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Shaun Dowling — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:33:36 +0000

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I know it’s not hip hop related but the World Adaptive Boxing Council is worthy of a mention. Currently doing big things for disabled people in boxing and rugby.

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Check out Repo’s Hip Hop Mags blog for full scans of the classic UK hip hop magazine, Hip Hop Connection, with more to come from magazines such as The Source, Rap Pages, Soul Underground, etc.

Interviews and more with the dedicated hip hop historian, Jay-Quan.

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Double Dee & Steinski

Shaun Dowling — Sun, 22 May 2022 09:42:23 +0000

Double Dee & Steinski

Members: Double Dee, Steinski

Hey Mr DJ Play That Beat Down By Law Switch The Licks Mastermix Contest

In 1983, Double Dee & Steinski (Douglas DiFranco and Steven Stein) entered a Tommy Boy competition officially titled ‘Hey Mr DJ Play That Beat Down By Law Switch The Licks Mastermix Contest’ to find new remixes of G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid’s classic track, Play That Beat which would hopefully boost sales. The prize was the complete Tommy Boy catalogue of releases to date, a t-shirt, $100 and the possibility of club distribution and entries were judged by Tom Silverman, Afrika Bambaataa, John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez, Arthur Baker, G.L.O.B.E., Shep Pettibone, Brian Chin, Barry Mayo, Raul Rodriquez, Stephanie Shepherd and Mike Wilkinson.

The production duo’s sampled-based Payoff Remix, utilizing elements from a wide variety of sources such as World’s Famous Supreme Team, Funky 4+1, Incredible Bongo Band, Culture Club, The Supremes, Humphrey Bogart, Little Richard, etc was an instant hit and they were awarded first prize. The track was sent out to various radio stations and gained more airplay than the original version. Surprised by the interest in the mix, Tommy Boy suggested a follow-up so the duo went back to work and followed this track with Lesson 2 (The James Brown Mix). Steven Hager then commissioned the duo to create Lesson 3 (The History Of Hip Hop Mix) in order to promote his book entitled ‘An Illustrated History Of Hip Hop, Breakdancing And Graffiti’.

Disconet & Tommy Boy releases

The first appearance on vinyl was on the Disconet Program Service DJ subscription label (Volume 6 Program 7 1984). Lesson 2 also featured on a volume of this DJ subscription service label (Volume 6 Program 11 1984) before the duo released a private press of their own containing their first two mixes. There were 500 copies in total which they sold under the counter and in person. Lesson 3 also appeared on Disconet (Volume 7 Program 9 1985) but this time was closely followed by a Tommy Boy pressing of all three mixes. They intended to officially release Lesson 3 as the A-side and include the previous mixes on the flip but were unable to clear the samples. As the mix was based mainly around Herman Kelly & L.I.F.E.’s Dance To The Drummers Beat, they went to Herman Kelly for sample clearance but he demanded too much money so the pressing remained a promotional-only release. Also worthy of note is that some pressings, as with a lot of other artist releases, appear as colour vinyl when held against the light. This is due to the low carbon content during the manufacturing process and not actually colour vinyl. Cool to have though!

Official and bootleg versions

There have been various bootleg copies with the Tommy Boy label released over the years, most of which can be easily identified by the run-out grooves and the labels. With the exception of one (At the time of writing this) they all have the correct tracks printed but they have two A-sides and don’t have a Herbie Jr or Frankford Wayne etching/stamp. There is one copy though which is almost identical to the original pressing. It has Side A and Side B and also includes the Herbie Jr etching but it omits the Frankford Wayne stamp/etching. There is a lot of debate as to whether this is a very good bootleg or an alternative pressing and as far as I know, this is still unresolved. There is also a common unofficial release from around 1985/6 on RPM Records titled, The History Of Hip Hop, which itself has a few variations.

There are various other white labels, etc but the Tommy Boy and RPM releases are the main ones. As far as I know, the only other official release is as a B-side to Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazzy 5. This was a promotional-only release to coincide with Tommy Boy’s Greatest Beats Vols. 1-4 albums and also featured the original and Double Dee & Steinski remix of Jazzy Sensation.

Images taken from Double Dee & Steinski’s website. Read more about the making of Lessons here.

Disconet Volume 6 Program 7

Label: Disconet Program Service
Year: 1984
Format: 2 x 12″
Origin: US

Side A

G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid – Play That Beat, Mr DJ (Master Mix First Place) [5:15]
Two Sisters – Desti-Dub [5:56]

Side B

Dionne Warwick – Got A Date (Extended Edit) [5:50]
Bare Essence – The Big Hurt (Extended Edit) [9:01]

Side C

Xena – On The Upside (Extended Edit) (A Raul Dance Mix) [9:53]

Side D

Pointer Sisters – Telegraph Your Love (Extended Edit) [6:23]
Matthew Wilder – Break My Stride (Extended Edit) [6:20]

Disconet Volume 6 Program 11

Label: Disconet Program Service
Year: 1984
Format: 2 x 12″
Origin: US

Side A

Etta James – Blowin’ In The Wind (Extended Edit) [5:13]
Digital Emotion – Humanity (Extended Edit) [9:46]

Side B

The Buggers – Bugger Groove (Extended Edit) [7:07]
Lafleur – Dub Till We Drop [6:33]

Side C

Kimberlee Wertz – I’ll Bake Me A Man (Extended Edit) [7:42]
Turbo – Let Me Kiss It (Extended Edit) [4:49]

Side D

Double Dee & Steinski – Lesson Two (The James Brown Mix) [4:17]
Lady D – You Got Me Runnin’ (Extended Edit) [5:06]
A+ – Graduation [4:21]

Disconet Volume 7 Program 9

Label: Disconet Program Service
Year: 1985
Format: 2 x 12″
Origin: US

Side A

David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group – This Is Not America (Extended Edit) [7:08]
Colin Stoddard – Secrets Of The Night [8:00]

Side B

James & Susan Wells – R.S.V.P. (Extended Edit) [8:18]
Earlene Bentley featuring Sylvester – Stargazing (Extended Edit) [7:35]

Side C

Double Dee & Steinski – Lesson 3 [4:54]
Tim Greene – The Facts Of Life [4:56]
Jimmy “Bo” Horne – Let’s Do It [5:43]

Side D

Yarbrough & Peoples – I Only Love You (Extended Edit) [6:58]
Dan Hartman – Second Nature (Extended Edit) [8:04]

Mastermixes

Label: No label
Year: 1984
Format: 12″ Promo
Origin: US

Side A

The Payoff Mix (Mastermix of G.L.O.B.E. and Whizkid’s “Play That Beat, Mr DJ”) [5:20]

Side B

Lesson Two (James Brown Mix) [4:23]

Notes: Self released by Double Dee & Steinski and limited to 500 copies.

Side A

Side B

Lessons 1, 2 & 3

Label: Tommy Boy
Year: 1985
Format: 12″ Promo
Origin: US

Side A

Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop Mix) [5:00]

Side B

The Payoff Mix (Mastermix of G.L.O.B.E. and Whiz Kid’s “Play That Beat, Mr DJ”) [5:20]
Lesson 2 (James Brown Mix) [4:23]

Notes: Some copies appear translucent when held up to the light.

Side A

Side B

Label: RPM Records
Year: 1985
Format: 12″
Origin: US / Canada

Side A

History Of Hip Hop

Side B

History Of Hip Hop – Lesson 2
History Of Hip Hop – Lesson 3

Notes: There are a few variations of this. The font used is slightly different on some and one variation has Made In Canada printed on the bottom.

Side A - Smaller, bolder font used

Side B - Smaller, bolder font used

Side A - Taller font, less bold

Side B - Taller font, less bold

Side A - Made In Canada printed on the bottom

Side B - Made In Canada printed on the bottom

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Artist A-Z

Shaun Dowling — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:19:53 +0000

Artist A-Z

Afrika & The Zulu Kings

Bon Rock & The Rythem Rebellion

Boo-Dah Bliss Crew

Broken Glass

Brother D with Collective Effort

The Buggers

Butch Cassidy’s Funk Bunch

C-Jam & Kid Frost

C.O.D.

Capt. Crunch & The Funky Bunch

Carver Area High School

Disco Daddy & Capt. Rapp

Divine

Divine Sounds

Dizzy Heights

DJ Cut Fast & The Devastating MC’s

Doctor Funnkenstein & DJ Cash Money

Double Dee & Steinski

Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience

Gifted 4

Glamour Girls

Grand Wizard Theodore & The Fantastic Romantic 5

Grandmaster Richie Rich

Hardrock Soul Movement

Kool Kyle & Billy Bill

Phantom Rock & M.C.B. Bop

Rockin’ Rob & The Fabulous 4 MC Connection

Ronnie G. & The S.M. Crew

Ronnie Gee

The Russell Brothers

Sanny X

Smitty “D” & Rock Squad

Solid C, Bobby D & Kool Drop

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Marcus Barone

Shaun Dowling — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:19:22 +0000

Marcus Barone

Member of: The Ring, Solo

Alias: Barone

Marcus Barone was a session keyboard studio musician in New York City from 1979 before relocating to Los Angeles in 1985.

He was the founder and producer of disco group, The Ring, which had a hit with ‘Savage Lover’ which hit #1 pop charts in Mexico (Billboard) and #22 dance charts (Billboard), and released several singles and an album for Vanguard. He was also a member of hip hop/electro group Solo, together with Mark Berry and Arthur Baker‘s right-hand man, John Robie. The group released a single titled ‘Girls, Girls (Ah-Ah-Hi)’ on Next Plateau in 1984.

In the early 1980s a new sampler came on the market, the Emulator, but priced at around $14,000 it was way beyond most people’s affordability. That didn’t deter Marcus though. To purchase it he managed to strike a deal with Sugarscoop and Emergency Records. He would perform on their records for one year at 50% of his usual fee and in return, they would fund half the cost of the sampler.

As a result, Marcus played keyboards and helped co-write some of the big electro tracks of the time. Working with Man Parrish & Raul Rodriguez, he performed on tracks by Two Sisters and C.O.D. to name a few but wasn’t always credited. One of his proudest moments was playing on C.O.D.‘s ‘Uphill (Peace Of Mind)’. He also performed on tracks by Lifehouse, Matt Nathanson, Quiet Riot, Alisha, Steve Stevens, David Hasselhoff, Gloria Gaynor, Human League, etc.

1984 saw Marcus release his only single as an artist, Barone. ‘Shake It Up (Till Ya drop)’ was written and produced by himself and Joel Diamond and mixed by Shep Pettibone.

After his career as a studio musician, he went on to become a motion picture music executive and supervisor overlooking music for lots of movies including Gang Related, Behind Enemy Lines, Beverly Hills Ninja, Dumb And Dumber, etc plus TV programs such as ER, America’s Got Talent and Dancing With The Stars, to name a few. He is currently the President, Supervisor and Executive in Charge of Music at Film Music Group in Los Angeles.

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Awesome Foursome

Shaun Dowling — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:51:01 +0000

Awesome Foursome

Members: Milk Dee, DJ Gizmo, Mike Master, Sugar K

The Awesome Foursome were a group of friends from Brooklyn. The group consisted of brothers, Milk Dee (Kirk Robinson) and DJ Gizmo (Nathaniel Robinson Jr.), who would go on to form the Audio Two plus Mike Master and Sugar K who would go on to form the Kings Of Swing together with female DJ, Cocoa Chanelle.

They debuted on Nairobi‘s electro cover version of Manu Dibango’s ‘Funky Soul Makossa’ in 1982 before releasing their own single, ‘Funky Breakdown’, in 1984 on Partytime Records produced and arranged by Arthur Baker and Chris Lord-Alge. The track was reissued some years later on the Canadian Unidisc label with the Nairobi track on the flip side. Two years later came the highly collectable ‘Monster Beat’ on Reality Records which was produced by Greg G of the Disco Four and Teddy Riley.

Following their Reality Records release, the group split amicably and later formed Audio Two and Kings Of Swing.

As is often the case when groups make music, there are often a lot of tracks which never see the light of day. Many are unreleased because the label doesn’t see any commercial viability. Other times the record labels close, leaving behind unreleased material and demos which are very often lost forever.

Fast forward to 2018 and Canadian record label Roots Forward. Since 2011 they have been releasing new material from the likes of Craig G and Madman Shawn plus reissuing hard to find material by Schoolly D, 6th Floor, Frankenstein, Krown Ruler’s, etc. As an addition to their catalogue they had the idea to officially reissue Nairobi & the Awesome Foursome’s ‘Funky Soul Makossa’ as a 7″ single, however, after enquiring about licensing the idea was cancelled in favour of a full 12″ release when a tape was discovered with two unreleased tracks by Awesome Foursome from 1983. The end result is the excellent ‘Awesome Foursome EP’ containing two unreleased tracks from 1983.

There are also dub versions of ‘Subway’ and ‘Big Turnout’ but they couldn’t be added to the EP without compromising the sound so luckily Streetwise decided to release them digitally.

Funky Breakdown

Label: Partytime Records
Year: 1984
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

Funky Breakdown [7:59]
Bonus Breakdown [4:35]

Side B

Funky Mixdown [6:31]
Scratchy Breakdown [6:18]

Side A

Side B

Monster Beat

Label: Reality Records
Year: 1986
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

Monster Beat [6:07]
Monster Beat (Short Version) [3:16]

Side B

Monster Beat (Dub) [6:07]

Side A

Side B

Awesome Foursome EP

Label: Streetwise Records / Roots Forward Records
Year: 2018
Format: 12″
Origin: Canada

Side A

Subway
Funky Soul Makossa (Rap)

Side B

Big Turnout
Funky Breakdown

Side A

Side B

Generic sleeve with hype sticker

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Arthur Baker

Shaun Dowling — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:10:20 +0000

Arthur Baker

Member of: Goon Squad, Guru

Originally from Boston, Arthur Baker began his music career as a DJ in the 1970’s but quickly discovered it wasn’t for him so turned to production. Losing You by Canada’s The Hearts Of Stone was his debut production in 1977, quickly followed by the mellow soul single Touch Me by C.L. Smith. In 1979 he produced Joe Bataan‘s Rap-O Clap-O but was uncredited and also formed the group North End with Russell Presto and Tony Carbone, releasing their first single on the disco label, West End Records before taking the group to Emergency Records for their subsequent releases.

Following a move to New York, he began working with artists such as Michael Jonzun, Maurice Starr, The Latin Rascals, etc, and then in 1982, together with his production partner, John Robie, produced the classic Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force and Play At Your Own Risk by Planet Patrol which they recorded in the same session. The same year he also started his first record label, Streetwise Records, releasing tracks by Rockers Revenge, Nairobi & The Awesome Foursome, New Edition, Freeez and many more.

Arthur Baker’s production skills spanned various genres and he was well known for his dance mixes for commercial artist such as Cyndi Lauper, The Cars, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Pet Shop Boys, etc.

The classic hip hop movie, Beat Street, came in 1984 and he produced tracks by Afrika Bambaataa and Cindy Mizelle for the soundtrack plus his debut single credited as an artist, the b-boy anthem, Breakers Revenge. The track was used for one of the most iconic moments in the movie when the Rock Steady Crew battled the New York City Breakers at The Roxy. It was edited by The Latin Rascals and featured the vocals from Gavin Christopher (R.I.P.), brother of house diva, Shawn Christopher.

Please note that although Arthur Baker was a member of various groups, I’ve only listed a couple above which are more directly related to this website.

Breaker's Revenge

Label: Atlantic Records
Year: 1984
Format: 12″
Origin: US

Side A

Breaker’s Revenge (Extended Vocal Version) [7:27]

Side B

Breaker’s Revenge (Dub Mix/Vocal) [6:52]
Jazzy Breakdown (Instrumental) [5:03]

Notes: There are two different releases of this. If you notice, the hype sticker states the extended vocal version at 7:25 but the label contradicts this and states 7:27.
In fact, there is a 7:27 version which includes the instantly recognisable “Break, Break” intro and also a version which omits this and is 7:25 as per the hype sticker.
Unfortunately, as far as I know, the only way to distinguish between the two is to actually play them. There are also two matching promo releases which also include these two variations. In all releases there are no variations of the labels or hype sticker.

Side A

Side B

Company sleeve with hype sticker

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Death Comet Crew

Shaun Dowling — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 21:16:36 +0000

Death Comet Crew

Members: Michael Diekmann aka B Lan 3, Nick Taylor aka DJ High Priest, Rammellzee, Shinichi Shimokawa, Stuart Argabright

Michael Diekmann and Stuart Argabright began their music careers as members of experimental electronic group, Ike Yard, in 1979, releasing a single and album before dissolving in 1983.

Stuart then went on to record as Dominatrix, releasing the pop/electro track, ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’ on Arthur Baker‘s Streetwise Records which was mixed by Jay Burnett.

In 1984 he then founded Death Comet Crew together with Michael Diekmann once again and new members, Shinichi Shimokawa and Nick Taylor aka DJ High Priest. Although not a permanent member, the group were also joined, on occasion, by NYC rap legend, Rammellzee. Together they recorded the 4-track single ‘At The Marble Bar’ for Beggars Banquet in 1985 which also included ‘Exterior Street’, a track entirely freestyled by Rammellzee in the studio. In 1986 they also released the single ‘Mystic Eyes’ as Death Comet before disbanding a year later.

Tracks from ‘At The Marble Bar’ were later remixed and released in Japan on CD in 2005 followed by vinyl in 2007, which included the original 1985 version together with the previously unreleased instrumental and acapella versions, hence the reason I’ve included it here.

Death Comet Crew reformed in 2003 together with Rammellzee and performed at a number of live shows. They also worked on a new album which was eventually released in 2013 called ‘Ghost Among The Crew’ and was titled in honor of Rammellzee who sadly passed away in 2010.

At The Marble Bar

Label: Beggars Banquet
Year: 1985
Format: 12″
Origin: UK

Side A

At The Marble Bar
Scratching Galaxies (Dub)

Side B

Funky Dream
Exterior Street

This Is (Re)Phop Pt. 1

Label: Delic Records
Year: 2007
Format: 12″
Origin: Japan

Side A

At The Marble Bar (Original Version)
At The Marble Bar (Instrumental Version)
At The Marble Bar (Acapella)
Scratching Galaxies (Dub)

Side B

At The Marble Bar (Dodeka Horn Remix)
Scratching Galaxies (Death Star Remix)
At The Marble Bar (Space Pajama Party Dub)

Notes: Dodeka Horn remix by Matsumoto Hisataakaa, Death Star remix by Kan Takagi and Space Pajama Party Dub by The Pajama Boyz.

Side A

Side B

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