Soul Jazz Records Presents Yo! Boombox - Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro CD

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. // This deluxe double CD comes with a 30-page booklet featuring 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.

1. The Carver Area High School Seniors - Get Live '83 (The Senior Rap) 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 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 14. Magic's Trick - Magic's Rap