- Format: LP
- Label: Other
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Originally released in 1959, this is the recording of 6 pre-teens from Harlem on bongos, and vocals. Pounding rhythms and chants convey the emotions and experiences of life in New York City's housing projects and tenements. Heralded after the fact as an early precursor to rap music, Street and Gangland Rhythms is an important document of post-WWII urban Black America. An amazing record lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.
Tracks - Side A: 1. PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES - Band 1 - Two bongo drum sets and sticks / Band 2 - Bongo drums and sticks / Band 3 - One boy playing three sets of bongo drums with his hand and one drum stick 2. RHYTHMS WITH VOICES - Band 4 - Rhythm ensemble with voices / Band 5 - Zum, Zum / Band 6 - Ole 3. RHYTHMS WITH VERSES - Band 7 - Bo Diddlie / Band 8 - Gugamuga / Band 9 - Riding Hood Boogy Man 4. SONGS - Band 10 - Sister Suki / Band 11 - Why Can't I Get It Too / Band 12 - Cha Cha Cha / Band 13 - The Fox Side B: 5. RHYTHMIC AND VOCAL IMPROVISATIONS REFLECTING PERSONAL EXPERIENCE - Band 1 - Gang Fight / Band 2 - Shoe Shine / Band 3 - Shoe Shine Shakedown / Band 4 - Dumb Boy
