YO! BOOMBOX - Early Independent Hip Hop - 2023 UK Soul Jazz Label 15-track 2LP +7" Set

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.

Tracklisting.

1. The Carver Area High School Seniors - Get Live '83
2. Mike T - Do It Any Way You Wanna
3. Chapter III - Real Rocking Groove (Rap & Breaks)
4. Sinister Two - Rock It, Don't Stop It C.
5. Sangria - To The Beat Y'all
6. Funky Four Plus One More - Rappin' and Rocking The House
7. The Just Four - Girls Of The World (Genius Rap & Breaks)
8. Eye Beta Rock - Super Rock Body Shock
9. Funky Constellation - Street Talk (Madam Rapper)
10. Kool Kyle The Starchild - Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ahh Beat, Beat)
11. The Just Four - Jam To Remember
12. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - Super Rappin' No. 2
13. Silver Star - Eei Eei O

7" Single:

1. Magic's Trick - Magic's Rap MONO VERSION
2. Magic's Trick - Magic's Rap STEREO VERSION