Duck Rock does have elements of hip-hop, but if it was really the catalyst for the genre breaking overseas, than so be it. It's nothing special: A veritable mish-mash of genres and world music set to a beat. It has no identity and that's it's major issue.
McLaren was an art school drop-out eventually becoming a bit of a tastemaker in London in the late-1970s when he managed the preeminent punk band, The Sex Pistols and most notably establishing the style aesthetic for the New York Dolls (who, if nothing else, are stylish) and the Pistols themselves. He was responsible for procuring their lead man, Johnny Rotten, and ushering in the band's wide-reaching influence and its look.
In his late 30s, I guess he got a wild hair and decided to do Duck Rock. Through the years, until he died in 2010, he was seemingly active doing quite a bit especially riding the coattails of Duck Rock and doing hip-hop albums and comps.
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