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THE VAULT

KNOWLEDGE IS THE FIFTH ELEMENT

Hip-hop has always taught itself. Those who knew shared with those learning — in cyphers and crews, on corners and in studios. The Vault continues that: history, technique, and craft across all four elements.

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The W 183rd Street sign in Washington Heights — the street number TAKI 183 wrote across New York.

The Name Before the Username

You picked a name that isn't the one you were given. You use it in places where the given one would mean less. You ha...
125th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues, Harlem — the block where Dapper Dan's Boutique operated from 1982 to 1992.

Cut on 125th Street: Dapper Dan and Who Owns a Look

For ten years there was a shop on 125th Street that sold clothes the luxury houses had never made. Not copies of thei...
A cassette tape with a hand-written label — the format hip-hop circulated on before there was a record industry for it.

Dubbed, Not Released: The Tape Economy Before the Record Deal

On July 3, 1981, two crews battled at Harlem World for a thousand dollars. Somebody recorded it. The tape moved hand ...