Release Date: 03/07/26 - Super Rappin' NYC: Grandmaster Flash And The Roots Of Rap
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In 1979 at the age of 62, Bobby Robinson was an incongruous figure, standing at the back of a Bronx club watching a performance from GRANDMASTER FLASH and The Furious Five. The experienced record man, whose record shop, Bobby's Happy House, had been the first black-owned business on Harlem's 125th Street, was on the lookout for talent.
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Charly
The Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight’ was flying out of Bobby’s record store and through family connections – his nephew, Gabriel (aka Spoonie Gee), was staying at his apartment – Bobby signed Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, and The Funky Four Plus One More to a one-record contract.
The fruits of the deal were Flash’s 'Superappin’' and The Funky Four Plus One More's 'Rappin' And Rocking The House'. Unlike the manufactured sound of 'Rappers Delight', this was the real thing! ‘Superappin’’ was an epic 12-minute wonder that opened with an incredible call to arms: “It was a party night, everybody was breakin'/ The highs were screamin' and the bass was shakin'/ And it won't be long 'til everybody knowin' that Flash was on the beat box”.
Whilst perhaps too raw for national success, it was rumoured to have sold over 100,000 copies in New York setting the rap scene alight. ENJOY!
About the artist
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were an American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. The group's members were Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Keef Cowboy, Scorpio, and Rahiem.
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- Standard Pressing
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