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3LP w/ Bonus 7" Single [w/ download card]
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 dancefloor hits such as the Tom Tom Club’s ‘Genius of Love’ or Cheryl Lynn’s ‘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.
TRACKLIST:
| Position | Artists | Title/Credits | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | –The Carver Area High School Seniors | Get Live '83 | 7:43 |
| A2 | –Mike T | Do It Any Way You Wanna | 6:53 |
| B1 | –Chapter III | Real Rocking Groove (Rap & Breaks) | 6:34 |
| B2 | –Sinister Two | Rock It, Don't Stop It | 7:59 |
| C1 | –Sangria | To The Beat Y'All | 5:18 |
| C2 | –Funky Four Plus One More* | Rappin' And Rocking The House | 6:54 |
| C3 | –The Just Four* | Girls Of The World (Genis Rap & Breaks) | 7:07 |
| D1 | –Eye Beta Rock | Super Rock Body Shock | 8:42 |
| D2 | –Funky Constellation | Street Talk (Madam Rapper) | 9:49 |
| E1 | –Kool Kyle The Starchild | Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ahh Beat, Beat) | 8:38 |
| E2 | –The Just Four* | Jam To Remember | 6:56 |
| F1 | –Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | Super Rappin' No.2 | 7:18 |
| F2 | –Silver Star | Eei Eei O | 7:16 |
| G1 | –Magic's Trick* | Magic's Rap (Mono Mix) | 4:19 |
| G2 | –Magic's Trick* | Magic's Rap (Stereo Mix) | 4:19 |