‘Hip-Hop Evolution': 5 Furious Facts We Learned From the Netflix Doc (Photos)

‘Hip-Hop Evolution': 5 Furious Facts We Learned From the Netflix Doc (Photos)

“Hip-Hop Evolution,” which just debuted on Netflix, goes very old school to source hip-hop’s roots in the early 1970s.

Widespread looting during the 1977 New York City blackout suddenly gave aspiring DJs and MCs the equipment they needed to launch their musical careers — and launch a new musical art form.

“The Message” advanced hip-hop far beyond the party songs of the 1970s and early ’80s, paving the way for Ice Cube, KRS-One, Public Enemy and other politically minded rappers.

Ego Trip’s excellent “Book of Rap Lists” went into this story a bit, but “Hip-Hop Evolution” breaks down in detail how producer Sylvia Robinson assembled the Sugar Hill gang after an impromptu audition outside a New Jersey pizzeria.

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