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    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
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    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists

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    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists is more popular than racism!

    Hip hop is huge, and it's time someone wrote it all down. And got it all right. With over 25 aggregate years of interviews, and virtually every hip hop single, remix and album ever recorded at their disposal, the highly respected Ego Trip staff are the ones to do it. The Book of Rap Lists runs the gamut of hip hop information. This is an exhaustive, indispensable and completely irreverent bible of true hip hip knowledge.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 25, 2014
    ISBN9781466866973
    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
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    Sacha Jenkins

    Sacha Jenkins—much like rap great KRS-One—is hip hip. Sachy-Sach, his sister Dominiqe, and their artistically inclined, Haitian-born mom-dukes, Monart, moved to Astoria, Queens, NY from Silver Springs, MD in the summer of 1977. Their Philadelphia, PA-reared, filmmaking/Emmy Award-winning pop-dukes, Horace, was already living up in NYC at the time (100th Street & Central Park West, to be exact . . . blocks away from the infamous Rock Steady Park). During the school week, young Sacha spent his post three o’clock days playing stickball and skelly. Then... 1980: Sacha was blessed by an elder with an instrument of destruction that would forever change his life. ‘PK,’ a local subway scrawler with some inter-borough celebrity, handed the young boy a very juiced-up Pilot magic marker. 1988: Inspired by a the International Graffiti Times (a rag published by aerosol legend Phase 2 and David Schmidlap), Sacha would put together Graphic Scenes & X-plicit Language—a zine dedicated to, yep, graf. And poetry. And anti-Gulf War rants. And humor. And towards the end, in 1991, music. 1992: Beat Down, America’s first hip hop newspaper, is launched by Sacha and a childhood friend. Ten issues in, Sacha and childhood friend have a falling out. Bye bye, Black bird. June, 1994: ego trip magazine is born. 1996: Sacha writes for Vibe, Rolling Stone and Spin. He gets a Writer-At-Large then Music Editor gig at Vibe. Present: In his spare time, Sacha likes to play guitar, collect Planet of the Apes action figures and listen to rap that isn’t wack. He’s a Leo.

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      This book sure lives up to its name. There are hundreds of offbeat and informative lists. The one thing that impressed me was that it doesn't really lean toward any particular period or area. The editors do a good job in informing readers about hiphop from all the geographic areas and eras. For the hiphop fan, this is a must have. For the inexperienced, it's a good place to start learning about hiphop's roots.

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    Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists - Sacha Jenkins

    FOUNDATION

    PLAID IN FULL: Run-D.M.C.'s first gig ever at Disco Fever, Bronx, New York, 1983.

    STILL #1:

    Important Firsts.

    First hip hop DJ: Kool Herc

    Location of Kool Herc's first party: 1520 Sedgewick Avenue, Bronx, NY, 1973

    First emcee: Coke La Rock

    First recorded rap song: King Tim III (Personality Jock)—Fatback (Spring, 1979)

    First recorded rap hit: Rapper's Delight—Sugarhill Gang (Sugar Hill, 1979)

    First hip hop radio show:Mr. Magic's Disco Showcase, WHBI 105.9 FM, New York City, circa 1979

    First rap artist signed to a major label: Kurtis Blow (Mercury)

    First rap group signed to a major label: Fearless Four (Elektra)

    First rap album on CD:King Of Rock— Run-D.M.C. (Profile, 1984)

    First rap double album:He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper—-DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Jive, 1988)

    First rap double CD:Master P Presents Down South Hustlers—Various Artists (No Limit, 1995)

    First rap LP to receive an Explicit Lyrics Warning sticker:Move Somthin—2 Live Crew (Luke Skyywalker, 1988)

    First rap artist to release two albums on the same day: DJ Magic Mike—Bass The Final Frontier, This Is How It Should Be Done (Magic, 1993)

    First artist to reach #1 with two albums in the same year: DMX—It's Dark And Hell Is Hot, Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood (Def Jam, 1998)

    First Hollywood feature film to feature b-boying:Flashdance (Rock Steady Crew) (Paramount, 1983)

    First rap artist to make a national TV appearance: Kurtis Blow on Soul Train, October, 1980

    First rap group to make a national TV appearance: Funky 4 + 1 on NBC's Saturday Night Live, February, 1981

    First major network news program to document hip hop: ABC's 20/20, July, 1981

    First music video TV show dedicated to hip hop:Video Music Box featuring Ralph McDaniels & Lionel Martin, WNYC, New York City, April, 1984

    THEY GOT A BOX OF NEWPORTS & PUMA SWEATS:

    First Hip Hop Signees To 22 Renowned Labels.

    Afrika Bambaataa: Tommy Boy

    Biz Markie: Prism

    Cheba: Ruffhouse

    Craig Mack: Bad Boy

    Eazy-E: Priority

    Fearless Four: Elektra

    Gang Starr: Wild Pitch

    Funky 4 + 1: Enjoy

    Heavy D: Uptown

    Kurtis Blow: Mercury

    LL Cool J: Def Jam

    Lonnie Love (b/k/a Mr. Hyde): Profile

    Master O.C. & Krazy Eddie: Next Plateau

    The Real Untouchables (b/k/a TRU): No Limit

    The Rose Family: Rawkus

    MC Shan: Cold Chillin'

    Smooth Rhyme Criminals: Suave House

    The Sounds Of JHS 126 Brooklyn: Sleeping Bag

    Tung Twista: Loud

    U.T.F.O.: Select

    Vertical Lines featuring Phase 2: Tuff City

    Whodini: Jive

    Lauryn Hill's Greatest Musical Influences.∗

    Nina Simone

    Al Green

    Stevie Wonder

    Aretha Franklin

    ∗In no particular order.

    Refugee Camp All-Superstar Lauryn Hill is the first lady of hip hop. She can sing, rap, dance, write and produce, and she's got five (count ‘em) Grammy Awards to her credit. And she's got so much soul, she only listens to old music.

    Afrika Bambaataa's Blues & Soul List.∗

    The August 1988 edition of England's Blues & Soul magazine featured a profile of Afrika Bambaataa in which the hip hop godfather presented an extensive list of important old school breakbeat records. This list was the first published record of breakbeat information to ever hit Europe, thus it set off a continent-wide beat-hunting craze for nations of aspiring hip hop DJs that lasted for years. Collect ‘em all!

    Apache—Incredible Bongo Band (Pride, 1973)

    Jam On The Groove—Ralph MacDonald (TK, 1976)

    "Theme From Star Wars"—Dave Matthews (CTI, 1977)

    Catch A Groove—Juice (Greedy, 1976)

    Reach Out In The Darkness—Friend & Lover (Verve, 1968)

    Minimum Wage—Rock ‘N Roll∗∗

    Give It Up Or Turn It Loose—James Brown (King, 1969)

    Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine—James Brown (King, 1969)

    Sing A Simple Song—Sly & The Family Stone (Epic, 1969)

    You're The One—Little Sister (Stoneflower, 1970)

    It's Just Begun—Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA, 1972)

    Dance To The Drummer's Beat—Herman Kelly & Life (TK, 1976)

    Scorpio—Dennis Coffey (Sussex, 1971)

    Ride Sally Ride—Dennis Coffey (Sussex, 1972)

    Son Of Scorpio—Dennis Coffey (Sussex, 1972)

    Willie Dynamite Soundtrack—J.J. Johnson & Various Artists (MCA, 1974)

    Take Me To The Mardi Gras—Bob James (CTI, 1975)

    Let A Woman Be A Woman (Let A Man Be A Man)—Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound, 1969)

    Funky Broadway—Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound, 1967)

    The Champ—The Mohawks (Cotillion, 1968)

    Tramp—Otis Redding & Carla Thomas (Stax, 1967)

    Groove To Get Down—T-Connection (TK, 1977)

    Get Off Your Ass And Jam—Funkadelic (Westbound, 1975)

    Give The Drummer Some—Little Milton∗∗

    Get On The Good Foot—James Brown (Polydor, 1972)

    Funky Drummer—James Brown (King, 1970)

    Keep On Doin’ What You're Doin'—Bobby Byrd (Brownstone, 1971)

    I Know You Got Soul—Bobby Byrd (King, 1971)

    Think (About It)—Lyn Collins (People, 1972)

    It's My Thing—Marva Whitney (King, 1969)

    Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved—James Brown (King, 1970)

    Honky Tonk Women—Rolling Stones (London, 1969)

    Hot Stuff—Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones, 1976)

    Dance To The Music—Sly & The Family Stone (Epic, 1968)

    Family Affair—Sly & The Family Stone (Epic, 1971)

    Jam—Grand Central Station (Warner Bros., 1975)

    Joyous—Pleasure (Fantasy, 1976)

    Rock Creek Park—The Blackbyrds (Fantasy, 1976)

    Happy Music—The Blackbyrds (Fantasy, 1975)

    Africano—Earth Wind & Fire (Columbia, 1975)

    Shining Star—Earth Wind & Fire (Columbia, 1975)

    Power—Earth Wind & Fire (Columbia, 1972)

    Ring My Bell—Anita Ward (TK, 1979)

    The Funk Is On—Instant Funk (Salsoul, 1980)

    Funky Stuff—Kool & The Gang (De-Lite, 1973)

    Jungle Boogie—Kool & The Gang (De-Lite, 1973)

    Flashlight—Parliament (Casablanca, 1977)

    More Bounce To The Ounce—Zapp (Warner Bros., 1980)

    Dancin’ Kid—Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes (Chelsea, 1976)

    The Breakdown—Rufus Thomas (Stax, 1972)

    Do The Funky Penguin—Rufus Thomas (Stax, 1972)

    Shakara—Fela Ransome Kuti (Editions Makossa, 1974)

    Brother Green (The Disco King)—Roy Ayers Ubiquity (Polydor, 1975)

    Lonesome Cowboy—Roy Ayers Ubiquity (Polydor, 1976)

    Yellow Sunshine—Yellow Sunshine (Gamble, 1973)

    ∗In no particular order.

    ∗∗These records either don't exist or are so rare that only Bam has them. If you happen to stumble upon these recordings, please contact us immediately. Operators are standing by.

    SUCK MY KOCH: A New York kingpin shows rap some love.

    WE'RE ON OUR OWN DICK:

    Rap Celebrates Itself.

    Ego Trippin’ (Part Two)—De La Soul (Tommy Boy, 1993)

    Going Way Back—Just-Ice (Fresh, 1987)

    Hip Hop—Jigmastas (Beyond Real, 1996)

    Hip Hop—LL Cool J (Def Jam, 1995)

    Hip Hop Hooray—Naughty By Nature (Tommy Boy, 1993)

    Hip Hop It Is Kind Of Different—Tone-Lōc (Delicious Vinyl, 1991)

    Hip Hop Music—Groove B Chill (A&M, 1990)

    Hip Hop vs. Rap—KRS-One (Jive, 1993)

    I Don't Like Rock ‘N Roll—Schoolly D (Jive, 1988)

    i used to love h.e.r.—Common (Relativity, 1994)

    Living In The World Of Hip Hop—MC Shan (Cold Chillin', 1987)

    Manifesto—Talib Kweli (Rawkus, 1998)

    The Meaning—The High & Mighty (Eastern Conference, 1997)

    Old School—2Pac (Interscope, 1995)

    Rap Is Here To Stay—Spyder-D (Profile, 1985)

    Return Of The B-Boy—The Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl, 1992)

    South Bronx—Boogie Down Productions (B-Boy, 1986)

    They Used To Do It Out In The Park—MC Shan (Cold Chillin', 1988)

    This Is Called Hip Hop—Q.B.C. (Capitol, 1988)

    Wheelz Of Steel—OutKast (LaFace, 1996)

    Kool DJ Red Alert's Essential Old School DJ Round-Up.∗

    Kool Herc

    If you're talking about the mid ‘70s, you're talking about relief from the gang days and relief from how people were living in fear in the South Bronx. People came out to enjoy parties, a lot of them never knew about coming downtown or to midtown to clubs. They stayed up in their area. When Here came here from Kingston, Jamaica, all he knew about from back home was toasting and dubbing—what eventually became rapping and mixing. He expressed his own way of playing music. He studied a lot of alternative type records, certain rock records, records that people would never have in mind to dance to or relate to—a Baby Huey or a Babe Ruth or certain LP cuts such as 'T’ Plays It Cool off of Marvin Gaye's Trouble

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