Rammellzee vs K-Rob Beat Bop Jean-Michel Basquiat 2014 Black/White 12" Vinyl NEW

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Rammellzee vs K-Rob Beat Bop Jean-Michel Basquiat 2014 Black/White 12" Vinyl NEW

Produced by Jean-Michel Basquiat with artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat

This record is brand new, never played, opened once, and has been stored securely in a  box in a closet for 9 years. It is the 2014 release by Records Store Day in a limited edition of 1,983 copies. The wax color is a left/right split of black and white. Come in a  stiff thick vinyl pouch with a flap closure and 4-page folded insert sheet.

Official description

The original issue of the 1983 song "Beat Bop" by lyricists Rammellzee and K-Rob has been heard by many, but held by few. Only a reputed 500 of the song's initial run, on Jean-Michel Basquiat's one-off Tartown Records label, were made with jacket cover art by the infinitely influential graphic artist (and moonlighting musician and producer). They remain one of hip-hop's "holy grail" items. 

The audio, which clocked in at over 10 minutes, was issued--with no picture sleeve--on Profile Records soon after the Tartown pressings and went on to influence countless MCs, with its minimal, languishing funk beat (produced by Basquiat) and Rammellzee's and K-Rob's next-level lyricism. 

The picture sleeve version has never been officially re-issued, and this edition, curated by hip-hop historian Noah Uman, goes the extra mile. It features officially licensed original artwork from the Basquiat estate and a four-panel folded insert with deep background on the original single's creation, compiled by Andrew "Noz" Nosnitsky--including interviews with many of the artists involved with its production: Rammellzee, K-Rob, Glenn O'Brien, percussionist Al Diaz, Profile's Cory Robbins and more. 

Rammellzee left this earth in 2010 and Basquiat passed away in 1988. With this deluxe reissue, their important contributions to the formative years of hip-hop on wax are remembered and celebrated.

Release Info

Label: Get On Down – GET58009-12

Catalog: Traffic

Format:

Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue, Black & White Split

Country: US

Released: Nov 28, 2014

Genre: Hip Hop

Tracklist

A Beat Bop 10:10

B Beat Bop (Instrumental) 9:34

Companies, etc.

Mastered At – Welcome To 1979

Manufactured By – Samo Media

Pressed By – United Record Pressing

Credits

Layout – Trevor Gendron

Liner Notes – Andrew Nosnitsky

Mastered By – CJH*

Producer – Jean-Michel Basquiat

Reissue Producer – Noah Uman

Notes

2014 Record Store Day Reissue. Limited split colored vinyl (half black half white). Limited to 1983 copies.

Housed in a large plastic sleeve with a gatefold insert with liner notes by Andrew Nostnitsky with Rammellzee, K-Rob, Al Diaz and others. Produced for re-issue by Noah Uman.

The picture-sleeve version of the release has never been officially re-issued until this version.

Copyright

Protoons, Inc. (ASCAP)

Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP)

℗ 1983 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

© 1983, 2014 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

© Get On Down / ℗ 1983 RCA Records

Manufactured for Get On Down by Sony Music Entertainment, New York

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 664425800913

Rights Society: ASCAP

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A Etched): 88843-09032-1-A Ⓤ CJH SAMO

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B Etched): 88843-09032-1-B Ⓤ CJH

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A&B Stamped): Welcome To 1979

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