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By:
Marlon Regis
No
matter how much hip hop you own, physically being in the
birthplace of hip hop - New York City - can be one of the most
enriching experiences, especially if you have the right people
around you. Taking your hip hop culture to a higher level is
Hush Tours, a more-than-legit hip hop tour through the streets
of NYC, showing you the landmark spots of where, why and how
it all began.
Starting off
in mid-Manhattan on 31st and 5th Ave, a tour bus with
Grandmaster Caz (original member of the Cold Crush Brothers)
acting as your tour guide kicks off the tour by even asking a
few Hip Hop 101 questions, testing and tickling those on board
of their knowledge. While queuing up the boom box with joints
such as Cam'ron & Jay Z's "Welcome to New York
City," Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz' " Déjà vu
(Uptown Baby)" and BDP's "South Bronx" just to
name a few, you're feeling each track riding through
Manhattan, Harlem and the Bronx. A video of old school park
jams is shown, while you actually pass the physical structures
of where 'Harlem World Arena' once stood, home of the famous
battle between Kool Moe Dee and Busy Bee. We make occasional
stops at 106th & Park's "Graffiti Wall of Fame"
to take group pictures, and even streets and homes of Dougie
Fresh, Flavor Flav and many more are pointed out. Did I
mention fake rope chains and Kangol hats are provided for the
fun of it?
A few
surprises are in store too, as Raheim of Grandmaster Flash
& The Furious Five hops onto the bus much to everyone's
amazement, helping narrate some of hip hop's history alongside
Caz. That day, even LA Sunshine (of the Treacherous 3) met us
at our (included) lunch spot in the Bronx, and got busy
bussing old school raps a cappella style (or as Caz refers to
it - 'Acapulco style') on our way back to Manhattan. Everyone
in fact gave us a taste, from Caz's "Rapper's Delight
Remix" (Caz was the original writer of "Rapper's
Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang) to Raheim's onslaught about
phony rappers of today. Depending on their weekend schedule,
other pioneers such as DJ Red Alert and Kurtis Blow are also
officially part of this tour, while a Japanese translator (HushTours_JP@yahoo.com)
is always on board. Students also get a significant discount.
www.HushTours.com
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