Boys, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys and many more. Bramly knew that hip hop was becoming a cultural force rather than just a musical fashion, and spent many hours photographing the four essential elements of this new world: the emcees, the deejays, the graffiti artists and the break dancers. Here you will see legendary graffiti artists captured at work and play, such as Keith Haring, Dondi, Futura, Phase One, Zephyr and Lady Pink, and break dancers including members of Magnificent Force, Dynamic Breakers and the Rock Steady Crew." --
Alternative Title
Early days of hip hop 1982-84
Subject
  • Bramly, Sophie
  • Portrait photography
  • Hip-hop > Pictorial works
  • Popular culture
  • Counterculture
  • Nineteen eighties
  • Hip-hop
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • Introduction by Bill Adler; with additional text by: Fab Fab Freddy, Grand Mixer D. St, Rahiem of The Furious Five, Arthur Baker, Zephyr, Muhamad of The Magnificent Force, Lady Pink, Mister Freeze of The Rock Steady Crew, Patti Astor, and Slick Rick.
Call Number
Sc F 22-269
ISBN
  • 9781916359826
  • 1916359825
OCLC
1260820298
Author
Bramly, Sophie, photographer.
Title
Yo! : the early days of hip hop 1982-84 / photography by Sophie Bramly ; edited by Stuart Baker.
Publisher
London : Soul Jazz Books, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Baker, Stuart, editor.
Research Call Number
Sc F 22-269
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