YO! BOOMBOX – “Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-85” (Released 19th May 2023)

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//Soul Jazz Records//

£36.99 – 3xLP, Deluxe Edition Vinyl plus Super Rare 7″ Vinyl

£34.99 – 3xLP, Deluxe Edition Vinyl

This 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.

The 3rd 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.

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 a host of 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.

Tracklisting:

The Carver Area High School Seniors – Get Live ’83 (7.43)
Mike T – Do It Any Way You Wanna (6.53)
Chapter III – Real Rocking Groove (Rap & Breaks) (6.34)
Sinister Two – Rock It, Don’t Stop It (7.59)
Sangria – To The Beat Y’all (5.18)
Funky Four Plus One More – Rappin’ and Rocking The House (6.54)
The Just Four – Girls Of The World (Genius Rap & Breaks) (7.07)
Eye Beta Rock – Super Rock Body Shock (8.42)
Funky Constellation – Street Talk (Madam Rapper) (9.49)
Kool Kyle The Starchild – Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ahh Beat, Beat) (8.38)
The Just Four – Jam To Remember (6.56)
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – Super Rappin’ No. 2 (7.18)
Silver Star – Eei Eei O (7.16)

7″ Single (comes with LP format SJRLP530-7 only)

Magic’s Trick – Magic’s Rap (4.19) MONO VERSION
Magic’s Trick – Magic’s Rap (4.19) STEREO VERSION