The History of Boston Hip-Hop – Now Available in Hardcover
Posted on November 25, 2009 by Chris Faraone
Soon after music-minded UMass-Boston management professor Pacey Foster signed on to write a Boston chapter for the most comprehensive hip-hop tome ever compiled, his mission brought him to rural Maine, where it has long been speculated that the Hub rhyme scene’s Holy Grail is safely stored. Foster was seeking one elusive Magnus Johnstone, the legendary white hipster college disc jockey who debuted Boston’s first all-rap program, Lecco’s Lemma, at MIT’s student-run WMBR in 1985, and who has since relocated to the backwoods behind Bangor.
Access to artifacts was essential to the Bean’s accurate portrayal in the 1094-page master narrative Hip-Hop in America: A Regional Guide (Greenwood Press), which drops this week following years of research by writers from across the country. (Its release will be celebrated by the Beat Research team Monday at Enormous Room.) Foster’s elaborate Bay State account is anchored by his visit to Johnstone’s Maine hideaway, where a treasure of cassettes and snapshots was tucked high above his stereo in wooden wine crates.
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this is a dope story. want to read that book
i don’t remember them interviewing me for this book?
Dope…I love the fact that the truest essence of Boston Hip Hop dwells in the Maine woods.
Boston first rapper was Jojo Britol from the ghetto, aka Bacaluo, he’s been around since 1978. the first rapper to get a major record deal was Dr Freshh aka grand master fresh out of Jamainca plain 1984 these two rappers where not mentioned in this book! its misleading, who ever wrote this book dosent know nothing about Boston hip hop history! for a $150.00 book thats misleading is just not worth it! here’s Dr Freshh track from 1985 Roxanes doctor, free mp3 download
http://oldschoolrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/08/dr-freshh-roxannes-doctor-real-man-1985.html