tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371838407458930719.post8173785833251111395..comments2023-11-02T08:27:04.487-04:00Comments on One Man, 500 Albums: No. 459: Strictly BusinessR.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10383814114949080690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371838407458930719.post-58376049067765495922008-04-22T14:35:00.000-04:002008-04-22T14:35:00.000-04:00no problem, dude. check out the review I did for ...no problem, dude. check out the review I did for "Criminal Minded" by Boogie Down Productions a couple of weeks ago as well. as far as the connections between disco, house and hip hop - well, yeah, I think a lot of people confuse the awful, vapid culture with the actual music. Disco had a lot to do with funk and soul, especially the smooth, uptempo Philly Sound and Isaac Hayes' work w/all the elaborate, lavish string arrangements. The big innovation was that 4-to-the-floor pulse from dudes like Giorgio Moroder. I'm a huge disco fan.<BR/><BR/>That whole Sleeping Bag records deal - yeah, it's crazy that Arthur Russell and Mantronik ran a label together. But I think the early 80s in NY everything was just jumbled up together - it was all on the cutting edge, you know? The No-Wave bands and the hip-hop pioneers and weird avante-garde cats like Russell found common cause. even Blondie w/that video for "Rapture" and "Call Me" - which was originally the theme song for American Gigolo and which was written/produced by Moroder.padraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495953504448929836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371838407458930719.post-88411024273639387442008-04-21T10:36:00.000-04:002008-04-21T10:36:00.000-04:00Thanks for the history lesson, Padraig. I'm fairly...Thanks for the history lesson, Padraig. I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to hip-hop, so this is a great read. I'm especially intrigued by the ties to disco and house, as I've been digging back into the <A HREF="http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/lets-rethink-this-disco-sucks-thing/" REL="nofollow">culture of disco</A> and discovering there was a lot more to it than most of us realize.taotechuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.com