Various - Yo! Boombox: Early Hip-Hop 1979-83 - 3 LP set w/ download + bonus 7" + download
Various Artists
Yo! Boombox: Early Independent Hip-Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979-83
Soul Jazz Records 530 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 band’s ‘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 Band’s Apache or Babe Ruth’s The Mexican, these first pre-sampling rap records were all made using live bands, often replaying then current disco tunes. As Chic’s ‘Good Times’ was to ‘Rappers’ Delight’, the songs here feature then-current dance-floor hits such as the Tom Tom Club’s ‘Genius of Love’ or Cheryl Lynn’s ‘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
