The Best Of The B Boy Sessions: Blast Master Tapes [Explicit Lyrics]

Boogie Down Productions | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Traffic (The Orchard)
• ASIN: B000EBDHSC
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #421,780 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Boogie Down Productions. Hip Hop Legends. KRS-One. Arguably one of the best and most important rappers ever to grip a mic. You probably think you’ve heard everything they ever recorded. Well think again. Traffic Entertainment is happy to announce that we have tracked down the original reel to reel master tapes from the B-Boy sessions circa 1985 through 1987, and some of the tracks that were unearthed will melt your mind. Original and alternate versions of “Criminal Minded” hits along with a DJ Red Alert megamix, and rare early tracks “Advance”, “D-Nice Rocks the House” and “Say No Brother” plus much much more. Many of the songs have never been on a CD and many more have never even been released, or even heard by anyone outside the B-Boy camp. This two CD set comes packaged in a beautiful eight panel wallet. If you’re a fan of rap, you need to own this piece of Hip Hop history.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great CD for KRS-One completists, May 3, 2007

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Hype Currie "scholar of pop culture" (Detroit, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

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DJ Scott La Rock and KRS-One, a former social worker and homeless client, respectively, teamed up to form one of the seminal rap groups in hip-hop history. Sadly, La Rock was killed in 1987 as their debut album reached its peak of popularity. This compilation, "Blast Master Tapes" by Traffic Recordings should be looked at as a companion piece to the "Criminal Minded" LP by Boogie Down Productions. Here, for the first time is a comprehensive two-disc anthology of the recordings created by the Boogie Down Productions' members during their short-lived tenure at the indie label B-Boy Records. Songs on the album include several selections from "Criminal Minded", including the title cut, "Poetry", "South Bronx" and more. The first rap recordings by junior B.D.P. member D-Nice are included, like "D-Nice Rocks the House" (which would be reworked for his 1990 Jive single "Just Call Me D-Nice") and "Scott Made Me Funky". An early example of KRS-One's social commentary can be heard on "Say No Brother (crack attack)". The beat-box driven (and vaguely misogynist) "P is Free (original version)" is also heard here (a slightly cleaned-up remix ended up on the Criminal Minded LP). Also of special note is the single "$ucce$$ is the Word", by the one-and-done obscure rap group 12:41, which featured KRS-One on vocals, and is considered to be his first recording on vinyl. The liner notes are mildly illuminating, and they apparently include Scott La Rock's funeral obituary.

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3.0 out of 5 stars I didn't remember many songs, December 28, 2009

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I listened to a lot of rap back in the time when this was out, but I don't remember many songs off of it.