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Big Fun in the Big Town (historical Hip Hop documentary)

submitted by benjee

1 decade 7 years 12 months ago

A 1986 Dutch documentary on 'The Big Town' of New York, and its emerging Hip Hop scene back in the 1980s.

7 Comments

Clips of a 1986 Dutch documentary on early Hip Hop, with:
Part Two: Doug E Fresh,
Part Three: Roxanne Shante & Biz,
Part Four: DMC,
Part Five: LL Cool J,
Part Six: Say What You Want To Say &
Part Seven: Schooly D.

Unfortunately, the clips have all been pulled from YouTube - but the entire documentary's on Google Video (Dutch narrative/subtitles for interviews etc).

Also available in it's entirety here in Real format.

ant

Nice even though I am not into this music genre.

1996 you mean?

*documentaries

Adding video to channels (Documentaries) - requested by mauz15.

*dead

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by longde.

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