Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Genius of Rap - Various Artists (1982)


This is a great archive of sounds from that delicious moment when hip hop burst out of New York's ghettoes in a blaze of spangly disco grooves and delerious, sharp tongued swagger. Here's a clip from the 1984 BBC documentary, Beat This, which featured all the great dj's, mc's, breakers and bombers of the time:

This film certainly caused a stir in my school playground, and you can watch the whole thing here.

Tracklist:

01 Twennynine Featuring Lenny White - Twennynine (The Rap)

02 T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat

03 Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde - Genius Rap

04
Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5 - Jazzy Sensation

05
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Superappin'

06
Bon Rock & The Rythem Rebellion - Searching Rap

07
Tom Tom Club - Rappa Rappa Rhythm

08
Compass Point All Stars - Peanut Butter

Get it HERE.

3 comments:

Paulo Miranda said...

I'm looking for this for ages.
I have this record in vinil, and I want to listen it in mp3.
Could you re-upload this?
Thank you very much.

Lupine Assassin said...

Please re-post. Link is dead. Thank you.

Lupine Assassin said...

Hoping you can please re-up this one. Thank you.