Graffiti Rock and Other Hip Hop Delights

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Summary: Old School 4ever
Review: Graffiti Rock! wasnt there 2 episodes? anyways,while the show itself is classic,they couldve included some BETTER special features!i think they could've represented a lot better on this disc,whut about classic b-boy videos,or battles.Some of the stuff on there is just plain corny!i remember seeing the Nyc breakers perform in front of President Reagan...Twice!! Hello??,only 2 stars, maybe 2 and a half,could've gotten more.......

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Summary: Golden Memories...
Review: I remember the night this came on tv in NY back in 1984 (Channel 11 if I recall correctly). ...I had to settle for the critical raves of my 8th grade classmates the next day (mind you this was before we had a vcr). Eventually I got to see a bootleg of this strange slice of Hip Hop history and immediately fell under it's spell. Essentially, it's a Hip Hop American Bandstand. A half hour pilot for a show that was never to be. Too bad. With the line up of stars here, it's fun to imagine what might have been in store for future episodes. Some highlights: Run DMC performing "Sucker M.C.'s" and later "battling" The Treacherous Three, Shannon performing "Give Me The Night" (albeit lip synced, ala Soul Train), a performance by The New York City Breakers (who were at the time, conveniently being managed by the show's host and producer Micheal Holman). But by far, THE highlight of Graffiti Rock has to be all those kids dancing in the audience. Talk about a time capsule. And those clothes! Some of them went on to become famous (or semi-famous anyway). "Prince Vince" turned out to be Vincent Gallo of "Buffalo 66" fame, while B Girl "Debbie" is Debi Mazar of "Goodfellas", and a bunch of Spike Lee 'joints'. Can't forget about m'man Cormac either!
Also gotta love how every now and then, some Hip Hop catch-phrase would pop up on the screen like you were watching a fight scene in the old Batman tv show.
"FRESH!", or "WORD!" accompanied by what one has to assume was Michael Holman on an echo-heavy microphone.
Also LOT's of great extras. Stuff like old footage of Doug E Fresh beatboxing, K Rob on the mic, Jazzy Jay cutting it up, etc. etc.
Definately one for the collection.