{"id":11647,"date":"2010-05-17T22:17:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=11647"},"modified":"2010-05-17T22:17:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T20:17:50","slug":"melle-mel-grandmaster-caz-and-busy-bee-talk-about-the-birth-of-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/melle-mel-grandmaster-caz-and-busy-bee-talk-about-the-birth-of-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz and Busy Bee talk about the birth of Hip Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"5053\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" height=\"394\" width=\"448\"><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/syndication?id=93680819&#038;path=%2Fblogs%2Fniteside\"\/>\n<p style=\"font-size:small\">\n<blockquote><p>Hip hop icons Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz and Busy Bee &#8212; 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