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Hip Hop Shop Athens

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Get Your Own! | View SlideshowFirst things first, I love hip-hop. After being in Athens for a while, and witnessing countless hip hop venues die off again and again, I got fed up. I thought it was about time to have a place where all aspects of hip hop could come together at one time, on one day at one place. The birth of the Hip Hop Shop in the Underground Lounge: All hip hop in Athens needed was a home base. As luck would have it, a space became available. Since this was the main requirement lacking in the Athens hip hop scene, as soon as this was achieved, the ball instantly began rolling with tremendous momentum. Everyone around was starved for an opportunity to pour their knowledge and skills onto the masses, thus as soon as things became realistic, there were many collaborative projects that instantly began growing. Ideas were streaming forward constantly, and with the help of a few helpful local businesses and people, propositions were able to become something more than suggestions. During the month of August 06, the Hip Hop Shop was facilitating and encouraging the fundamental elements of hip hop through graffiti workshops, a full history of hip hop, starting in the early 1970s, to open turntables (loaned to the Underground Lounge from a much appreciated local business,) in order to provide people with a critical pillar of hip hop. Music: check! Place: check! Now, all we needed was people. Luck must be the keyword, because as luck would have it, theres still a decent hip hop scene alive in Athens. With help from local artists from Dox City and the Dysfunktional Family, the Hip Hop Shop was carried to a great start. The Hip Hop Shop was instantly more than just a place, it is a gathering of those who support, live and love hip hop. It is the beginning of a dream, and the end of a stale period of music in Athens. The Hip Hop Shop holds fundamentally strong to the belief that we must all take initiative to remove hip hop from the bastardized version of mainstream ideals that have quickly become the industry. We seek to provide people with the space and inspiration to get on the mic, the tables or simply come and draw while listening to genuine music. Its goal is to revive the most basic, raw elements of hip hop that have been lost over the decades. While every hip hop lover wishes they could return to the 80s, we seek to revive the atmosphere that existed then, to show that we can put our own unique spin on this art form, and to never let things plateau or stagnate. Because the Hip Hop Shop holds 100% true to maintaining underground principles, money is never involved more than absolutely required. Requirements include an alcohol tax, and thats all. Donations will be the main source of revenue, and all money will be reinvested into the Hip Hop Shop directly. The Hip Hop Shop exists because people have made it real. We seek to preserve it as an entirely independent entity, free of any one place or one persons influence. It is a collective project that must remain above any single ego. MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 30/08/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/hiphopshopathens
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Influences: All the local hip-hop love in this town and beyond..........and to name a few others... 1200 Techniques 12 O'Clock 1st Infantry 213 2 Live Crew 2 Low 2Mex 2nd II None 2Pac/Makaveli 2Phace 3rd Bass 3rd Eye 3X Krazy 404 Soldierz 40 Thevz 415 4th Avenue Jones 4th Disciple 4th Pyramid 500 504 Boyz 50/50 Twin 50 Cent 51.50 54th Platoon 57th Street R.D.V. 5th Ward Boyz 5th Ward Weebie 69 Boyz 7A3 7L and Esoteric 7 Notas 7 Colores 95 South 9th Prince A+ A.B.G. Above the Law Abstract Rude Aceyalone Adam F Adeem A.D.O.R. Aesop Rock Afrika Bambaata Afroman Afu-Ra A.G. Ahmad AJ Ak-9ine Akbar Akinyele Akir Akon Akrobatik Alchemist Al-D A.L.G. Algorithm Ali Alias Ali Dee Ali Vegas Alkaholiks, Tha Al Kapone All City Alley Life AllFrumThaI All Natural Almighty RSO, The Almyghty Myghty Pythons A.L.T. Al'Tariq AMB Ambassador American Cream Team AMG Amil Anacron Analog Brothers Ancient Coins Andre Nickatina (Dre Dog) Anotha Level Another Bad Creation Anquette Antonious Anybody Killa Anti-Pop Consortium Antoinette AP-9 Apache Apani B-Fly Emcee Apathy Arabesque Arabian Prince Archie Archie Lee Army of the Pharoahs Arrested Development Arsonists, The Artfull Dodgers Artifacts, The Artists Over Industry Art of Origin Asheru (& Blue Black) Askari X Assassin Associates, The A-Team Athletic Mic League ATL Atoms Family Atmosphere Attic Crew Audio Two Automator A-Wax AWOL One Ayentee AZ Aztlan Underground Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Baby (Birdman) Baby Bash Baby Beesh Baby Blue Soundcrew Baby D Baby DC Backbone Bad Azz Baddazis Bad Meets Evil Bad Ronald Bad Seed, The Badu, Erykah Bahamadia B.A.M.A. Banks, Ant Barber Shop MC's Bas Blasta Basket Case Bathgate Bavu Blakes B.B.D. B.B. Jay Beanie Sigel Beastie Boys Beatnuts, The Beelow Ben-Ari, Miri Benefit Ben Hated Beretta 9 Benzino B.G. BG Knocc Out and Dresta Big B Big Daddy Kane Big Ed Big Gipp Big Hutch Big Kap Big L Big Mack Big Mike Big Moe Big Noyd Big Nug Big Pokey Big Pooh Big Punisher Big Shug Big Snap Big Stan Big Steve Big Syke Big T Big Tuck Big Tymers Big Unc Binary Star Birmingham J Bizarre BizMarkie Bizzy Bone Blac Haze Blackalicious Black Child Black Eyed Peas Black Ice Black Knights Black Market Militia Black Menace Black Milk Black Moon Black Rob Black Sheep Black Star Blade Blahzay Blahzay Blak Twang Blaxuede Blaze Ya Dead Homie Blazin' Squad B-Legit Block McCloud Blood of Abraham Bloods and Crips Blueprint Blufoot Blue Ragg Boac Bobby Jimmy & The Critters Bomfunk MC's Bone Crusher Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Boo and Gotti Boogie Boys Boogie Down Productions Boogie Man Boogiemonsters Bookie Boot Camp Clik Bootleg Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Born Allah Bo$$ Boss Bytch Boss Hog Barbarians Boss Hogg Outlawz Bossman Botany Boys Bow Wow Boyz N Da Hood Braintax Bran Van 3000 Brand Nubian BrassMunk Bravehearts Breeze Breez Evahflowin B-Rich B-Rock and the Bizz Bronze Nazareth Brooklyn Academy Brooklyn Zoo Brotha Lynch Hung Brother Ali Brother El Brownside Bryant, Kobe Bubba Sparxxx Buck 65 Buckshot Buddha Monk Bukshot Bullys Wit Fullys B.U.M.S., The Bun B Burning Star Busdriver Bush Babees Bushwick Bill Busta Rhymes Bust Down Busy Bee B.W.P. Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Cablez Caddillac Tah Cadence Cadillac Don & J-Money Caffeine Cage Cali Agents Califa Thugs Califas Camoflauge Camouflage Large Camp Lo Cam'Ron Candyman Canibus Cannibal Ox Capital D Capital Tax Cap One Capone Capone-N-Noreaga Cappadonna Captain Save Em Cardan Carmen Sandiego Cartel de Santa Cash & Computa Cashless Society Cash Money and Marvelous Ca$h Money Click Cash Money Millionaires Cassidy Casual Caviar Caz C-Bo Cee-Lo Cella Dwellas Celly Cel Cena, John (John Cena) Cenobites, The Central Coast Clique Ceschi Chali Boy Chamillionaire Channel Live Cha Cha Charizma Charli Baltimore Chavez, Joey Cherrywine Chi-Ali Chico & Coolwadda Children of the Corn Chilldrin of Da Ghetto Chill Rob G Chilly Tee Chingy Chino Nino Chino XL Choclair Choobakka Choppa Chops Chris Brown Chris Lowe Chris Rock Chris Ward Chrome Chubb Rock C.I.A. Ciara Cinque Circle of Tyrants CL5 Classified Clayborne Family Cl'Che Clee & Drank-A-Lot Click, The Clika 1 Clinton Sparks Clipse C-Loc The CMC's C-Murder C-Note Coco Cocoa Brovaz Code Red Cognito Cold Crush Brothers Coldcut Color Changin Click Commission, The Common Ground Common (Sense) Comp Company Flow Comrads, The Concentration Camp Concise Conejo Consequence Conscious Daughters Control Machete Coo Coo Cal Cool Breeze Coolio Cool Nutz Coop MC Copywrite Corey Cormega Corporate Avenger Count Bass-D Coup, The Cowboy Troy CPO Craig G C-Rayz Walz Crazy Cream Creators Crimeboss Crime Mob Crimewave Criminalz Crips Crisis Center Crooked I Crooked Lettaz Crooked Stilo Crooklyn Clan Cross Movement, The Crown City Rockers CRU Crucial Conflict Cuban Link Cuf, The Culture VI Cunninlynguists Curtains Cydal Cypress Hill Get Your Own! | View Slideshow
Sounds Like: ..........Luther Vandross breakdancin' with Prince while Michael Jackson slaps a vegan in the lips with a bloody steak as his pet monkey Chips gives out daps and handshakes....
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What does Hip Hop really mean to you?

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