Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Rap: Vol. 3

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: B00000343H
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,794 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rock Box

2. Friends

3. Five Minutes of Funk

4. Jail House Rap

5. Roxanne, Roxanne

6. The Bridge

7. Rebel Without a Pause

8. Criminal Minded [Album Version]

9. Raw

10. It Takes Two

11. Vapors

12. Just a Friend

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Representation of mid-late 80s rap, October 17, 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. 3 (Audio CD)

This series is to rap what the "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" series on Rhino is to Classic Soul. An excellent representation of what was popular at the time (in this case, roughly 1985 to 88). Rp was still fun at this point, as evidenced by the Fat Boys' "Jailhouse Rap", Rob Base's eternal party starter "It Takes Two" (based on Lynn Collins' "Think."), UTFO's "Roxanne Roxanne (which spawned some unfortunate imitators in 1985). etc. The Biz keeps the comedy going with the laugh fest "Just a Friend" and the seriocomic "The Vapors." Kris Parker signals things to come with "Criminal Minded" (which does not endorse gangsterism as the title may indicate) as does Public Enemy's policial rap "Rebel Without a Pause." Fortunately, Kurtis Blow stops things just before rap got ruined with the gangster garbage, so enjoy and learn.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conclusion of a great series, July 19, 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. 3 (Audio CD)

The third volume in this indespensible series takes the history of rap through the mid-to-late 1980s. It's a fine overview, even if the music has stylistically gone all over the map, making it hard to represent in a single disk. Great track selection (more of a concentration on big hits and major artists than on the previous volumes) and sound make this a good sampler even for those who aren't interested in the whole series. Even better are Kurtis Blow's own liner notes that put these tracks and their artists into the large historical context.