他们刚刚在公寓娱乐室举办返校派对。他们几乎不知道自己正在创造嘻哈音乐

这种轰动全球的音乐流派始于一些富有创造力的青少年聚在一起,随着 DJ Kool Herc 精心策划的节奏即兴演奏押韵

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他们刚刚在公寓娱乐室举办返校派对。他们几乎不知道自己正在创造嘻哈音乐

这种轰动全球的音乐流派始于一些富有创造力的青少年聚在一起,随着 DJ Kool Herc 精心策划的节奏即兴演奏押韵

当 18 岁的 D.J. 1973 年 8 月,克莱夫·坎贝尔 (Clive Campbell) 决定在布朗克斯公寓楼的娱乐室为返校“即兴演奏”提供音乐,他向客人们介绍了一些新东西。 Instead of allowing songs to play linearly as recorded, he used two turntables to isolate and loop the breaks—the instrumental measures, often in the middle of tracks, that allow music to swell—elongating the drumbeats that brought dancers to the floor.没有歌手在音乐中发声,MC 们就拿着麦克风,唱着巧妙的韵律、口技、喊出呼应诗句,让派对继续进行。牙买加出生的坎贝尔,更广为人知的名字是

,无意中创造了嘻哈。

伯克利音乐学院非洲研究系主任埃米特·G·普莱斯三世 (Emmett G. Price III) 表示,在那次聚会上,嘻哈文化的五个元素全部融合在一起。除了说唱、舞蹈(break)和旋转唱片的循环、旋转木马风格之外,还有艺术(涂鸦)和时尚(街头服饰)。 Teens representing different neighborhoods often fused the two, explains Price, by spray-painting insignia on their jean jackets.

Adolescents who couldn’t get into 21-and-up nightclubs were drawn to Campbell’s parties. “It’s a substantially younger crowd,” says Chuck D, of the Grammy-nominated 1980s rap group Public Enemy.“He’s playing records for the kids.”

Price says that the youth “took the soundtrack of their ancestors and remixed and remastered it. Listen to hip-hop, and you end up learning about funk, soul, jazz, blues and spirituals.”

你知道吗?坚守嘻哈文化

This article is a selection from the Summer 2026 issue of Smithsonian magazine

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