Kurtis Blow Presents The History of Rap: Vol. 1

Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Rap (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 1997)
• Original Release Date: August 19, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00000343D
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,619 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Give It up or Turnit a Loose [In the Jungle Groove Remix]

2. Get into Something

3. Melting Pot

4. Listen to Me

5. Scorpio

6. It's Just Begun

7. Apache

8. Hum Along and Dance

9. Love the Life You Live

10. Theme from S.W.A.T. [Extended 7" Version]

11. Dance to the Drummer's Beat

12. King Tim III (Personality Jock)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Obscure funk to get you going, June 29, 2001

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kurtis Blow Presents The History of Rap: Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

Most of these tunes were funky party favorites on the east coast during the 70s, few of these made the national R&B charts during this era since Disco was ruling the roost. But even today on the East Coast, it's not unusual to hear tunes like "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly and Life and the one that started it all, "King Tim III" by the Fatback Band.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get your day started right!, January 12, 2000

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This review is from: Kurtis Blow Presents The History of Rap: Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

This is the ultimate CD to play when you get up in the morning. By the time the second song is over, you'll be in full ignition mode.

The title's a little misleading. There's only one real rap song on here: the last track, King Tim's rap with Fatback. The rest is uptempo funk from the late sixties and early seventies. AND IT KILLS.

From the first crash of James Brown's "Give It Up..", on through the sampled-a-million-times "Scorpio" and "Apache", this album is perfect if you like fast, heavy funk. Especially good: "Listen to Me" by Baby Huey and "Love the Life You Live" by Black Heat.

Oh, and the S.W.A.T. theme's on here too.

If you're a fan of loud, obnoxious funk music, get this. Now.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jamming, July 18, 2001

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R. Riis "rriis" (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kurtis Blow Presents The History of Rap: Vol. 1 (Audio CD)

These are all great funk jams in their original 6-8+ minute versions and with great sound quality. Not just for rap historians but for anyone who wants to give up the funk. Excellent liner notes by Kurtis Blow, too, who puts all these tracks in their historical context.