Who would have thought that two turntables and a mixer could be use as a form instrument? Who would have thought that by moving the record back and forth could create its own class of music?.
Most people get Rap and Hip-Hop mixed up. Rap and Hip-Hop are two total different things. When you refer to Rap you are referring to the MCs (master of ceremonies) and DJ, but when you are referring to Hip-Hop you are talking about four combined elements. Four elements of Hip-Hop are: Break Dancing, Graffiti Writings, MCs, and DJs.
The Evolution of a DJ in The Hip-Hop Culture with the turn of the century began the musical evolution. It was a simple musical output device. The role of this musical component was greatly regarded as that of just a music player during the early 19th century. When the first record was introduced to the world, it was made for one main reason, entertainment. Records and record players were introduced as something that you were not supposed to touch or play with. Record players were made for you to just simply put the record on, play it and pretty much walk away from. Most of us were taught not to mess with record player because you might break the needle or you might damage the record.
In early 70's it was the birth of Hip-Hop DJs.
1969 - Kool Herc, considered to be the first hip-hop DJ develops "Cutting Breaks." Kool Herc adapted his style by chanting over the instrumental or percussion sections of the day's popular songs. Because these breaks were relatively short, he learned to extend them indefinitely by using an audio mixer and two identical records in which he continuously replaced the desired segment. His particular skill, later copied by many others, was to meld the percussion breaks from two identical records by playing the break over and over switching from one deck to the other. Hip-Hop derived from "hip hoppin" on the turntable.
In Early 70's - Technics released the original SL-1200 as a hi-fi turntable (Deebo).
