Chuck D's voice, commanding as ever, ripped through the crowd as Flavor Flav delivered his signature ad-libs and the same dance moves he did in the 1989 video for the groundbreaking track.
For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...