Name: Soul Jazz Records presents - BOOMBOX 2: Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-1983
Brand: Various Artists

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-SOJR-370

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

CDx2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2017-06-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5026328103709

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Total Cap

2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Various Artists

Genre US

Hip Hop

Label US

Soul Jazz

Soul Jazz Records' new Boombox 2 is a new selection of early rap music from the period 1979-83, with barely a household name in sight. Featured here are some the earliest hip-hop records that came out of New York City following the enormous commercial success of the first ever rap record, 'Rapper's Delight' by the Sugarhill Gang, in September 1979. Artists and producers alike tried to jump aboard the new commercial possibilities of hip-hop. By the end of the year there were 30 hip-hop singles, all released by independent New York labels. The following year there were over 100 more, and so on. Boombox 2 tells the story of how hip-hop went from its evolutionary roots in the Bronx through DJs Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa through to its second phase where veteran music producers - Paul Winley, Peter Brown, Joe Robinson and others - all based in Harlem, began to put rap on vinyl for the first time. Harlem is also where the separate worlds of disco and hip-hop met through the styles and influence of earlier 'uptown' DJs - DJ Hollywood and Eddie Cheba. In similar fashion these veteran Harlem-based producers instinctively tapped into a long lineage of African-American rhythm and blues, soul and disco. Boombox 2 is a triple-vinyl set (+ download code) LP and double CD pack that features extensive text, exclusive interviews and stunning photography by Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper and others. Reviews of Boombox 1: 'The vital launch pad between hip-hop's birth and its worldwide impact' THE WIRE 'This compilation of early rap is a legit party in a box, one of the best Soul Jazz Records releases in years.' FACT 'A brilliant compilation of first wave underground rap records made in New York circa 1979-83' TWISTED SOUL

Soul Jazz Records presents - BOOMBOX 2: Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-1983

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