YO! BOOMBOX - Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-83

Description

A legendary new compilation on the beginnings of Hip-Hop by Soul Jazz Records! "Yo! Boombox" is the new installment in Soul Jazz Records' Boombox series on the beginnings of hip-hop in the USA between 1979 and 1983. The album features early releases by seminal groups such as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and The Funky Four Plus One More, as well as a host of little-known rarities and obscurities. This exuberant first wave of innocent, optimistic, and festive rap records was the first to attempt to create the sounds heard in community centers, block parties, and street jams that first took place in the Bronx in the mid-1970s. While early DJs – Flash, Kool Herc, and Bambaataa – spun, mixed, and scratched now-classic breakbeat records like The Incredible Bongo Band’s "Apache" or Babe Ruth’s "The Mexican," these early pre-sampled rap records were all made with live bands, often replaying disco tracks of the era. This new Soul Jazz Records collection thus celebrates these early old-school rap records, bringing together rare, classic, and obscure tracks released in the early days of rap.