| | |  | LATIN MUSIC | Home » » From Mambo to Hip Hop | | | | | | | Description: | | There's a postage stamp of urban sidewalk known by people of a certain age for having burned to the ground. A more recent generation knows it as the place where hip hop was born. An older generation remembers the time that this turf nurtured the hot New Y | | | Features: | |
• There's a postage stamp of urban sidewalk known by people of a certain age for having burned to the ground. A more recent generation knows it as the place where hip hop was born. An older generation remembers the time that this turf nurtured the hot New York Latin music sound that came to be known as salsa. From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale is an hour-long documentary that tells a story abou
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| Willie Colon, Rock Steady Crew, Angel Rodriguez, Ray Barretto, Bobby Sanabria | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| City Lore | | Run Time:
| 56 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 24, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
SUPERB Latin Public TV doc Latin Music in the Bronx from 50s to 90sMar 29, 2009
By Steven I. Ramm
"Steve Ramm "Anything Phonographic""
This well-crafted hour-long documentary - produced in conjunction with NYC's City Lore project and Latino Public TV - traces the music of the South Bronx, where Puerto Ricans who emigrated from Puerto Rico to the South Bronx in the 1950s and 60s merged their music with the African-Americans who moved in during the 1970s to create the original hip-hop movement of break dancing, scratching and B Boys. The first half focuses on the Mambo legends like Tito Puente - who was a mambo dancer before he became a band leader. As we learn from the interviews, "drugs came to the Bronx in 1953. It was the beginning of the end of the community". Dance halls disappeared and gangs abounded. Finally the gangs came together with a common goal: to dance and create music all their own. There was Grandmaster Flash, and The Rock Steady Crew. DJ Charlie Chase, a Latino, tells how he started. And there's a great soundtrack to take you through the story.
As a bonus, there's 67 minutes of "bonus interviews" with folks like Eddie Palmieri, Benny Bonilla, and more.
Long before RAP as we know it today, and the whole industry run by Russell Simmons and Def Jam (the "commercial side of hip-hop") there were kids who just wanted to party and make some music. This is the best film I've seen which tells the story concisely and accurately, from the mouths of those who were there. Highly recommended!
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
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History, politics, social commentary & music rolled into one!Apr 13, 2011
By D. Stephens
"Sobe Prof"
I ordered this to use in my Hip Hop course and it is perfect. It provides a nice introduction to the contributions of Latinos to Hip Hop. But I appreciated the indepth discussion of the relevance of mambo and salsa. It also addresses the importance of Puerto Rican and Cuban migration- particularly focuses on Afro Cuban contributions- to the development of the South Bronx as a cultural space. This is a well done documentary that features individuals that played significant roles in mambo, salsa and Hip Hop- including musicians, dancers, politicans, former gang members, and others.
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Hip Hop VideoJan 02, 2010
By doc Storm
"doc Storm"
Very interessing stuff, a real good documentary aboute the hip hop origin in New York
Really appreciated
 Musical HistoryFeb 17, 2011
By Jose D. Gonzalez
This was an entertaining and informative video of a musical progression
in the world of latin sound. There were things I saw that I wasn't aware
of before. This video is a "Keeper".
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