The Greatest Day in Hip Hop...and, a Great Day in Harlem ((appreciation thread))
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Harlem, NY, Sept 29, 1998, 17 E. 126th St., famed photographer Gordon Parks shot the cover image for XXL’s December ’98 issue, “The Greatest Day In Hip-Hop History.” The cover paid homage to Art Kane’s iconic jazz portrait “A Great Day in Harlem.” Similar to the original, Park’s version brought in a surplus of rap legends and up-and-comers to pose in front of three brownstones in Harlem.
A Great Day in Harlem (or Harlem 1958) is a 1958 black and white group portrait of 57 notable jazz musicians photographed in front of a Brownstone in Harlem, New York City. The photo has remained an important object in the study of the history of jazz.
Red Allen, Buster Bailey, Count Basie, Emmett Berry, Art Blakey, Lawrence Brown, Scoville Browne, Buck Clayton, Bill Crump, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Art Farmer, Bud Freeman, Dizzy Gillespie, Tyree Glenn, Benny Golson, Sonny Greer, Johnny Griffin, Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Jay C. Higginbotham, Milt Hinton, Chubby Jackson, Hilton Jefferson, Osie Johnson, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Jimmy Jones, Taft Jordan, Max Kaminsky, Gene Krupa, Eddie Locke, Marian McPartland, Charles Mingus, Miff Mole, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Oscar Pettiford, Rudy Powell, Luckey Roberts, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Rushing, ? Wee Russell, Sahib Shihab, Horace Silver, Zutty Singleton, Stuff Smith, Rex Stewart, Maxine Sullivan, Joe Thomas, Wilbur Ware, Dickie Wells, George Wettling, Ernie Wilkins, Mary Lou Williams, Lester Young
Great Day in Hip Hop pt.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLc-yNJEjZI
Great Day in Hip Hop pt.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK2IwS2sv94
Great Day in Hip Hop pt.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4aN6jJIDsw
In other words, Great History
Harlem, NY, Sept 29, 1998, 17 E. 126th St., famed photographer Gordon Parks shot the cover image for XXL’s December ’98 issue, “The Greatest Day In Hip-Hop History.” The cover paid homage to Art Kane’s iconic jazz portrait “A Great Day in Harlem.” Similar to the original, Park’s version brought in a surplus of rap legends and up-and-comers to pose in front of three brownstones in Harlem.
A Great Day in Harlem (or Harlem 1958) is a 1958 black and white group portrait of 57 notable jazz musicians photographed in front of a Brownstone in Harlem, New York City. The photo has remained an important object in the study of the history of jazz.
Red Allen, Buster Bailey, Count Basie, Emmett Berry, Art Blakey, Lawrence Brown, Scoville Browne, Buck Clayton, Bill Crump, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Art Farmer, Bud Freeman, Dizzy Gillespie, Tyree Glenn, Benny Golson, Sonny Greer, Johnny Griffin, Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, J.C. Heard, Jay C. Higginbotham, Milt Hinton, Chubby Jackson, Hilton Jefferson, Osie Johnson, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Jimmy Jones, Taft Jordan, Max Kaminsky, Gene Krupa, Eddie Locke, Marian McPartland, Charles Mingus, Miff Mole, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Oscar Pettiford, Rudy Powell, Luckey Roberts, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Rushing, ? Wee Russell, Sahib Shihab, Horace Silver, Zutty Singleton, Stuff Smith, Rex Stewart, Maxine Sullivan, Joe Thomas, Wilbur Ware, Dickie Wells, George Wettling, Ernie Wilkins, Mary Lou Williams, Lester Young
Great Day in Hip Hop pt.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLc-yNJEjZIGreat Day in Hip Hop pt.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK2IwS2sv94Great Day in Hip Hop pt.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4aN6jJIDswIn other words, Great History
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I still have this issue somewhere in storage. Classic issue.
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Same here, I still got all my old rap-magazines
And yup, this particular issue was nothing but classic -
btw, lol @ Mos Def
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they should do one with current rappers so these young ? can look back in a few years and realize why nobody took them seriously.
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Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006) was the photographer
His Jazz, and his Hip Hop photo-shoots were great
Also (btw), he directed the classic movie "Shaft" (1979)
No current rappers edition needed IMO
Cause it would be a pretty shameful sight
(with the exception of some, of course)
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I think I still got mines too. That was a classic day for hip-hop.
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I had it but its long gone
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Classic man 98 seems so long ago when u watch this
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Nowadays you can't even get 3 rappers in a room together to record a song...
Never mind something like this... -
I remember that, but I don't think I have it in my collection any more.
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Nowadays you can't even get 3 rappers in a room together to record a song...
Never mind something like this...
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a great day indeed
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i wonder how he got everyone there on the same day like that
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R.I.P Big L
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RIP graffiti
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Great day indeed.
I always wondered why cats like Jigga, Nas, DMX, Nore, Wu etc. werent there considering some of their affiliates were there & they were some of the biggest rappers at the time, especially in NY. -
Great Day in Atlanta
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Nice one ^^
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goodlookinout wrote: »Great Day in Atlanta
I only see four people in that group that are still current
T.I
Jeezy
Dj drama
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Found out XXL did a " A Great Day In Hip Hop, 16 years later. " article in 2014.
Reminded me to kick the ? outta this ol' dusty thread, lol. -
Same here, I still got all my old rap-magazines
And yup, this particular issue was nothing but classic
Yeah I still got quite a few, and some old basketball ones to... -
There would be beef and egos everywhere now...
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still have the mag somewhere
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The documentary to accompany it was dope.
I want the picture at the end of the doc (part 3) with Fab 5 Freddy, Slick Rick, Russell Simmons and Kool Herc.
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Try to contact "Michael A. Gonzales."
Otherwise I don't know @5Grand
