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5 Things #Netflix "The Get Down" Got (Really) Right
5 Things #Netflix "The Get Down" Got (Really) Right

A Show that captures the rise of hip-hop in 1977 NYC? Didn't I already write hundreds of pages about a show like that? Wasn't that last year? 

I hate to admit it, but in many ways, the new Netflix series "The Get Down," got more about the rise of hip-hop right than did HBO's Vinyl. 

Here are five things "The Get Down" got (really) right!

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OpinionJoshua B. Hoe#Netflix, The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge, HBO, Vinyl, New York City, Punk, Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, Max's Kansas City, Ed Koch, The Four Pillars, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Freedom, Grafitti, Emcee, DJ, B-Boys, Kool DJ Herc, Zulu Nation, Nelson George, Nas, Rahiem, Furious Five, Kool Herc, Kurtis Blow, Do The Right Thing, Breaking Bad, Sam Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Buggin' Out, Gustavo Fring, Funky 4 + 1, That's The Joint, Shaolin Fanstastic, Shameik Moore, Mamoudou Athie, Jimmy Smits, Doug WimbushComment
Tribe Called Quest: The Low-End Theory (1991, Jive)
Tribe Called Quest: The Low-End Theory (1991, Jive)

Every Wednesday I post a new entry into my All-Time Album series.

This week's entry is The Low-End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest.

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All Time AlbumsJoshua B. HoeA Tribe Called Quest, Tribe Called Quest, The Low-End Theory, Vince Staples, Portishead, Dr. Dre, 2Pac, 2 Pac, California Love, Public Enemy, Fight The Power, The Notorious B.I.G., The Notorious BIG, Notorious BIG, Hypnotized, The Pharcyde, Passin' Me By, Lift Me Up, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde, Rosie Perez, Spike Lee, Do The Right Thing, Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad, Gustavo Fring, Buggin' Out, Peter Cooper Villiage, Check The Rhyme, People's Instinctive Travels, Brooklyn, Queens, Scenario, Leaders Of The New School, Busta Rhymes, Brand Nubian, De La Soul, Fab 5 Freddy, Native Tongues, Black Sheep, Jazz, Hip Hop, Hip-Hop, Rap, Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, MusicComment