When the Beat was Born hat a 2006 documentary by Pennebaker

a 2006 documentary by Pennebaker

mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig

That haunting voice

Andrew Motion

As translator and editor Wyatt Mason makes clear in his engaging Introduction

When the Beat was Born hat a 2006 documentary by PennebakerAuthor: Laban Carrick Hill Illustrator: Theodore Taylor III Before there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back to school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaksthe musical interludes between verseslonger for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born.