The Boogie Down Bronx! The Get Down gets to the nitty gritty of it all. Latins, blacks, art, politics. “We have every right to celebrate the ways that hip hop has served as a form of protest, voice, and counter storytelling for marginalized and oppressed communities.” states the Organic Gloabalizer. A great way to sum up this show. After the black out you see the hunger of everyone to survive, to be the Best. We see Shao not only frustrated with finding out who was copying Funkmaster Flex but disgusted with the audacity that people felt they can also be a DJ simply because they stole a turn table. To be great requires the passion and knowledge of your art form. Francisco touches on the politics of rebuilding the cypher. He cares about his city and how to make it better while realizing it requires getting your hands dirty.
“Im a black man in a white world” plays as Zeke runs for a second chance at the internship. We see between both episodes his struggle between coming out of the poverty while understanding his greatness and having loyalties to the streets. “The cypher offers an alternative vision of hip hop that incorporates individuality, competitiveness, and braggadocio while balancing them with their opposites” states the reading and we can really see that when the crew is prepping for the upcoming show and realize that they have their own type of flow that requires their individuality.
Everyone knows the Cypher requires RESPECT and we see the level of it in The Get Down especially when they prove who’s been duplicating the mix tapes. Unlike these days where it seems like you dont have to pay respect to those before you doing the same craft, The Get Down gives us the inside on how it wasnt always like that. Dues are paid where dues are owed, one way or another.
