During one of the long conversations I have with myself while doing chores a tangent formed in my head. The things that are now considered the elements of hip hop (among them breaking, mcing, graffiti) were part of street games I remember people playing like skelly or handball, street football etc. Well, while the guys were on one side of the street, what did we see the girls playing…DOUBLE DUTCH!
The thought that crossed my mind was what if Double Dutch was the thing what “blew up” instead of hip hop? Perhaps I’ve been watching too many twilight zones but what if hip hop were double dutch …the following were just the one i could remember from a very long list of very bizarre thoughts. Feel free to add on…
IF HIP HOP WERE DOUBLE DUTCH…

- The best that ever did it would have been from Brooklyn.

- There would be double dutch beefs.

- they would have platinum telephone cords ropes.

- They would objectify men in their videos.

- They would not give male jumpers the credit they deserve.

- There would be “positive” jumpers & “gangsta” jumpers.

- There would be jumpers that dumb it down by jumping with one rope.

- Turners would be replaced by something digital.

- it would be dead already.

- 40 year old women would be wearing Gucci print Jellys talking about they’re maintaining the culture.

- adidas would have a jumping shoe .