From Rodney Perkins Sent Mon, Oct 19th 1998, 10:31
From Rodney Perkins Sent Mon, Oct 19th 1998, 10:31
I have two recommendations. If you can track it down, get David Toop's = book "Rap Attack" (or the second edition "Rap Attack 2"). This is a = *solid* history of hip-hop and covers everything from griots and Jimmy = Castor to Afrika Bambaata and . It has also lists of the 200 best = singles. The second edition came out in 1991 so it trails off with N.W.A = and the like and misses most of the bad stuff that followed. One area no one has mentioned are those old Celluloid records releases. = Earlier this year, I found a 3xLP set called "Trilogy" in 1985. The = first two discs are African funk (Fela, Mandingo) and art funk and rock = (Material, Massacre) and the 3rd LP (called "Beat Freaks") has 9 really = obscure hip-hop/electro tracks. D.ST., the scratch artist on Hancock's = "Rockit," is on 5 tracks and they all of the cuts have that sort of = feel. Celluloid has re-released some stuff on CD recently so you may = wanna investigate.