True School Lyrical Lessons From The Rap Legends: Vol. 1
K-Tel - K-Tel
Various Artists
Release date: 1996-10-29
Audio CD
80's, Hip-Hop, Old-School Rap, Pop, Rap, Rap & Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues
1. King Tim III (Personality Jock) - Fatback
2. We Rap More Mellow (Maxi Version) - Younger Generation
3. Super Rappin' - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4. The Breaks - Kurtis Blow
5. New Rap Language - Treacherous Three
6. Adventures Of Super Rhymes - Jimmy Spicer
7. Zulu Nation Throwdown - Afrika Bambaattaa And The Cosmic Force
8. Spoonin' Rap - Spoonie Gee
9. Move With The Groove - Disco Four
10. Rappin' & Rocking The House - Funky Four Plus One
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True School Lyrical Lessons From The Rap Legends: Vol. 1
Date undefinedThis is a good Cd of what the first generation of hip hop fans were really listening to during the music's earliest appearance on record.
King Tim III by the Fatback Band was actually the first rap record (it beat out the better known Rappers Delight by about a month in late 1979). This is also one of the funkiest records of all time, musically based on the Godfather's "There Was a Time"
"The Adventures of Superrhymes" by Jimmy Spicer (who incidentally was the first rapper I ever saw perform-at a skating rink in Charleston in late 1979) is an underrated classic of syncopated storytelling, beating out Slick Rick by about five years. This is a funky narrative of Dracula and Aladdin and their trip to a nightclub. Very imaginative. Only problem is that this is a shorter version of the original. The same is true of the Funky 4+1 more's beloved classic "Rappin and Rockin The House."
"We Rap More Mellow" by the "Younger Generation" is actually the first record by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, containing most of the same lyrics as their better known "Superrappin." "Zulu Nation Throwdown" does not actually feature Afrika Bambaata on vocals (just his group the Cosmic Force), but its jivey, melodic chanting is the sort of thing that made this generation of hip hop appeal to teenagers of the era.
These records were greatly underpromoted at the time, since most people outside of Black east-coast teens dismissed this stuff as a passing fad, but at least you can see what most people were missing that should have been hits.
True School Lyrical Lessons From The Rap Legends: Vol. 1
Date undefinedThis is the original sound of NYC Hip-Hop! The classics from '79-'82. The golden era of Hip-Hop! Listen to the sounds of Grand Master Flash & the Furious 5, Cosmic-Force and the Funky 4+1 all doing there classic Hip-Hop joints from the late '70's & ealy '80's! These are the magical sounds of the streets on NYC captured on wax and brought to you by those obscure labels like "ENJOY", "BRASS", "PAUL WHINLEY", etc. It doesn't get more old skool and more classic than this! This compilation is "crazy def, b"! A sho'nuff sure-shot, ya'll!
True School Lyrical Lessons From The Rap Legends: Vol. 1
Date undefinedI remember listening to my big brother and his friends jammin to what was know as then, "music that wouldn't last very long"This cd has the original concrete jams of that time, and the beats are still bangin today. Any DJ would love to have this cd in their collection....enjoy. no doubt!!
