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Artist: Various Artists |Label:Soul Jazz |Format: 3xLP |Genre:Soul / Jazz | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed
Various Artists
Yo! Boombox: Early Independent Hip-Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979-83
Soul Jazz Records530 w/ download code + limited bonus 7″
Yo! Boombox is the new instalment of Soul Jazz Records Boombox series on the early days of hip-hop on vinyl, featuring some of the many innovative underground first-wave of early rap and disco rap records made in the USA between 1979-83. The album includes the first releases of seminal groups such as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and The Funky Four Plus One More, through to rarities and little-known obscurities such as the Carver Area High School bands Get Live 83, an awesome record made at a Chicago high school. The deluxe 3xLP + 7″ single comes with extensive sleeve notes, exclusive photography and original label artwork. It features the stunning photography of Sophie Bramly, one of a very select group of photographers who were allowed full access to document the exciting early days of hip-hop in NYC. These first exuberant wave of innocent, upbeat, party-on-the-block rap records were the first to try and create the sounds heard in community centres, block parties and street jams that took place in the Bronx in the mid-1970s. Where the first DJs Flash, Kool Herc and Bambaataa were back-spinning, mixing and scratching together now classic breakbeat records like The Incredible Bongo Bands Apache or Babe Ruths The Mexican, these first pre-sampling rap records were all made using live bands, often replaying then current disco tunes. As Chics Good Times was to Rappers Delight, the songs here feature then-current dance-floor hits such as the Tom Tom Clubs Genius of Love or Cheryl Lynns Got To Be Real while MCs rapped over the top, creating a unique new sound. This new Soul Jazz Records collection celebrates these first old-school rap records, bringing together rare, classic and obscure tracks released in the early days of rap.
includes:
Disc One
Get Live ’83 – The Carver Area High School Seniors
Do It Any Way You Wanna – Mike T
Real Rocking Groove (Raps and Breaks) – Chapter III
Rock it, Don’t Stop It – Sinister Two
Disc Two:
To the Beat y’all – Sangria
Rappin’ and Rocking the House – Funky Four Plus One More
Girls of the World (Genius Rap & Breaks) – The Just Four
Super Rock Body Shock – Eye Beta Rock
Street Talk (Madam Rapper) – Funky Constallation
Disc Three:
Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ahh Beat, Beat) – Kool Kyle the Starchild
Jam to Remember – The Just Four
Super Rappin’ No. 2 – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Eei Eei O – SIlver Star
NEW SEALED 3 LP import with download + limited 7″ single
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