Big Apple Rappin': The Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture in New York City 1979-1982
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Big Apple Rappin': The Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture in New York City 1979-1982 is a compilation released on Soul Jazz Records. As the title suggests, it contains songs by various artists from the early days of New York hip hop
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Disc 2
East Coast hip hop
East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City, USA during the 1970s. Hip hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in the East Coast...
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Track listing
Disc 1- Spoonin’ Rap - Spoonie GeeSpoonie GeeSpoonie Gee is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of few rap artists to release records in the 1970s. He has been credited with originating the term 'hip hop' and some the themes in his music were precursors of Gangsta rap....
- Sure Shot - Xanadu
- How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise - Brother D
- Rapping Dub Style - General EchoGeneral EchoGeneral Echo aka Ranking Slackness, was one of the first reggae deejays to move away from 'cultural' lyrics towards 'slackness' ....
- Catch The Beat - T Ski Valley
- Dancing Heart - Universal 2
- Funkbox Party - Masterdon Committee
- Weekend - Cold Crush Brothers
Disc 2
- Big Apple Rappin’ - Spyder DSpyder-DDuane Hughes, better known by his stage name Spyder D, is a former professional old-school rapper and producer from New York City.- 1980s :...
- DJ Style - Mr Q
- Fly Guys Rap - The Fly Guys
- Get The Party Jumping - Solo Sound
- Rock The Beat - The Jamaica Girls
- Standing On The Top - Super 3
- Are You Ready - TJ Swann, Peewee Mel & Barry B
- Ultimate Rap - Nice & Nasty 3