Hip Hop did not develop in a vacuum- its roots can be traced back to the earliest Afro-American music, and the folks who were influenced by these sounds along the way. This CD compiles some of the greatrecordings that showcase the spoken word and street culture put forth from the 1920´s through the 1960´s that would go on to influence the entire rap music genre. The themes will be familiar- religion, politics, Black experience, badass gangsta rap, speed, sex, drugs and rock 'n´ roll. Let´s listen to the lessons that the hipsters of the past taught the rappers of today."
Track Listing
A1 –Katie Webster & Ashton Conroy Baby Baby
A2 –Mamie Ree & Young Wolf With Gus Jenkins Band, The Caught
A3 –Reverend J.M. Gates* These Hard Times
A4 –Soul Stirrers, The Why I Like Roosevelt Pt. 1
A5 –Soul Stirrers, The Why I Like Roosevelt Pt. 2
A6 –Jimmie Lunceford And His Chickasaw Syncopators In Dat Mornin'
A7 –Famous Hokum Boys Terrible Operation Blues
B1 –Dirty Red (6) Mother Fuyer
B2 –Butterbeans Hello, Sue
B3 –Dan Pickett Number Writer
B4 –Harmonica Frank Floyd Swamp Root
B5 –Champion Jack Dupree Slow Boogie
B6 –Red Saunders With Dolores Hawkins & Hambone Kids, The Hambone
B7 –Slim Gaillard Trio* Puerto Vootie
B8 –Slim & Slam Davis All Star* Chinatown, My Chinatown
B9 –Slim Gaillard African Jive
C1 –Dr. Jo Jo Adams* With Maxwell Davis All Stars* When I'm In My Tea
C2 –Big Jay McNeely Road House Boogie
C3 –William Walker (5) Thunderbird
C4 –Treniers, The Uh Oh (Get Out Of The Car)
C5 –Arlen Sanders Hopped-Up-Mustang
C6 –Brother Woodman & Chanters (2), The Featuring Ethel Brown Hot Mama
C7 –Little Caesar* You Can't Bring Me Down
D1 –Little Caesar* Goodbye Baby
D2 –Vernon Green & Medallions, The The Letter
D3 –Shaweez, The* No One To Love Me
D4 –Joe Hill Louis- One Man Band* Gotta Let You Go
