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In Reply to: Re: Grandmaster Flash??? posted by Todd Krieger on March 16, 2007 at 23:21:53:

..."among the wide variety of oratorical precedents cited for MCing are the epic histories of West African griots, talking blues songs, jailhouse toasts (long rhyming poems recounting outlandish deeds and misdeeds), and the dozens (the ritualized word game based on exchanging insults, usually about members of the opponent's family). Other influences cited include the hipster-jive announcing styles of 1950s rhythm-and-blues deejays such as Jocko Henderson; the black power poetry of Amiri Baraka, Gil Scott-Heron, and the Last Poets; rapping sections in recordings by Isaac Hayes and George Clinton; and the Jamaican style of rhythmized speech known as toasting."

http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9117537 (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Grandmaster Flash??? - CQ DX 21:03:18 03/13/07 (8)

Re: Grandmaster Flash??? - FRG7SWL 09:55:48 03/16/07 (2)

Re: Grandmaster Flash??? - Todd Krieger 23:21:53 03/16/07 (1)

Talking Blues - J 00:24:00 03/17/07 (0)

Sounds about right to me!* - jaiva 00:01:49 03/15/07 (0)

Hey CQ..... - Todd Krieger 17:55:55 03/14/07 (0)

Re: Grandmaster Flash??? - Derosa 23:06:17 03/13/07 (2)

DeRosa??? - Sordidman 12:27:56 03/14/07 (0)

Re: Grandmaster Flash??? - CQ DX 12:13:11 03/14/07 (0)

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