Published
Mon, May 16, 2016, 11:04
- Out in June, the 17-track package focuses on the fertile period between 1979 and '82.
Soul Jazz will release a compilation dedicated to the first wave of rap records that came out of New York at the turn of the '80s.
The London label's latest package, titled Boombox - Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979 - 82, will hit the shelves on June 3rd. Many of the release's 17 tracks were among the earliest examples in this innovative style, which saw local MCs rapping over contemporary disco tunes played by a live band. (Sugar Hill Gang's "Rappers Delight" was the biggest hit from this period.) Acts like Mr Sweety G, Harlem World Crew, Sugar Daddy and Mistafide all feature. Boombox will be available digitally, as a triple-pack LP and as a deluxe CD, which comes with a 40-page booklet, slipcase, photography and original label artwork.
Listen to the closing track, Mistafide's "Equidity Funk."
Tracklist
01. Mr Sweety G – At The Place To Be
02. Love Bug Star-Ski And The Harlem World Crew – Positive Life
03. Neil B – Body Rock
04. Super 3 – Philosophy Rappin' Spree
05. Bramsam – Move Your Body
06. Black Bird & Kevski – On The Go
07. Count Coolout – Rhythm Rap Rock (CD only)
08. Harlem World Crew – Rappers Convention
09. Willie Wood & The Willie Wood Crew – Willie Rap
10. Bon-Rock & The Rhythm Rebellion – Searching Rap
11. Sugar Daddy – One More Time
12. Spoonie Gee And The Treacherous Three – The New Rap Language
13. TJ Swan – And You Know That
14. Portable Patrol – Cop Bop
15. Master Jay – We Are People Too
16. Sweet G – Boogie Feelin' Rap
17. Mistafide – Equidity Funk
Soul Jazz will release Boombox - Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 1979 - 82 on June 3rd, 2016.