microphone and talks about what he or she has witnessed, and what he or she wants to see in the world, everyone can relate to that. they were trying to solve a lot of the inner city problems by saying that when we get together, and we want to settle a beef instead of fighting, why don't we have musical battles, which are break dancing. this crew is better than what that one. it started to take on fashion because if you're doing when males, you can't have pants that are baggy because they're going to hit each other on the bottom. you have to taper the pants and bring them in. graffiti was an area to, marking territories. then it went to the close, the clothes influenced the music, the music influenced the clothes, it was a very symbiotic relationship between all elements of hip-hop. >> when i think of hip-hop, i think of doing it differently. i think that customization was one of the truest and purist