Cool shots from rap parties in the Bronx, circa 1980-1981, with shots of the Cold Crush Brothers and DJ Red Alert. Check out the Multimedia Slideshow to see the pics.

http://www.nytimes.com/20...4wide.html

Can you spot Finess in the crowd?

mad memories... of that battle at Harlem world "we waaaaant weeeee want that trophy" that was the night Moe dee jumped on stage and bum rushed Busy Bee..

TheRealFiness said:

Busy Bee I don't mean to be bold
but put that "baw ditty baw" bullshit on hold
We're gonna get right down to the nitty grit
Gonna tell ya little somethin why you ain't shit

i can still hear Melle mel's words at the rec center in 79...


one time for your mind for the summer of 79' with the man who cut greater and straighter than Ny's number one cut creator tha graaaaandmaster Flaaaaash

CinisterCee said:

that's it...Moe ripped tha hell out of Busy.. he had to put his mic down after that shit

gotta love the fashion too. chicks wearing blouses and bowties.

TheRealFiness said:

awww man...now that's hip hop.

they never talk about the dj battle between Grandwizard theodore and Flash
wooooo shit that was a hotbox

TheRealFiness said:

"you even bit your name from the, Lovebug" (Starski)

CinisterCee said:

no disrespect ladies... but the ladies of the old school represented themselves as ladies... now ya'll wanna be lookin like crackheads n shit

CinisterCee said:

the Disco fever baybeeeee

TheRealFiness said:

TheRealFiness said:

yeah I never heard of that.


"why don't you tell me a story... " "tell me a story tooo"

CinisterCee said:

i was born in adams north dakota a looooong time ago see. and nowwww in lucky enough to be here with you,



lets go back... fall of 1978 there was a small theatre in the bronx that people would go to Jams back then the big one was theo Vs Joey ( flash) on the bill i think was

Infinity Machine
Kurtis blow w/ dj russel rush
Dj Hollywood
Davey Dee

anyhow, theo went first doin the conventional "bounce rock skate roll" shit Flash comes up and rips the shit out of Apache..it was ova right there

TheRealFiness said:

ahh took em out with Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band.

cha know my friend found an original copy of that album at a garage sale for fifty cents!

CinisterCee said:

apache on a big ass system? sheeeeeit.....



and apache for 50 centz?.... dayum.... thats a good find

TheRealFiness said:

wooord!

and I think that's his best find ever.

CinisterCee said:

man theres yard sales here every friggin day sometimes,havent stopped at one yet... but im sure id find some good shit

TheRealFiness said:

yep, most of the time they just don't know what they're getting rid of.