Then he would say, And most of all, Flash, you must havebass.Īnd when Hercs bass came in the whole place would be shaking. Then he would crank up the highs and they Herc would say, Flash in order to beĪ qualified disc jockeyyou must have highs. Highs and lows on the system and just play the midrange. He would call Flash out on the mike and then cut out all the Grandmaster Flash had another story about Herc in his heydayįlash would go into the Hevalo to check out Herc, but Herc would always embarrass him. Was recently quoted as saying he was the oldest living b-boy.Īs competing DJs looked to cut in on the action, Herc would soak the labels off his records so no
He helped coin the phrase b-boy (break boy) and It was the start of anįinally his fame peaked and at last, in 1975, he began working at the Hevalo in the Bronx. His first deejay gig was as his sisters birthday party. That fact coupled with his height spurned the other School he spent a lot of time in the weight room. Kool Herc emigrated to the Bronx in 1967 when he was 12 years old. Everybody just looked at them like, You shouldve listened to Kool Herc. The Zulu crew tried to turn up the juice but it was
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Bams crew started cursing Herc until Herc put the full weight of his system up and said, Bambaataa-baataa -baataa, TURN YOUR SYSTEMĭOWN! And you couldnt even hear Bams set at all. So Herc said louder, Yo, Bambaataa, turn your system down-ĭown-down. Got on the microphone and said Bambaataa, could you please turn your system down? Bams crew Herc was late setting up and Bam continued to play longer than he should have. The Zulu Nation recalls one momentous meeting between Herc and Bam. At this time Afrika Bambaataa and other competing DJs began trying to take Hercs crown. In addition to his break beats, Herc also became known as the man with the loudest sys-tem around. He wanted to get into another place called
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His first professional DJ job was at the Twilight Zone in 1973. He didnt care what type of music, because he only needed a small He would dig in crates and look everywhere to find the perfect break beat for his parties. (Not to mention it being anĮarly form of looping that would be made easier through electronic sampling.) Doing this over and over, he could rock any house in NY. Then throw it over to the other turntable and play the same part. He would play the break beat on one record Herc would purchase two copies of the same record and play them on separate turntables next to each other. Would be a very important one for hip hop. His desire to capture this moment for a longer period of time The beat would just ride for short period. At this point in a song, the vocals would stop and More interested in the break section of the song. Herc became aware that although he new which records would keep the crowd moving, he was
He would throw many of his first parties as the DJ. The address of Hercs fam-ily and the location of the recreation room where MR.INTERNATIONAL,LUMIDEE'S OFFICIAL DJ & RESIDENT DJ FOR KEY CLUB BX & STARLETS ONġ520 Sedgwick Avenue.
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