No Half Steppin' (Paperback): An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club the Latin Quarter and the Birth of HipHop's G,Used
No Half Steppin' (Paperback): An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club the Latin Quarter and the Birth of HipHop's G,Used

No Half Steppin' (Paperback): An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club the Latin Quarter and the Birth of HipHop's G,Used

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Author Claude Paradise Gray was raised in the South Bronx. He was cofounder of the X Clan, whose 1990 album To the East, Blackwards is an Afrocentric and sociopolitically conscious Golden Era hiphop classic. Prior to that, he was host and entertainment manager for the Manhattan nightclub the Latin Quarter where he was a key figure in transforming it into an historical hiphop venue. Paradise is also a noted writer, photographer, and hiphop historian/archivist, as confirmed with this book, No Half Steppin', where his personal collection of photographs and memoriespaired with an oral history from some of the club's most famous patronstell the story of the most important incubator of talent for the Golden Era of hiphop.During the mid to late 80s, legends were born in that bustling Times Square clubfrom Stetsasonic, KRSOne, and Eric B. & Rakim to Queen Latifah, Public Enemy, and A Tribe Called Quest. It was the perfect recipe for success for unsigned and upandcoming artists, as it was the ideal place to be seen and hone your craftand musicindustry A&Rs were onsite to snatch up the hottest rappers. You could walk into the club a nobody and come out a star.No Half Steppin' An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club the Latin Quarter and the Birth of HipHop's Golden Era is 212 pages with over 175 color photographs and flyers from the greatest time in hiphop history. Oral history by participants Special K and Teddy Tedd, KRSOne, MC Shan, Eric B., DJ Kool Red Alert, Fab 5 Freddy, JustIce, Positive K, DJ Clark Kent, Kid, Dana Dane, TR Love, MC Serch, Chuck D, Grand Puba, Sadat X, Pete Nice, Prince Pau, Kurtis Blow, Mike Gee, DaddyO, Wise, Ced Gee, Big Daddy Kane, Queen Latifah, Kool G Rap, and many many more.

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