Deep concentration 'cause I'm no comedian...
Rakim wrote the lyrics to I Ain't No Joke in 1987 during the height of the hip-hop revolution. He was one of the pioneers of the art form and understood it as well as any. When he composed his legendary poetry, it looked something like this...
The Four Elements of Hip-Hop were all interconnected. The dj's & emcees were focused on making music that you could dance to. The dancers brought cardboard cutouts to break on filled with graffiti. The graffiti artists were able to share space on the stage with the acts performing at some of the biggest shows in the history of music. The culture belonged to everyone and no one was more important than the other.
Movies like Beat Street...
and Wild Style...
...brought the culture from the streets to the big screen and introduced the masses to all of The Elements at the same time and showed their interconnectedness. All of the people involved were able to express themselves through art and continued to further the culture.
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