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Wild Style (Various Artists) (Indie Exclusive Vinyl)

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Wild Style (Various Artists) (Indie Exclusive Vinyl)

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Details: Animal Records - founded by Chris Stein of Blondie fame - only ever released one album in it's brief early-80s history, but what an album that was. Wild Style remains the most seminal soundtrack in hip-hop history, a snapshot of the scene as it evolved from the streets to the recording studio. But it's not just a vital document, it's also a damn good listen. The line-up is a who's who of those who stood out from hip-hop's nascent block party days. The Double Trouble pairing of Rodney Cee and KK Rockwell, The Chief Rocker himself, Busy Bee, the mighty line-ups of both The Cold Crush Brothers and The Fantastic Freaks. The music captures the free-form, roaming nature of the film - it's rough at the edges, it's occasionally amateurish, but it's completely, utterly glorious. The original Animal tracklisting, of which this is a reissue, is full of recurring sounds and motifs, all of them co-produced by Chris Stein and Fab Five Freddy, stepping away from breakbeats to produce a sound that reminds you of them, while being totally unique. The epic drums are courtesy of Lenny 'Ferrari' Ferraro, a Vietnam vet and punk drummer whose career spanned stints backing Aretha Franklin and Lou Reed. Over time, those sounds - the Charlie Chase and Grand Wizard Theodore scratches, the indelible lyrics - have become hip-hop touchstones, endlessly sampled and referenced, the bedrock of so much music to follow. That's because the soundtrack perfectly encapsulated the essence of the film, the scene and hip-hop's emergence from The Bronx to the attention of the wider world. Presented in this reissue with the original artwork, it remains the blueprint.

Tracklist:

  1. Grand Master Caz ; Chris Stein - Wild Style Theme Rap 1
  2. The Chief Rocker Busy Bee vs Lil Rodney Cee ; D.J. Grand Wizard Theodore - M.C. Battle
  3. The Cold Crush Bros vs The Fantastic Freaks - Basketball Throwdown
  4. Kevie Kev Master Rob Prince Whipper Whip M.C. Rubie Dee Dota Rock D.J. Grand Wizard Theodore - Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie
  5. Grand Wizard Theodore ; D.J. Kevie Kev Rockwell - Military Cut-Scratch Mix
  6. Grand Master Caz JDL Easy AD KG D.J. Charlie Chase D.J. Toney Tone - Cold Crush Bros. at The Dixie
  7. Double Trouble Rodney Cee K. K. Rockwell - Stoop Rap
  8. Rodney Cee K. K. Rockwell D.J. Stevie Steve - Double Trouble At The Amphitheatre
  9. Grand Master Caz ; Chris Stein - Wild Style Subway Rap 2
  10. The Chief Rocker Busy Bee DJ AJ - The Chief Rocker Busy Bee D.J. AJ At The Amphitheatre
  11. D.J. Grand Wizard Theodore ; Kevie Kev Rockwell - Gangbusters Scratch Mix
  12. Rammellzee ; Shock Dell ; The Grand Mixer DST - Rammellzee And Shock Dell At The Amphitheatre

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