Legends of Hiphop:The Disco Twins(Queens)

[Mike Barnes]

The Disco Twins were one of the most respected hiphop crews to come out of Queens, During the mid 70's to mid 80's(Along with Infinity Machine,King Charles,Cipher Sounds,Dj Herc-U-Rock from Hollis,Queens,Phase III,Ebony Sounds,Rat and Monkey Hawkins from 40 Projects,Etc), The Disco Twins and Infinity Machine, Were widely respected in New York, For having the most power(Sound system), In New York, During the mid 70's to early 80's,

The Disco Twins also featured MC's, Such as, Cory D(Who used to rhyme while sitting in a tree at throwdowns at48 Park around the Southside/Jamaica,Queens, During the mid 70's to early 80's/LOL, And, MC Robin Hood(Right here in your neigborhood/LOL), Another Hiphop Legend by the name of Dj Smalls(The Son of Dj Hollywood/LOL), Used to sometimes rock throwdowns with the Disco Twins in the late 70's too, Dj Smalls used to mix at Pegasus(Guests spots on Saturday nites), During the early 80's(Along with Hollywood,Eddie Chebba on the mic), The Disco Twins were one of the

Premier/Elite, Hiphop crews in Queens, That received the utmost of respect from cats in The Bronx,Brooklyn,Manhattan, During the 70's, The Disco Twins used to rock throwdowns at Legendary spots in Queens, Like, IS8,Fantasia,48 Park,127 Park,Le'Chalet,Hotel Diplomat,Constellation,Olympia

Palace,Etc, Along with the Disco Twins famous battles with Infinity Machine(Especially The battle at IS8 in the winter of 1978, Which featured a shootout outside of IS8, That took place between cats from The Southside vs cats from Hollis, DT's had to shut the music off that night, Because, Of the PAP,PAP,PAP/LOL, But, The Disco Twins vs Infinity Machine battle took place the next week at IS8, With, Devine from Infinity, Going left(Mad rocking with his/LOL), On the turntables(WORD/LOL), The Disco Twins used to rock

Throwdowns with The Trecherous 3(At CW Post,New York Tech,Stoney Brook,Etc, In the early 80's),Sweety G(Olympia Palace,Encore), Elmo The Magic Christian(Shing,Shing, Palace In Lefrak City,Queens),Hollywood,Eddie Chebba,Lovebug Starski,Etc,(Numerous spots around New York in the 70's),

The Disco Twins never made a plate/Record(Not that i'm aware of/LOL), But, The Disco Twins impact and contributions to the hiphop scene, Will always be made important and very well-respected to the ninth power/LOL.
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[The Buddy Love Show]

Infinity Machine used to rock the house. I remember seeing them at olympia Palace and Glenn Tobey (Mah Foom Bey) was rocking the mike. Also remember cats getting robbed waiting for the 77 bus (which unbeknownst to them didnt run late at nite)

Good Times

[Mike Barnes]

MarkB, Didn't the Q77 Bus go to Francis Lewis Blvd my man/LOL, MarkB I do remember more than a few cats/young ladies getting moved on(Robbed/LOL), While waiting for the Q77 Bus(At The Corner of Hillside ave), Right outside the Olympia Palace mad hard, During the late 70's moneygrip/LOL, MarkB, Stickup kids from Hollis(The Original Hollis Crew/LOL), Used to take cats/young ladies off, Around the Olympia Palace, Back then in the late 70's,

Sweety G used to rock the mic at The Blue Ice with Ralph McDaniels mixing back in the late 70's too, Sweety G was mad nice with his lyrically(Along with having a very nice voice and delivery), MarkB, Have you ever been to any throwdowns at 48 Park(In back of 40 Projects,Around the southside, By the Long Island Railroad train and G lines bus stop that goes to Manhattan, Down Queens Blvd), Or, 127 Park on Astoria Blvd in Astoria,Queens, My man/LOL,

The Disco Twins used to to tear shit up at 48 Park and 127 Park back in the mid to late 70's my man(Word/LOL), Devine(Infinity Machine), Mentioned in his interview with Troy from Uptown, That The Disco Twins used to rent their power(Sound system), From Richard Long(That explains why The Disco Twins had so much power right there/LOL), MarkB, Cats like Kool Herc,Dj Breakout,Master Don from Uptown(Master Don and the Committee, Who made the plate'Funk Box', In the early 80's),Count JC from Brooklyn,Grandmaster Flowers,Plummer,The Smith Brothers from Brooklyn,Etc, Could step to The Disco Twins and InfinityMachine, When it came to power my man(Word),

MarkB, My man Finessee from St.Albans(Who used to run with Infinity Machine in the late 70's and Finessee was LL's First Dj before Cut Creator got down with LL in 1986), Mentioned to me that the reason why The Fantasia closed, In the early 80's Was, Infinity had to much power for the spot(True story/LOL) MarkB, Infinity's and The Disco Twins had so much power, That

Shit sounded like a plane taking off at Kennedy Airport my man(Word/LOL), MarkB, Though, Infinity and The Disco Twins both had mad power, Infinity and The Disco Twins could not step to The Garage when it came to power though(WORD/LOL).
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[The Buddy Love Show]

Mike
I never went to 48 park It was a little too far into southside and some of my boys had beef w some kids out there (knucklehead shit). I did get out to IS 8 and Fantasia a lot and most definitely made the scene at LeChalet, Jamaica Park, 176 park, Montebellier park, Cambria Park, Olympia Palace and that spot across from Hillcrest HS. I also checked The Foghouse a few times and went to the Encore for a lot of their after work parties. Some of the dj's you mentioned worked that circuit of clubs and outdoor spaces a lot and Infinity Machine always brought out big crowds.

[Mike Barnes]

MarkB, The spot across the street from Hillcrest Highschool was The Rennasance my man, Eli Turbo from Hollis, Used to mix there back in the mid 70's to early 80's(Money was nice with his too/LOL), MarkB, Infinity used to tear shit up all over Queens(Infinity rocked at The Hotel Diplomat in 1978 with Cipher Sounds, Featuring, My man Understanding and Big Jamel too my man), On the low, Most of Infinity's power was Goody's(Founding member of Infinity Machine in 1977), Infinity's Mc's featured:Groovy Lou(From

Laurelton,Queens),Disco Kid(Woody Wood's brother/LOL),Clazzy D,Wildcat(Devine's man from the Southside/LO), Along with Kendu(Who used to mix and fill in for Devine for a few, Though, Kendu was nice with his too/LOL),

MarkB, Whenever Flash and Mele Mel, Would rock in Queens, Flash always used Infinity's equipment(WORD/LOL), MarkB, The Disco Twins laid the foundation for cats in Queensbridge to come off on the hiphop/Dance music circuit during the 80's/90's, Cats like The Juice Crew,Wil Milton,Nas,Cormega,Noriega,Mobb Deep,Etc, Where all influenced in someway by The Disco Twins to the ninth power my man(WORD/LOL), MarkB, The only

Cat that was rocking throwdowns around that side of Queens(North Queens), in the mid 70's, Was King Charles(At 127 Park in the mid 70s, Along with rocking throwdowns at IS8,Ajax Park,Licnoln Park in South Ozone Park,Queens,Etc), MarkB, We both know that cats from Queens, Used to travel allover the city to get Loose, While cats from The Bronx and

Manhattan, Mainly stayed in The Bronx and Manhattan, In regards to getting loose at Throwdowns in the 70's my man, Brooklyn cats would travel too(But, To take cats off though/LOL), The Disco Twins and Infinity Machine were the two cats from Queens, That cats in The Bronx,Manhattan,Brooklyn, Truely respected to the ninth power during the 70's my man(WORD), MarkB, I used

To ask cats from The Bronx,Brooklyn,Manhattan, To come out to Queens to hang, At Throwdowns in the mid to late 70's, And, Alot of cats from The Bronx,Brooklyn and Manhattan, Used to laugh at me mad hard my man/LOL, Though, What alot of cats from the Bronx,Brooklyn,Manhattan, Later found out, Was, Queens used to tear shit up too, In regards to getting the bone out of our backs my man(I know i did moneygrip/LOL).
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[Phyllis Hyman Cherry]

Mike Barnes you continue to entertain and fascinate with your knowledge on everything hiphop.So much has been written about early hip/hop,but to get first hand knowledge from someone who was there is another thing.I was watching video music box and the whole show was about wildstyle the movie.Perhaps a book could be in order!

[Mike Barnes]

Phyllis, Good lookin with the very kind words(I appreciate it/Alicia Meyer's/LOL), Phyllis, Ralph McDaniels knows the history of hiphop better than myself(Ralph McDaniels does not post that much nowdays though), But, Ralph knows alot of the Legends and Pioneers of hiphop, While, I just used to get loose at the spots/parks(LOL), Phyllis, There are so many books about hiphop nowdays(It seems like every other day, I hear about a cat with a

Book About hiphop out/LOL), Phyllis, As long as cats are not souping shit up(Grandmaster Caz calls such cats, 'Lioneers',/LOL), And, The information is solid(Cats can provide places,Actual events that took place, Where the throwdowns took place,Who was rockin,Etc,), Then, It's very nice too see(Cats writing books about hiphop), Phyllis, I have nothing to gain in regards

To building about the oldschool days on the hiphop scene in New York back in the 70's /LOL, That's why i prefer to just build with cats/young ladies on the board, In regards to the hiphop and dance music scenes in the 70's/80's, In New York, Phyllis, Again, Good lookin with the very kind words(And, I'm glad you enjoy the threads on the hiphop scene in the 70's in New York).
Much Respect
Mike Barnes