So ready for this
It’s here and it’s brilliant…
Howard Kremer’s Hip Hop Radio Tape: 25th Anniversary Special Featuring Jensen Karp
On June 6th, 1987 comedian/musician Howard Kremer made a radio tape.
On June 6th, 2012 Howard and friend/living hip-hop encyclopedia Jensen Karp (AKA Hot Karl) rediscovered the tape. Join them as they explore the early years of hip-hop on this Feral Audio Podcast Special.
Now sit back and enjoy a treasure trove of audio from America’s first hip-hop program. Six hours a week New York radio stations WBLS and KISS broadcast the birth of hip-hop, straight from its birthplace. Their frequencies traveling through the night air to the warm transistors and boom boxes of a then teenaged Howard Kremer. This innovative new style of music completely informed the rest of Howard’s life, and forever changed his and countless others’ taste in music.
this podcast. It’s absolutely incredible.
I love this kind of music archaeology.
LISTEN TO THIS. Howard’s tape is bonkers.
mah boyz
Jensen!
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