Legends of Hip Hop Press Kit Table of Contents
Legends of Hip Hop Press Kit Table of Contents 1. “Paying Multigenerational Tribute to the Pioneers of Locking and Popping” (LEGENDS Review) NEW YORK TIMES, November 15, 2004 page 2 2. “Hip-hop gets new respect” (LEGENDS Review), THE STAR-LEDGER, November 24, 2004 page 3 3. “Rennie Harris’ Legends of Hip Hop’ pays tribute to elders of locking and popping (LEGENDS Review), ASSOCIATED PRESS, November 22, 2004 page 4 4. “Dancing the History of Hip-Hop (LEGENDS Review), THE NEW YORK SUN, Nov 15, 2004 page 5 5. “Roam if You Want to, (LEGENDS Feature),” PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY, June 20, 2001 page 6 6. “Save the Last Dance (LEGENDS Feature),” THE SOURCE, October 2001 page 7 7. “Rennie Harris Festival a Homecoming (LEGENDS Feature),” INQUIRER, June 2001 page 8 Hip-hop gets new respect Wednesday, November 24, 2004 BY ROBERT JOHNSON Star-Ledger Staff NEW YORK -- Hip-hop isn't naturally respectful. The grass-roots art movement was born when people on the margins of society rejected passive consumerism. The inventors of hip-hop responded creatively to what they saw and heard, talked back to television, and subversively used LPs and turntables as instruments to make their own music. Finally, like computer hackers, they invaded the mainstream media, which began to broadcast and market their revolutionary art. Yet hip-hop is also more than 30 years old now, and it has matured. "The Legends of Hip-Hop," a spectacular, hour-long program at the New Victory Theater, showcases both the East Coast breakers and DJs, whose astounding virtuoso feats represent an extreme of stylistic development and the essential discoveries of hip-hop's West Coast pioneers.
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