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]]> The Micronawts https://hiphopbebop.com/micronawts-discography/ https://hiphopbebop.com/micronawts-discography/#respond Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:58:24 +0000 https://hiphopbebop.com/?p=7132 The Micronawts Members: Barry Michael Cooper Barry Michael Cooper first appeared on Express Records in 1981 when he wrote and

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The Micronawts

Members: Barry Michael Cooper

Barry Michael Cooper first appeared on Express Records in 1981 when he wrote and produced the track What Time? using the recording name Teletron. He followed that in 1982 when he produced Maximus Three’s Rock It Out, before joining forces with Aaron Fuchs to produced Tuff City‘s debut release, Beach Boy by Verticle Lines which also featured legendary graffiti artist, Phase 2. In the same year he went on to produce an electro classic, Smurph Across The Surf, using the recording name, The Micronawts, which featured some additional production from Afrika Bambaataa.

Originally issued on a 3-track black and yellow label, due to demand, the track was stripped down by Bambaataa and overdubbed with a live kick drum on top of the 808, courtesy of Aaron, and pressed again on a 4-track black and grey label with a slight variation on the title.

Among his many talents, Barry went on to become an investigative journalist and screenwriter and was responsible for the 1990’s movies New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above The Rim, sometimes referred to as his ‘Harlem Trilogy’. He also produced Spike Lee‘s She’s Gotta Have It TV series.

Many thanks to Aaron Fuchs for the additional info on this release.

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Smurph Across The Surf / Letzmurph Acrossdasurf

Label: Tuff City
Year: 1982
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Smurph Across The Surf (Radio Version) [3:43]
  2. Smurph Across The Surf (Club Version) [6:35]

Side B

  1. Smurph Across The Surf (Dub Version) [6:35]
Side A
Side B

Label: Tuff City
Year: 1982
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. (I Can Do It… You Can Do It) Letzmurph Acrossdasurf (Club Mix/Dub Version) [6:36]
  2. (I Can Do It… You Can Do It) Letzmurph Acrossdasurf (Club Mix/Instrumental) [6:31]

Side B

  1. (I Can Do It… You Can Do It) Letzmurph Acrossdasurf (Radio Mix/Dub Version) [5:36]
  2. (I Can Do It… You Can Do It) Letzmurph Acrossdasurf (Radio Mix/Kwik) [3:21]
Side A
Side B

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]]> https://hiphopbebop.com/micronawts-discography/feed/ 0 Trouble Funk https://hiphopbebop.com/trouble-funk-discography/ Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:15:27 +0000 https://hiphopbebop.com/?page_id=8600 Trouble Funk Members: Big Tony, T-Bone, Boogie, Fats, Syke Dyke (R.I.P.), EJ Roxx, Monster Baby, Doc, David Rudd, Gerald Reed,

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Trouble Funk

Members: Big Tony, T-Bone, Boogie, Fats, Syke Dyke (R.I.P.), EJ Roxx, Monster Baby, Doc, David Rudd, Gerald Reed, Mack Carey (R.I.P.)

Alias: Trouble, Arkade Funk, Slim, The Go-Go Allstarz, Tilt

Trouble Funk was founded in 1975 in Washington DC. With the perfect fusion of soul, funk and rap, they quickly became one of the biggest groups on the go-go scene, following in the footsteps of Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers.

Originally named simply Trouble, the group changed their name to Trouble Funk  thanks to a stage sign that read ‘Trouble Will Funk You’ with only the words ‘Trouble’ and ‘Funk’ big enough to be read by the crowd.

They debuted in 1980 with the track ‘E Flat Boogie’ on Al & The Kidd Records but quickly followed it up with the now classic ‘Pump Me Up’ which has been sampled by the likes of Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five, Kurtis Blow, Public Enemy, Teddy Riley and even George Michael. It was first issued in 1980 on a 7″ but the group also released it as part of the Hollyrock 12″. This version was so successful, that the group couldn’t keep up with orders themselves so it was signed to Jamtu Records (Jam Records) for wider distribution and released with a few variations in 1981. There was also a promotional only 12″ that included tracks from the first three Jamtu 12″ releases. It may have been issued prior to these to promote the future releases but that is unclear.

The most famous use of ‘Pump Me Up’ was actually by Philadelphia native and 1988 DMC World DJ Champion, Cash Money on the classic DJ scratch track, ‘Scratching To The Funk’ which was released on Sound Makers Records in 1985.

In 2014, ‘Pump Me Up’ was once again released on a 7″ single as a reissue on Aaron Fuchs‘s Funky Delicacies label, a subsidiary of Tuff City Records. The B side contained another of their classic singles, ‘Let’s get Small’.

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Pump Me Up

Label: T.F. Records
Year: 1980
Format: 7″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Pump Me Up

Side B

  1. Pump Me Up

Notes: Originally released as a 7″ before the 4-track EP.

Side A
Side B

Label: T.F. Records
Year: 1980
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Hollyrock
  2. Roll With It

Side B

  1. Pump Me Up
  2. E Flat Boogie
Side A
Side B

Label: Jam Records
Year: 1981
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Hollyrock
  2. Roll With It

Side B

  1. Pump Me Up
  2. E Flat Boogie
Side A
Side B
Side A
Side B

Label: Jamtu Records
Year: 1980
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Hollyrock
  2. Roll With It

Side B

  1. Pump Me Up
  2. E Flat Boogie
Side A
Side B

Label: Jamtu Records
Year: 1980
Format: 12″ Promo only
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Pump Me Up [6:34]
  2. Get Down With Your Get Down [4:45]
  3. Super Grit [5:31]

Side B

  1. Get Down With Your Get Down (Instrumental) [4:45]
  2. Trouble Funk Live – Drop The Bomb [12:08]
Side A
Side B

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]]> Wanda Dee https://hiphopbebop.com/wanda-dee-discography/ https://hiphopbebop.com/wanda-dee-discography/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:23:56 +0000 https://hiphopbebop.com/?p=990 Wanda Dee Bronx native, Wanda Dee (Lawanda McFarland), began her musical career behind the turntables. She was Kool Herc’s protégée

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Wanda Dee

Bronx native, Wanda Dee (Lawanda McFarland), began her musical career behind the turntables. She was Kool Herc’s protégée and is labelled as hip hop’s first female DJ. She was also one of the first female MC’s inducted into the Zulu Nation by Afrika Bambaataa.

In 1984, she was cast in the classic hip hop movie, Beat Street, by the late Harry Belafonte as DJ Wanda Dee.

Persuaded by her husband and manager, Eric Floyd, she quit as a DJ and began rapping, releasing her debut single, ‘Blue Eyes’, in 1986 on which she also did her own scratching. The track was produced by Kenny Beck for Pete Waterman Ltd. and was produced, mixed and released in the UK, followed shortly by a US release on Critique.

Three years later she released ‘To The Bone’ for Aaron Fuchs’ Tuff City, produced by Jazzy Jay and the flip by The 45 King. The track was sampled by the UK’s KLF for two of their biggest hits. The use of the samples was unauthorised and the duo was sued for copyright infringement, a dispute which was later settled by the group.

This site is only related to hip hop up to 1986 so I’ve only included her debut single here.

In the early 1990’s, Wanda released a few more singles with a more commercial dance sound and then in the 2000s, a single and album was released on her own Goddess Empire Record Label.

Click the links below to read the more in-depth interviews by Pump It Up Magazine and Werner von Wallenrod.

Pump It Up Magazine
Werner von Wallenrod

DJ Wanda Dee image from Beat Street

Blue Eyes

Label: Lisson Records
Year: 1986
Format: 12″
Origin: UK

Side A

  1. Blue Eyes

Side B

  1. Blue Eyes (Instrumental)

Notes: The artist name was misspelled on the first pressing as Wanda Lee.
Side A
Side B
Side A
Side B

Label: Critique
Year: 1986
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

  1. Blue Eyes (7″ Radio Edit) [2:43]
  2. Blue Eyes (Instrumental) [5:18]

Side B

  1. Blue Eyes (Extended Dance Mix) [5:18]
Side A
Side B

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