Shakin' my rump for 24 years
There were more AUTHENTIC OLD SCHOOL options, even back in 1986, but that doesn't diminish the musical impact it had on me."RAP IT UP" was a K-TEL INTERNATIONAL cassette that I played incessantly in college.
Is it all truly "hip hop?" Perhaps not.
The compilation opens with Bay Area legends Timex Social Club and their one-hit wonder, "Rumors." That's more R&B than hip hop.
Is it enjoyable? Hell yeah. Joeski Love's brilliant "Pee-Wee's Dance" is on there!
I came as close as I possibly could last night to duplicating the "Rap it Up" compilation in iTunes playlist form.
Here is the original track listing that I followed:
(Side One)
1. Timex Social Club - "Rumors"
2. Run-DMC - "Can You Rock it Like This"
3. Full Force - "Alice, I Want You Just For Me"
4. Kurtis Blow - "If I Ruled the World"
(Side Two)
1. Joeski Love - "Pee-Wee's Dance"
2. The Fat Boys - "Sex Machine"
3. The Beastie Boys - "Slow & Low"
*4. Timex Social Club - "Vicious Rumors" * I had all but one of those songs on iTunes. I couldn't find that last track for my playlist, so I added a few other favorite songs from the period instead:
4. Kool Moe Dee - "Wild Wild West"
5. Doug E. Fresh - "The Show"
6. Doug E. Fresh - "La Di Da Di"
7. Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
8. Kid 'N Play - "Gittin' Funky"
As you can see, the compilation (and the additional songs) won't fool anyone into thinking you're a hardcore O.G. Also, trainspotting hip-hop followers will note with disdain that "Wild Wild West" came out in 1988, two years after my compilation.
I didn't put this playlist together as a historical document. These songs will get you shaking your rump -- that's why I put it together. They've been getting me to "get on up" for 24 years!
posted by erik hogstrom at 7:50 AM
2 Comments:
I had that same tape when it came out! That was the first time I heard The Beastie Boys, Slow And Low blew my mind. I ended up losing it like a month later and went to buy it again and couldn't find the same tape so I settled for Rap's Greatest Hits which I think was also a K-Tel album. I remember it had a similar tracklisting but didn't have Beastie Boys, and it had Howie's Teed Off. Great memories.
Yep, here it is: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Raps-Greatest-Hits/release/315880 - even better tracklist! If it had Slow And Low it would've been one of the best comps of all time!!
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