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Date Attended |
Reviewer |
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Age |
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cool tour!
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| Sat, Apr 8, 06 11:00 AM |
dieselgirl |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| we were in NY for 1 week with my husband's 2 teenaged brothers. my husband and i are both in our late 20s. this tour was really great. i love music and listen mostly to rock and alternative. so getting informed about hip hop history and culture was quite a treat! this tour is good for all ages, there were grandparent-y types in our tour too who enjoyed it. our tour guide was engaging and he even performed a few rap songs in the end of the tour. it makes me appreciate rap as poetry and not some mindless recitation of words. to top it all off, the soul food lunch we had was awesome. the 2 teenagers we were with said it was the best meal we had in our whole trip! it's really a good tour to join if you have time. it beats joining typical touristy double-decker tours since you get exposed to the other side of new york. |
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Absolutely fantastic
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| Sat, Apr 1, 06 11:00 AM |
YMunasinghe |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| It was great to meet a legend Grandmaster Caz, he was very enthusiastic, entertaining and had a vast insight to the history of Hip Hop. It was good to visit places like Bronx and Harlem which as tourist you are generally put off visiting. This tour made you feel quite safe going to these areas and highlighted the transformation that has taken place. Time flew by on the tour and you felt like you wanted it to last longer. Our 9 year old daughter and 5 year old son really enjoyed it; their best part was wearing the bling and the kangol hats. Visiting Rucker Park & the Graffiti Hall Of Fame was of special interest to my husband. For my 19 year old nephew, the soul food at the restaurant was the highlight of the tour. Great value for money and would recommend it to anyone visiting NYC with an interest in Hip Hop.
The Catford (London) Crew. |
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Engaging, enthusiastic, captivating
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| Sat, Apr 1, 06 11:00 AM |
TonyDavis |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| A delightful tour that really captures the flavour of the early days of hip hop. All first hand experience - you can't get this stuff any other way. My 16 year old and I had a great time. |
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Must for old school fans
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| Sat, Mar 25, 06 11:00 AM |
AUBREYOFFFC |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| For someone who loved the Furious Five as a teenager it was a huge thrill to go on a tour hosted by Rahiem.
It was really good to see places in Harlem and the Bronx that I would never have gone to independently. |
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top tour
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| Sat, Feb 18, 06 11:00 AM |
martinpettit |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My wife and I took our two teenage sons on the tour when we were on holiday in New York. We had expected to endure the tour rather than enjoy it. The opposite was certainly the case. The day we went it was very very cold. New york was just getting over it's biggest ever single snow fall. The warmth of the greeting we received along with the burning enthusiasm made sure it was all worthwhile.
The guides, Rahiem and Red Alert gave us a lot of good information with passion and humour. There was loads of interaction with us. I was personaly struck by the fact that neither of these guys needed to be there. It was not a chore for them. They were obviously keen to impart their love of Hip-Hop and Rap to a wider audience.
The highlights for me were the performance on the bus by Rahiem and the meal in the very good restaurant in Harlem. The boys loved it all.
There are only two small points I would like to make that might improve things slightly: firstly it may be an idea to forget the hat and bling, give them to the guests to keep, or at least let them know when they are given out that they are only on loan. The other thing is that I'm sure an arrangement could be made to allow the tour guides to get a key for the graffiti wall, particularly as this tour promotes such a positive image of the art.
Martin Pettit
Edinburgh
Scotland |
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mad props to GM Cas and Debra
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| Sat, Nov 26, 05 11:00 AM |
companyman |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| What a great time! Totally worth the price! Grandmaster Cas was knowledgeable and entertaining. The trip highlighted the four pillars of hip hop, b-boying, MCing, DJing and graf art. I learned a lot about the origins of hip hop, took lots of pictures, learned basic b-dancin' moves, and even got a chance to show off some MC skills.
Pros: lots of fun, interactive, educational, just the right length, lunch included
Cons: don't take this tour if you have no interest in hip hop, but that should go without saying. It's not a general tour of NYC with an emphasis on hip hop. It's all about hip hop.
Suggestions: CDs are available for sale, but it would be nice to have the Kangol hats for sale as well. Maybe throw in the plastic bling bling as part of the tour.
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Great introduction to Hip-Hop
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| Sat, Nov 19, 05 11:00 AM |
lauramccabe |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| I have never been very interested in Hip-Hop, but my husband has been brought up on the music, so I booked this for him.
What a great excursion this was. We both thouroughly enjoyed it, learning about where it all started from someone who was there at the beginning.
This is a MUST DO TRIP. There was a mixture of ages and nationalities and every one all seemed to enjoy it.
It also gave us a chance to see a part of Harlem and the Bronx which we may not have ventured into before, being tourists in a different country.
All in all it was a great day.
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Shame about the CDs!
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| Sat, Nov 12, 05 11:00 AM |
lesdoc |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Excellent and entertaining tour. Great fun, informative and done with great humour.
Bought 6 of Grandmaster Caz's CDs and NONE work on any cd player I have tried so far. It it because I live in Scotland, and we are backward? I think not! $55 wasted!
Tour highly recomended - just don't buy the CDs!
Les Smith from Glasgow. |
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A truly amazing experience
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| Sat, Nov 12, 05 11:00 AM |
markyg |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| It was an excellent day, something you must experieance if you have had any interest at all in the roots of hiphop. Covering every aspect of the culture I found the tour very informative and entertaining. This was largely due to having Grandmaster Caz as our host, it was great to hear his unbiased and detailed story of the early days of hiphop and the part he played in it.
Higlights of the day included visiting 106 and park grafitti hall of fame, somewhere I have wanted to visit for many years - Excellent pieces by Dez, Ink76, Pink and Tats Crew.
We also enjoyed visiting Rucker Park where we were given an exhibition in b-boying by some of the locals.
Another highlight was visiting the Apollo theatre in Harlem, where we had the oppotunity to get off the bus and take photos.
The only disappointing thing on an otherwise excellent day was not being able to actually enter the Hall of fame which was locked - although still managed to get some excellent photos.
Just being able to visit places I had only ever seen in films and books was a truly amazing experience that I would recommend to anyone. |
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Memorable tour
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| Sat, Nov 12, 05 11:00 AM |
abisson |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| What can I say...this tour was just completely excellent. Grandmaster Caz was so engaging, so personable, so knowledgable. The other people working on the tour were great too.
To see the projects and other landmarks that I had previously only seen in hip-hop videos...incredible. The soul food lunch was delicious. Another thing about this tour is you see a lot of cool things besides hip-hop landmarks during the bus ride, like Central Park, Apollo Theatre, etc. The history of Harlem was undeniable.
Anyway, to wrap up, I would highly recommend this tour to anyone. Interesting, comfortable, entertaining...this tour had it all. |
