The Boiling Point
(Rap At Its Worst)

Turntables, baselines, beats, scratching, EMcing and chanting anthems like, "Wave your hands in the air and wave'em like you just don't care!" (DJ Kool Herc and the Herculoids) gave you a reason to stand on your feet and clap. B-Boys, B-girls, graffiti murals, and concrete also help shape and define the vision of hip-hop. The simple concepts of story telling about self-hype, (The Furious Five) "The Message" expressing self-awareness, and then the dynamic push toward powerful political points (Public Enemy) "Fight the Power" took this still growing sensation to another level. Fresh lines like, "Just start to chase your dreams, Up out your seats, make your body sway, Socialize, get down, let your soul lead the way, Shake it now, go ladies, it's a livin' dream, Love Life Live." (Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock) it was poetry such as this that influenced today's acts.

A multifaceted vision that began with old school basement and street jam rapping
sessions that tapped into the mainstreams of radio and television airwaves across the world. Now, Hip-Hop is one of the most influential and still can be the most positive way that poetry and culture can be enforced. This documentary phenomenon has literally developed in front of our eyes. This was the beginning of a Picasso in progress. The elements of a Bass line and a beat simply defined the underlined complexity of this astounding culture. Back in the slavery days black folks sang and free styled their troubles and prayers to the beat of their hearts on fire. The transformation was reawakened in the late 1960's when street organizations put this renowned culture to work.

The long breaks of old Motown sounds that has been reduplicated and implicated in the hip-hop culture as of today. With r&b groups and solo artists such as Guy, R. Kelly, Jodeci, TLC, Keith Sweat, Usher, and Mary J. Blige displayed that a song isn't a hit without the inspiration and silhouette of hip-hop. Sampling historical sounds of old gospel, jazz, classical, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, disco, and rock became the repetitive cluster that reinvented hip-hop over, over, and over again. Historical names planted the respect for this culture and leads as an example like, The "Rappers Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang was an international hit and became one of the best selling "12" inch records ever, at that time selling over 2 million copies world wide. This is where the legendary title "Hip-Hop" was

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