Imuphi umuntu omnyama onga rap? Abaningi bangase bacabange kanjalo, futhi ngeke babe kude neqiniso. Iningi lezakhamizi ezinesizotha nalo liyaqiniseka ukuthi zonke izilinganiso ziyizixhwanguxhwangu, ezephula umthetho. Lokhu nakho kuseduze neqiniso. I-Boogie Down Productions, ibhendi ene-black line-up, iyisibonelo esihle salokhu. Ukujwayelana nesiphetho nokudala kuzokwenza ucabange ngezinto eziningi.
Uhlu lwe-Boogie Down Productions
I-Boogie Down Productions yasungulwa ngo-1985. Uhlu lwaluhlanganisa abafana ababili abamnyama baseSouth Bronx, eNew York, e-USA. Laba abangani ababili u-Kris Laurence Parker, owathatha igama elingelona iqiniso elithi KRS-One, noScott Sterling, owazibiza ngoScott La Rock. Kamuva, uDerrick Jones (D-Nice) wajoyina abafana. Ngemuva kokushona kukaScott La Rock, uNksz. UMelodie noKenny Parker.
Uma uthi nhlá, igama elithi "Boogie Down Productions" lingase libonakale lixakile. Azikho izimfihlakalo ezifihliwe lapha. Inkulumo ethi "Boogie Down" iqukethe igama elidumile leBronx, ikota lapho abasunguli beqembu babehlala khona. Abafana banquma ukuthi kuzocacela wonke umuntu ukuthi baphumaphi, yiziphi izinkinga abaphila nazo.
Ukudalwa kweqoqo le-Boogie Down Productions
UKris Parker wazalelwa eBrooklyn ecebile, kodwa kusukela ebuntwaneni wayehlukaniswa nesimo sokungahlaliseki. Umama wazama ukuthulisa indodana yakhe, elawula ukuphila kwayo ngenkuthalo. Kusukela ekugadweni kwakhe, kanye nesimiso sesikole esizondwayo, umfana wabaleka eneminyaka engu-14. UKris waphuma endlini, wazulazula emigwaqweni. Wenza akuthandayo: wadlala i-basketball, i-graffiti ependiwe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lo mfana akazange aphile impilo engcolile ngokuphelele. UChris wayethanda ukufunda izincwadi ezihlakaniphile, enengqondo ephilayo.
Ngenxa yobusela nobuxhwanguxhwangu, le nsizwa yabhadla ejele, kodwa ayizange isichithe isikhathi eside. Ngemva kokukhululwa, wanikwa ikamelo ehostela. Lapha washeshe wathola abangane abathakazelayo. Lo mfana waqala ukudlwengula. Lapha uChris wahlangana nommeli osemusha. UScott Sterling wayehlala eduze, evakashela ikhaya lezintandane ngenkathi enza umsebenzi wezenhlalakahle.
Umuzwa Womculo Wabahlanganyeli
Abafana abasungula i-BDP babengenamfundo yomculo. Ngamunye wabo, i-rap yayiwukuzilibazisa. U-KRS-One, ngaphambi kokudala ithimba lakhe, ukwazile ukubamba iqhaza kwenye iphrojekthi "12:41". UScott La Rock ubelokhu eyi-DJing ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphumula. Abafana bahlanganisa amakhono abo eqenjini elivamile.
Ukuqala kokudala
U-KRS-One wabhala futhi wenza izingoma, uScott La Rock waqamba futhi wadlala umculo. Yile ndlela umsebenzi weqembu, owakhiwe ngo-1986, wakhiwe ngayo. Abafana bahamba ngokushesha ukuyoqopha izingoma ezimbalwa. I-"South Bronx" ne-"Crack Attack" bekuyizingoma ezishisa izikhotha emsakazweni. Babonakale ohlelweni lukaDJ Red Alert. Ngokushesha abafana baqala ukusebenza ne-ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S.
U-Kool Keith usize abafana ukuba baqophe i-albhamu yabo yokuqala ethi "Criminal Minded" kumarekhodi e-B-Boy. Iqoqo lokuqala lenze isiphithiphithi. Eshadini le-hip-hop ezweni, irekhodi lithathe indawo yama-73 kuphela, kodwa lathola indima yesimo sokuqondisa. Kamuva, le albhamu yaziwa njengengqophamlando yokuzalwa kwe-gangsta rap. I-albhamu yaqashelwa izinkanyezi ezifana neRolling Stone, NME.
Ukukhangisa brand
Abafana be-BDP baqale baqala ukukhangisa uhlobo lwe-Nike. Ngaphambi kwalokho, i-Adidas ne-Reebok kuphela ababeyisithonjana sabarepha. Ukukhangisa ngaleso sikhathi kwakhiwe kuphela kulokho abakuthandayo kanye nezithakazelo zabo. Bezingekho izingxenye zezimali lapha.
I-albhamu ethi "Criminal Minded" ihlabe abaningi umxhwele. Ngemuva kokuqopha kwakhe, u-KRS-One uhlangana no-Ice-T, omsiza ukuthi athole u-Benny Medina. Nommeli ovela ku-Warner Bros. Abafana bamarekhodi baqala ukuxoxisana ngokusayina inkontileka. Kwasala imicikilisho kuphela, kodwa kwavinjwa ingozi ebuhlungu.
Ukufa kukaScott La Rock
Ilungu elisha kuleli qembu, u-D-Nice, ungene enkingeni. Ngolunye usuku, lapho ebona intombazane, wahlaselwa owayeyisoka lakhe. Wasabisa ngesibhamu, wathi akahlukane naye. U-D-Nice waphunyuka ngenxa yokwesaba, kodwa watshela umlingani wakhe weqembu ngale ndaba.
UScott La Rock weza nabangane. Izinsizwa zazama ukuthola umenzi wobubi, kodwa wanyamalala. Ngokushesha kwavela “iqembu lakhe lokusekela”, kwaqubuka impi. Izinsizwa zahlukaniswa, uScott wanyamalala emotweni, kodwa izibhamu zalandela eceleni. Izinhlamvu zangena esikhunjeni, zashaya ekhanda nasentanyeni yomculi. Uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela washonela khona.
Eminye imisebenzi yeqembu le-Boogie Down Productions
Ngemuva kokushona kukaScott La Rock, ukusayinwa kwenkontileka nesitudiyo sokuqopha kwawela. I-KRS-One inqume ukungalibeki leli qembu ekhefini. Imisebenzi yomqambi no-DJ yenziwa ngu-D-Nice. Abanye abaculi nabo babekhona kulo msebenzi. Unkosikazi ka-KRS-One, u-Ramona Parker ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi Nks. UMelodie, kanye nomfowabo omncane uKenny.
Ngezikhathi ezihlukahlukene, uRebekah, D-Square wayesebenza eqenjini. I-BDP isayina inkontileka ne-Jive Studio. Kusukela ngo-1988, leli qembu belikhipha ama-albhamu minyaka yonke. Ngaphandle kwesiqalo, bekukhona ezi-5. Imibhalo ithinta izinkinga zezihloko ezahlukahlukene zomphakathi wanamuhla.
U-KRS-One wazikhethela indlela yokushumayela. Waze wamenywa ukuba azofundisa abafundi, wakwenza ngenjabulo njengoba esehambele amanyuvesi ahlukene kuleli. Ngo-1993, i-Boogie Down Productions yaphela ngokusemthethweni. I-KRS-One ayizange iphazamise umsebenzi wakhe womculo, waqala ukuzibandakanya ekudaleni yedwa, esebenzisa i-pseudonym eyakhethwa isikhathi eside.
