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Jun 30Liked by Lynelle

Wow! Love it! So much history and nostalgia. During the 80's hip-hop era, my best friend and I got jobs at a roller rink/nightclub so we could immerse ourself in the music, the sound, the party...and get paid!

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Thank you for sharing this memory, the 80s set the tone for the Hip Hop. I wish we could go back to this era in terms of poetically and consciously uplifting the people

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Love this! If you haven’t already check out the evolution of hip-hop, it’s a Netflix documentary. “My how far we’ve come from the grand masters of hip hop!”

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Great post, Lynelle. It’s always good to see people who are historians of hip hop.

Such a groundbreaking genre needs to be documented.

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Thank you! I was trying to find a good documentary to recommend but the current ones aren’t to my liking. I have to find an older one from maybe the early 2000s

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I like hip hop and this history resonates. The story about your mum adds that flavour :-).

Funny enough, I am also transitioning to Spotify from Apple, so I will listen to your playlist this week.

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Thanks for reading. I’ve learned Spotify is where it’s at these days 😃 my mom told me the story when I first fell in love with music, I’ll never forget it

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I’ve seen it and yet I haven’t watched. I need to make time to do so

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