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Sep 2023
35m 28s

The Art of Flow (with DJ Jazzy Jeff) ICY...

Vulture
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In hip-hop, what draws us to an artist is not just the content of their lyrics but how they deliver them. Along with tapping your foot to the rhythm, understanding something called “flow” is essential to understanding hip-hop as a whole. In this episode of Switched On Pop, we interview genre icon DJ Jazzy Jeff on the concept of flow: what it is, how it appl ... Show More
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