Growing up, Skateboarding and Hip-Hop went hand in hand. From 95-98 you could catch a young Rev skating with a backpack full of mixtapes, paint markers, Krylon cans and a boombox/walkman damn near everyday. So in 1998 when the Zoo York Mixtape hit the streets I was immediately blown away. The film was extremely creative in the way it interwove east coast street skating with rare footage of some of Hip-Hops finest freestyling on WKCR’s 89.9 Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito radio show from the early 90’s.
Looking back, this is the definition of nostalgia to people like me who skated and were fans of Hip-Hop. Some highlights from the film include Ghostface spitting his verse from Criminology right off a loose sheet of paper, a very dope DJ Roc Raida set at the end, plus the always entertaining Harold Hunter.
Shout out to the Coliseum, Eastern Boarder & Concrete Wave
R.I.P. Roc Raida
R.I.P. Harold Hunter
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