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Hip Hop Party: Breaking

from Baba Bomani's BeatBox Basement by Baba Bomani

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CHORUS (2X)
H-I-P H-O-P
I’ve got a DJ and a MC
Plus some breakers so we got all three
That we need for this Hip Hop Party
VERSE
To understand the dances and the style they were portraying
You must understand the DJ’s and the music they were playing
The hottest funk records were in heavy rotation
As Parliament Funkadelic toured the nation
Plus, James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, that’s right man
With the JB’s, you should’ve seen him at his height man
bass, guitar, keys, a drummer on his left and right hand
4 horns, 3 singers, 3 dancers, and a hype man
One part made the party go wild and the ground shake
When they all stopped but the drummer, this was called the break
grandmaster flash developed new techniques
To make sure they gave the people their beats
He would get two copies of the same record
On two record players, a turntable double decker
He put a mixer between each record player
Which includes many buttons including a crossfader
He would line up the records to the same place
Where the break beat started and put on his game face
The records going at the same rate he’d let the first rotate
Switch at the right time, release the record with style and grace
He did this for as long as he wanted the break to last
The dancers went crazy, they really had a blast
They’d break into James Brown inspired moves
Groups of kids would get together and be dance crews
Created B-Boy and B-Girl stances, the Freeze, and footwork
With some acrobatic moves, if you fail it could hurt
But this was all history in the making
The style they created is now called Breaking!
CHORUS (2X)

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from Baba Bomani's BeatBox Basement, released August 6, 2022

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Baba Bomani Washington, D.C.

Baba Bomani, aka the Watermelon man has been using hip-hop, poetry and multi-media disciplines to teach fun and informative workshops with all ages from kindergarteners to graduate students for well over 15 years Bomani . Here you can find his hip-hop music for kids as well as teaching materials showing students the writing process through hip-hop! ... more

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