# Google celebrates the birth of Hip Hop **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359 "2017-08-11T20:43:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/1 "2017-08-11T20:43:12Z")
With a really fun interactive google [doodle](http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/08/11/this_google_doodle_pays_tribute_to_hip_hop_history_and_lets_you_make_some.html). It pairs really well with a touchscreen, if you have one. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/2 "2017-08-11T20:44:58Z")
They outdid themselves with this one! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/3 "2017-08-11T21:00:06Z")
That is cool, though I learned that I am incapable of scratching records in anything resembling a musical way. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/4 "2017-08-11T21:02:01Z")
Yeah that was a lot of fun and I learned a bit too ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/5 "2017-08-11T23:18:16Z")
That was a fun hour or so, particularly when the extra samples, 808 sounds, polka records(!) etc show up. My adventures in turning off the automatic beat-matching didn’t go very well, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/6 "2017-08-11T23:54:20Z")
That was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/7 "2017-08-12T01:06:58Z")
Nothing to click on. Looks cool tho ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/8 "2017-08-12T01:08:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Nothing to click on. Looks cool tho There’s a set of decks and a record crate to play with? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/9 "2017-08-12T01:09:23Z")
Nope. Just the graffiti’d logo. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/10 "2017-08-12T01:17:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Nope. Just the graffiti’d logo. Does the play button in the middle of the graphic do nothing? Might be a browser issue I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/11 "2017-08-12T01:22:28Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Nothing to click on. Looks cool tho Dude, try another browser, or clear your cookies, or turn it off and back on or something! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xrnpzk0Ho6A/maxresdefault.jpg "Google Wishes Hip Hop a Happy 44th Birthday | All Def") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrnpzk0Ho6A) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-celebrates-the-birth-of-hip-hop/793359/12 "2017-08-12T02:11:17Z")
It was AdBlock and Ghostery; turned them off and had it. Fun for a bit.