VARIOUS – 50 Years of Hip Hop: The Solo MC Jams [Black Friday 2023] – LP + Bonus 7” – Coloured Vinyl [NOV 24]

LP + Bonus 7” – Limited Edition RSD Black FridayReleasehalf on red vinyl, half onyellow vinylwith Bonus 7” celebrating 50 years of hip-hop.

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Tuff City anthology of Old School group rap classics half on red vinyl, half on gold featuring Ultramagnetic MCs, PHD featuring Havoc from Mobb Deep, Flavor Unit featuring Queen Latifah, Spoonie Gee with The Treacherous Three feat. Kool Moe Dee, etc. Tuff City is pleased to present the best possible reissue program of Hip-Hop’s first decade. These reissues were made as a tribute to Hip Hops 50th Anniversary. Each volume represents an important facet of performers on Tuff City: The Solo MCs, The MC Crews, The DJs and The Female MCs.

Each volume features an inner sleeve with liner notes and bonus 7 insert. Each pressing consists of 750 on red vinyl and 750 of an opaque colour specific to the volume (Yellow in this title). A bonus 7 single is slipped in the cover encased in a Tuff City logo sleeve in the style of its iconic 12 singles.

The series was also conceptualized as a multiset release to stand side by side with the classic Old School Rarities series (The Funky Drum Jams, The Electro Jams, The Linn Drum Jams & The Disco Jams) issued by our Ol Skool Flava imprint.

The Solo MCs kicks off with Harlems pioneering Spoonie Gees influential Spoonin Rap from 1979. Catch The Beat from T-Ski Valley captures the post-Disco Bronx era of Rap. The side closes with the underground personality Funkmaster Wizard Wiz whose Knucklehead Rappers came after he broke from The Undefeated Three. Brooklyns Jimmy Spicer delivers a 14+ minute marathon Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap). Grandmaster Caz from Cold Crush is paired with the Fantastics Whipper Whip for To All The Party People Captain G Whiz from Freddy Bs Mighty Mic Masters closes with his solo 12 track All The Way Live.

The bonus single features a Kool Keith solo from the Ultramagnetic MCs backed with Grandmaster Caz by himself doing Im What Is and Youre What Wants To Be.

Qty. (UK/Ireland):Limited to 750 copies in either red or yellow vinyl.
Release type:RSD Exclusive Release

Tracklist:

LP
A1. Spoonie Gee -Spoonin’ Rap
A2. T-Ski Valley – Catch The Beat
A3. Funkmaster Wizard – WizKnucklehead Rappers

B1. Jimmy Spicer -Adventures of Super Rhymes
B2. Grandmaster Caz with Whipper Whip – To All The 12 Party People
B3. Captain G. Whiz -All the Way Live

Bonus 7”:
A: Ultramagnetic MC’s – Kool Keith Wild

B: Grandmaster Caz – I’m What Is Your What Wants To Be