| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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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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Great Tour (visiting from Seattle)
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| Sat, Jul 19, 08 11:00 AM |
barrap |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour was excellent! |
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AWESOME FROM A 50 year old woman
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| Sat, May 24, 08 11:00 AM |
dmaymi |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I am not into Hip Hop at all. I took this tour with 3 teenagers because they wanted to take it. I came away with a different point of view. I have so much more respect for the original Hip Hop artists!!!!! WOW. I was blown away! Very professional and amazing! Thank you! The best tour I have ever taken |
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very informative and fun tour!
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| Sat, May 24, 08 11:00 AM |
lisawhitsey |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| we would recommend this tour to everybody that has even a slight interest in music and especially hip hop and rap. It was very unique... And the ages that went on the tour were varied from 16 to 42.... And we all loved it! Raheim from grand master flash was incredible, insightful and inspiring! |
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Great Tour lots of fun and good information
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| Sat, Apr 19, 08 11:00 AM |
dfitz9404 |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| We enjoyed the tour very much and choose it because of my son who just turned 16, he had the most interest in it, me having the second most interest in the tour. I think it was informational fun and we all learned something, it was great going thru the city and stoping at different points. I think it was a great day had by all, thanks!!! |
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Really good fun as well as enlightening
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| Sat, Feb 23, 08 11:00 AM |
MariaHartnel |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour was good fun and I thought first of all that my son would enjoy it more than me but that was not the case. I really enjoyed listening to the histoy of Hip-Hop and it's roots. The soul food was fab too! |
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stimulating
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| Sat, Feb 16, 08 11:00 AM |
fteplizki |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I'm going home to look up details on the whole genre .. names in my memory coming back to me....exciting to be shown round by Mr. Blow, I looked him up on the internet and realised how pioneering he was and what he stands for now.
and that restaurant was unexpected and just right. Our 10 year old has started making up rhymes
A really good, memorable tourist experience, thanks |
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Most authentic New York Experience
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| Sat, Jan 12, 08 12:00 PM |
Teichman |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Having been to New York City many times, I would have to say that the Hip Hop Tour Led by the Pioneering Legends of Rap was one of the most enjoyable, interesting and authentic experience I've ever had there. The guides were engaging, passionate and excellent and both my 19 year old son and myself thouroughly had a blast. In fact, it was the only part of our 3 day N.Y. trip we kept talking about days afterwards.
Thanks to Debra the organizer, Grand Master Caz , JDL, and Puerto Rico. A good time was had by all. |
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AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND WELL OVERDUE!
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| Sat, Jan 5, 08 12:00 PM |
bwardnyc |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| My son and myself had an awesome time on the tour with Grandmaster Caz! I consider myself well versed in Hip-Hop culture, but I learned alot of new things from Caz on the tour. The experience for my son will never be forgotten. Caz used him as his "teacher's assistant" and he was so excited and paid his full undivided attention throughout the whole tour. This is definitely needed, and I will pass on the info to the whole music and fashion industry contacts that i possess. Much continued success with the tour, and the history must be reinforced! This is an excellent way to do just that!
THANK YOU!
B-WARD |
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everyone had a blast !
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| Sat, Dec 22, 07 11:00 AM |
nurussell |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Combination |
Family With Children |
| it was a fabulous day -- we went in late december with our two kids in their 20s -- and the memory is still strong of grandmaster caz' energy. the stories and the flow of the day.
T h a n k y o u ! ! ! |
