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1988, EMI EMC 3545
LP + Maxi in gategold sleeve
sleeve and records in excellent condition
Side 1:
1. The Light
2. Reckless
3. Radical Music; Revolutionary Dance
4. All I Want
5. Something He can Feel
Side 2:
1. Clean up your Act
2. Zouk Your Body
3. World Racial War
Side 3:
1. Shout it Out (6.20)
Side 4:
2. Sho Nuff Funky (15.20)
Afrika Bambaataa
with the Family:
UB40, Malibu, Lizzy Tear,
Tim Hutton, Mal, Jaki Graham, Nona Hendryx, Boy George, Funk Queens, George Clinton, Bootsy Colllins, Bill Laswell, Sly & Robbie, Yellowman, Sly Fox, Bernard Fowler, and many others
Biography by John Bush
A seminal Bronx DJ during the 1970s, Afrika Bambaataa ascended to godfather status with Planet Rock, the 1982 hip-hop classic which blended the beats of hip-hop with techno-pop futurism inspired by German pioneers Kraftwerk. Even before he began recording in 1980, Bambaataa was hip-hop's foremost DJ, an organizer and promoter of the large block parties during the mid- to late '70s which presaged the rise of rap. After the success of Planet Rock, he recorded electro-oriented rap only sparingly, concentrating instead on fusion — exemplified by his singles with ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon and fellow godfather James Brown. Bambaataa had moved to the background by the late '80s (as far as hip-hop was concerned), but the rise of his Zulu Nation collective — including De La Soul, Queen Latifah, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers — found him once more being tipped as one of rap's founding fathers.
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