On August 11, 2013, hip-hop music celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day Kool Herc dragged his turntables and records to a Bronx recreation area and spun discs in an entirely different way than most had ever heard. In addition, when his homeboy Coke La Rock started talking trash into a microphone left on the table, the beautiful dynamic between DJ and MC blossomed to the beat...
The 1979 hip-hop classic joins selections by the likes of Prince, Dolly Parton and the late Donna Summer as new entries in the National Recording Registry...