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Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age [v] |
Where From? |
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Just what we were looking for
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| Fri, Sep 5, 08 11:00 AM |
vvelde |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| When coming to New York for the first time I had two major goals to achieve, next to just getting to know New York better:
1. Buy sneakers
2. Learn about the roots of HipHop
The Hush Hip Hop tour definitely made me achieve the second goal. We did the Harlem and Bronx tour, with Grandmaster Caz as our tourguide. This man is GREAT! The way he told the story of the early days was just perfect. We were shown different important places and (and this was maybe the highlight of the tour), the place where the first HipHop party ever was given. Cool Herc's place. The place where HipHop started.
For anyone interested in HipHop and/or in Harlem and the Bronx, you definitely need to do this tour. A visit to these two boroughs is mandatory if you want a complete experience of New York. Don't just stay in "save" Manhattan!
If you're looking for some cool sneakerstores, keep your pen and pad ready, cause you need to write down some of the streets you pass. You don't have the change to get off and check out the stores, but after the tour you know where you should head next ;-)
But really. If you want to know more about what happened in the past, as far as HipHop is concerned, do this tour! I know I will do another Hush tour when I come back to New York. Fo sho!
CAZ! You da man. Thanks again for the experience! |
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great potential, but fell far short
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| Sat, Aug 23, 08 11:00 AM |
MERussell |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| 1. Too long for what it contained.
2. Although we enjoyed the food very much the restaurant did not have enough seating and we ended up eating our food while sitting outside on the ground/sidewalk in front of a boarded up storefront.
3. VERY disappointed that all we saw of the Apollo was a 5 second stop out front. The Apollo was highlighted in the description of the tour so I assumed there would be more emphasis on it.
4. Curious why no mention was made of the band "Queen" as the beat of "Rapper's Delight" is eerily similiar to "Another One Bites the Dust" and the song that Grand Master Caz was singing "We are the champions" is also a Queen song.
5. More actual hip hop music on the tour would be good.
6. The info on Graffiti was great. It is an incredible art form! Would have liked to see more authentic graffiti rather than what seemed like "staged" graffiti outside of the school. (Did those artists get paid?)
7. The tour started off really well with the breakdancing. It got the tourists involved and hyped about what was to come. Could use more tourist involvement thorughout. You need to sustain the interests of the youth ( and their parents) who have short attention spans.
8. The four pillars (legs) of hip hop was a wonderful way to set up the tour but it seemed to not go anywhere. Could you have the tourists try out some authentic equipment at a stop in the Bronx as a hand's on experience of one of the legs? I think the four legs has a lot of potential because everyone can undersatnd the analogy/metaphor, but its potential needs to be explored as an easily accessible construct to which people can apply what they learn, it all just needs to be more explicit. |
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Very much enjoyed the tour!
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| Sat, Aug 16, 08 11:00 AM |
soniasouron |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Very much enjoyed the tour! |
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The Tour That NYC Has Been Missing
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| Sat, Aug 16, 08 11:00 AM |
breathing |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| This tour shows the side of NY the other tours do not, which is very important. I am really glad of all the work you are doing to preserve hip hop history. Liked everything. Loved how much knowledge Caz had. What I would add is that we all make up a rap song together on the tour bus. Also, eat at Amy Ruth's. Peace. |
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Educational and fun
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| Sat, Jul 26, 08 11:00 AM |
lilwonton77 |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| It was great to have Grandmaster Caz, someone who was around at the time, tell us all about the birth of Hip Hop, and visit locations where it happened, as well as other great experiences every Hip Hop fan would love. There was a guy on the tour who came for the second time, and I'm thinking next time I'm in New York, I will too! |
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First class experience
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| Fri, Jul 18, 08 11:00 AM |
greavsie1234 |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| 'Tour leader' was very knowledgeable and able to answer all the questions put to him. Covered a large area of New York and saw a number of sights en route to the following destination. Highly recommended for hip hop enthusiasts (especially fans of old school hip hop) |
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a thorough education and a rare treat
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| Fri, Jul 18, 08 11:00 AM |
dconnellaus |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I will thoroughly recommend the Hip Hop tour I enjoyed along with 7 others last Friday.
Grande Master Caz was a thorough treat to be with for the three hours. He made us all feel very welcome and taught us so much about the social history of New York. We were able to ask questions and to see places we would not normally have seen and put it all into the context of the era and the phenomenon of Hip Hop . He also performed for us . It was the highlight of my trip to the US, Thanks
and the food was great too ! |
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Well put together, informative and entertaining!
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| Sat, Jun 21, 08 11:00 AM |
phillysmith |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| If you like Hip-Hop You'll love this! |
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Authentic
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| Sat, Jun 14, 08 11:00 AM |
pezgyrl11 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| You are not going to get a more authentic tour in New York. Even though I grew up in the second generation of hip-hop it was a great history lesson not only of hip-hop but of New York as well. The tour guide did a great job of giving in depth first person information with regards to hip-hop - I would highly recommend this tour. |
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Essential tour for hip hop fans. Unmissable!!
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| Sat, May 31, 08 11:00 AM |
Jiglo1 |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| First off I was really excited about this tour way before it even began. It was also the clincher that brought myself and my friend - another hip hop fan from the early 80's (when it hit the UK in a massive way) over to New York, so I was hoping for a real insight into the roots of hip hop and I wasn't disappointed.
Grandmaster Caz is a legend. he lived and breathed hip hop from the very beginning, so I was made up to see him take our tour. He's also got a large personality and he's a funny entertaining guy, so there wasn't a dull moment on the tour and every single one of us were listening to his every word while occasionally asking him questions, which he was happy to answer.
He also dropped his rhymes live on the bus, so made it all feel very special.
I don't want to give anything away, but I highly recommend this tour if (like us) you lived through the scene and feel a strong bond to it .
You love the Beatles...... you go to Liverpool and take the tour.
You love Elvis...... you go to Gracelands.
You love hip hop. then you need to go to the birthplace of hip hop in New York and take the Hush Tour - with a legend of hip hop. |
