hip hop 101- a lil hip hop history for ya

after reading the previous piece I posted written by Davey D I began to ponder a few things myself and I feel I could take 1 of 2 steps here and now.

1. I could complain further about how many younger hip-hop fans dont know like I have so many times before or...
2. I could provide and make available the information and try to educate those that don't know

anyway that being said this is my attempt to educate some and remind others of where we came
in an effort to Preserving The Four Elements of Hip Hop
below is a list of websites dedicated to just that,
I pray you all check out and possible pass along the information.

...it has been said many times before, that you can not possible know where you are goin
if you don't know where you've been...
While this is not a complete list of websites and artciles,
but it is a beginning and will prayfully make many of you want to do your own digging and find out much more, i will of course update it the list as often as possible, please feel free to add some I missed in comments, enjoy...

http://www.oldschoolhiphop.com/

http://www.daveyd.com/raptitle.html- history of hip hop by Davey D

http://www.daveyd.com/fnvcomrespectpioneers.html - RESPECT THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US written by Davey D in 1999 from his website Davey.com

http://www.jayquan.com/foundation.htm

Freestyle as a Structured Part of Hip-Hop Culture [laze.net]

http://www.b-boys.com/

http://www.jam2dis.com/j2ddjhistory1.htm - the history of turntablism

http://www.daveyd.com/FullArticles/articleN614.asp - The History of Graf
by - by ERIC aka DEAL CIA and SPAR ONE TFP - from Daveyd.com ran 11/14/00

http://toledohiphop.org/images/old_school_source_code/- check out some old school flyers

http://rap.about.com/cs/books/tp/hiphopbooks.htm - 10 Hip-hop Books u gotta check out

http://rap.about.com/cs/history/tp/hiphophistory1.htm - 10 Hip-hop History Books

http://rap.about.com/cs/books/tp/hiphopculture.htm - 10 Books on Hip-hop Culture

About.com: http://rhino.com/Features/liners/72851lin.html

http://www.beyondmedia.org/finaltech/hip-hop/timelines/TIMELINE-1.html- an unofficial hip hop timeline

thats a few to get ya started, will post more later...
- AJ