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Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat

Plot: Rap music has articulated a black aesthetic that is influencing pop culture around the world. But does it also promote violence, misogyny, and crime? This program featuring rap master Melle Mel describes the history of rap and hip-hop from its roots in earlier oral and musical traditions to its full flowering in the mid-1990s
Release Date: Thursday, October 19 1995
29 years ago
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Portrait of Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa. Afrika Bambaataa was 38 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Wed, Apr 17 1957
Portrait of Chuck DChuck D. Chuck D was 35 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Mon, Aug 01 1960
Portrait of Nelson GeorgeNelson George. Nelson George was 38 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Sun, Sep 01 1957
Portrait of Grandmaster FlashGrandmaster Flash. Grandmaster Flash was 37 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Wed, Jan 01 1958
Portrait of Ice CubeIce Cube. Ice Cube was 26 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Sun, Jun 15 1969
Portrait of KRS-OneKRS-One. KRS-One was 30 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Fri, Aug 20 1965
Portrait of Melle MelMelle Mel. Melle Mel was 34 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Mon, May 15 1961
Portrait of Snoop DoggSnoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg was 23 in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Wed, Oct 20 1971
Portrait of SpeechSpeech. Speech was >> in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
Birthday: Unknown Birthday

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Portrait of Susan ShawSusan Shaw. Susan Shaw was >> in Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat as 'Director, Producer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday