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Beat This: A Hip-Hop History

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'Beat This: A Hip-Hop History' is a 1984 BBC documentary film about hip-hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine.Larry Getlen, "A Better Vibe", 'Wesleyan' (Wesleyan University alumni magazine), Issue IV 2006, 2832. p.28. The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc the film includes footage from Herc's original dance parties The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay, Brim Fuentes, and The Dynamic Rockers.[http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/news/latest/beat_this_a_hip_hop_history_screening_at_saddlers_wells.html Beat This: a Hip Hop History screening at Saddlers Wells], www.britishhiphop.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2007. It is narrated by Imhotep Gary Byrd.[http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/news/latest/beat_this_a_hip_hop_history_screening_at_saddlers_wells.html Beat This: a Hip Hop History screening at Saddlers Wells], www.britishhiphop.co.uk, 12 April 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2007. Originally part of the 'Arena' television series, it was among the first crop of documentaries about hip-hop.

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