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Thank You | Afrika Bambaataa & Bill Laswell Present Shango | 7:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Let's Party Down | Afrika Bambaataa & Bill Laswell Present Shango | 11:17 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Biography
Born: April 17, 1957 in New York, NY [The Bronx]
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
A seminal Bronx DJ during the 1970s, Afrika Bambaataa ascended to godfather status with Planet Rock, the 1982 hip-hop classic which blended the beats of hip-hop with techno-pop futurism inspired by German pioneers Kraftwerk. Even before he began recording in 1980, Bambaataa was hip-hop's foremost DJ, an organizer and promoter of the large block parties during the mid- to late '70s which presaged the rise of rap. After the success of Planet Rock, he recorded electro-oriented rap only sparingly, concentrating...
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