In another bonus segment of Relics Of The Past, B. Cox examines briefly yet another staple of the golden era-the freestyle cypher in high school. He recalls how the cypher played an important part in developing different tastes in hip-hop and also how it moved forward the acceptance of the culture in a school where the demographics changed in the mid-to-late 90s.
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Show Notes
Dallas Observer: Before We Tell You About A Release, Let Us Explain What A Cypher Is In Hip-Hop
https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/we-looked-into-the-origin-of-the-word-cypher-in-hip-hop-11670485
Critical Improv: Cyphers: Hip-Hop and Improvisation
https://www.criticalimprov.com/index.php/csieci/article/view/3518/3588