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I said a hip, hop, hibby to the hibby to hiphip-hop, you don't stop, rocking to the bang-bang boogie,

said, up jumps the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie to beat.

The soundtrack of my youth began and ended with New York City hip-hop.

It started with Rappers Delight, the 1979 rap classic by the Sugar Hill Gang, its opening lines as memorable

as any.

I said, the hip hop, the hibbit, the hip hip hop, but you don't stop the rocker to the band,

man, mugger, say, up, jump the booger to the rhythm of the boogie to beat.

And it ended with Fight the Power.

Public enemies protest anthem for a generation of African Americans who came of age during the Reagan era.

Who can forget, 1989 the number, Another Summer, Sound of the Funky drummer.

1989, the number, another summer,

sound of the funky drummer.

Music hit in your heart, because I know you got soul brothers and sisters.

But the soundtrack of my younger years was composed of more than just fresh beat and dope lyrics.

It also featured the stirring oratory of Black Power Prophet Malcolm X.

When I was 10 years old, I stumbled upon four albums of Malcolm's speeches buried in my father's record collection.

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