Hip-hop as both a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s, when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among ethnic minority youth residing in the Bronx where the earliest hip-hop music was performed live, at house parties and block party events. Traditionally, many inner city block parties were actually held illegally, and would incorporate DJs, who would connect their equipment to power lines and perform at venues such as public basketball courts and parks, where the DJs would play popular genres of music, especially funk and soul records. Due to the positive reception, DJs began isolating the percussive breaks of popular songs, a technique which was common in Jamaican dub music and was largely introduced into New York by immigrants from the Caribbean, gaining influences from African American and Latin American music. Full track list in the comments.
