The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's

Various Artists - Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yazoo
• ASIN: B000000G8U
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,454 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down - Blind Willie Johnson

2. Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan

3. Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers

4. Jive Man Blues - Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon

5. Jonah In The Wilderness - Henry Thomas

6. South Carolina Rag - Willie Walker

7. Whitewash Station - Memphis Jug Band

8. Automobile Ride Through Alabama - Red Henderson

9. The Dirty Dozen No. 2 - Speckled Red

10. Tain't None O' Your Business - Butterbeans & Susie

11. It's A Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks

12. She's A Hum Dum Dinger - Jimmie Davis

13. Papa's On The House Top - Leroy Carr

14. Let That Liar Alone - Rev. Edward W. Clayborn

15. Back In My Home Town - Frank Hutchinson

16. Track Linin - T.C.I. Section Crew

17. Atlanta Strut - Blind Willie McTell

18. Arkansas Hard Luck Blues - Lonnie Glosson

19. How Can You Have The Blues? - Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom

20. Pickin' Off Peanuts - Seven Foot Dilly & His Dill Pickles

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A highly misleading title..., October 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's (Audio CD)

Don't get me wrong. The music on this disc is excellent, but it doesn't have anything to do with rap. The rhythms are straightup country blues for the most part, with a few recitation pieces and country styled things. I like this kind of music, and I own a lot of discs like this one, but I also like rap music, and this ain't it! If it had been advertised as The Roots of the Talking Blues, I would have given it five stars.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hip Hop Jug Bands? Hard Core Blues? Gangsta' Hillbillies?, April 28, 2000

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This review is from: The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's (Audio CD)

not quite. but this cd has a lot to offer. if youre a big fan of rap, you wont neccesarily like this cd. if you like idiosyncratic early 20th century music, you probably will like a lot of it though. theres all kinds of great stuff you will never find anywhere else. Jive Talkin' Man, Cocaine Blues, Whitewash Station, When I stopped Running, Nobody Knows You and Automobile Ride Through Arkansas alone are worth the cost but each track has something special to offer. it does feature a lot of rap like conventions like similies( that girls got more ways of lovin' than wriggleys got gum), bragging, sexual allusions, drugs, drinking, fighting, tall tales mixed in with percusive singing styles. very enjoyable.

3.0 out of 5 stars talking blues, folk, and country, April 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's (Audio CD)

If you are looking for vintage styles and flows, you might be disappointed.