Various Artists - Yo! Boombox: Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-83 2CD/3LP +7"
Yo! Boombox is the new instalment of Soul Jazz Records’ Boombox series on the early days of hip-hop on vinyl and features some of the many innovative underground first-wave of early rap and disco rap records made in the USA in the period 1979-83.
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 first 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 dancefloor hits such as the Tom Tom Club’s Genius of Love, Cheryl Lynn’s To Be Real, MFSB’s Love Is the Message while MCs rapped over the top, creating a unique new sound.
In fact, the links between disco and rap date back earlier to the ‘party style’ MCing of figures such as the legendary DJ Hollywood or radio DJs like Frankie Crocker.
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.
Tracklist:
1. Get Live '83 [The Carver Area High School Seniors]
2. Do It Any Way You Wanna [Mike T]
3. Real Rocking Groove (Rap & Breaks) [Chapter III]
4. Rock It, Don't Stop It [Sinister Two]
5. To the Beat Y'all [Sangrai]
6. Rappin' and Rocking the House [Funky 4 + 1]
7. Girls of the World (Genis Rap & Breaks) [Just Four]
8. Super Rock Body Shock [Eye Beta Rock]
9. Street Talk (Madam Rapper) [Funky Constellation]
10. Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ahh Beat, Beat) [Kool Kyle The Starchild]
11. Jam to Remember [Just Four]
12. Super Rappin' No.2 [Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five]
13. Eei Eei O [Silver Star]
14. Magic's Rap [Magic Fraga]
About this product: this release is available on 2CD and 3LP formats.
The 3LP is pressed on black vinyl. Includes a bonus 7" single.