Why Open Source is Like Hiphop. Part 1: How Hiphop Remakes the Mainstream.
Monday, October 3rd, 2005Hiphop DJ’s disrupt the flow from artistic production to market consumption by cutting and sampling old records- using them to create commodities. Rappers take apart language to build new rhythms, and to tell stories that hadn’t made it into music before. Between rap, turntablism, graffiti, and breakdance hiphop crafted a hybrid equation that came at [...]