Rare - Old School Hip Hop / Rap Vinyl Records

$

100

 "Power from the street light made the place dark, but yo' they didn't care, they turned it out..... I know a few of you people know what I'm talking
 about"    Oh yeah! I don't need to tell you where that came from.....    This auction is for serious Hip Hoppers / B-Boys.....  NOT some huge conglomerate online record store who just mass sells classic vinyl to anyone, just to make a quick buck, with no respect or history about Hip-Hop and it's 4 elements.  "Yes, Yes, Y'all" ha, ha...remember that?

Why am I selling my collection?  I  don't know, I guess I am getting old.... really I grew up when this culture started and was at many of the parks and house parties to witness 1st hand the makings and beginning of Hop Hop, and I know I am going to regret it, selling these classics.   I have a ton of records but will only be starting out a few at a time - so keep checking and I promise the cuts will be getting better and better.  Some of you who don't know may look at the album and say what? Why is that a classic? I will note that below, and you true B-boys will automatically know but may have forgotten ( I know you are getting old too) Lol!!   So you you can read the notes too, just to refresh your memory.

These hip hop albums up for auction (2 from NY and 2 from Philly) are all LP's and play with no skipping and most of the covers are in great to excellent shape, but I ain't gonna lie, I played them - why else would I have purchased them back in the day?   All my albums were purchased straight from NYC - The Music Factory in Times Square and Beat Street Music at the Fulton Mall, Brooklyn - and you know what I am talking about.  98% of my music is from the East Coast - really, isn't that were Hip Hop had it's start?  West Coast - don't hate - I still have love for you!!

Anyway, I have paired the LP's up for a reason and the best that I could.  Oh, and by the way, these albums were purchased before any and if recalled to "clean them up".  SERIOUSLY - READ THE NOTES AND YOU WILL SEE WHY AND THAT I DID DO RESEARCH AND THAT I KNOW MY SH*T!!!

Ok...  here you go.   All things  a side, I am starting the bidding price low, and if you think that is too high, then step off!  You need to check yourself, only the real B-Boys will know the worth!!    Remember.... It's not where your from it's where your at! Oh, and you may be able to find these individually on Ebay or other stores but BEWARE... you don't know what pressing your gonna get,  make sure you ask.  At least with me you can see i did my homework.

Artist                      Album                      Label                   Catalog #            Release Date      
 
MC Shan                        Down By Law                 Cold Chillin'                   CCLP500               1987                    

Side A:      1. Jane stop this crazy thing, 2. Project Ho, 3. The Bridge, 4. Kill that noise, 5. Down by law
Side B:      1. Left me lonely, 2. Another one to get jealous of, 3. MC Space, 4. Living in the world of Hip Hop

Note:  MC Shan's debut album Down By Law came out in 1987. Shan also found himself to be a key player in the noted hip hop rivalry the Bridge Wars between the Juice Crew and Boogie Down Productions. The feud was started when Shan and Marl released a song called "The Bridge" as a B-side to "Beat Biter," itself an answer record directed at L.L. Cool J. KRS-One responded with "South Bronx," and the Juice Crew replied with "Kill That Noise." Slate magazine described it as follows: "In 1986, it was a beef that launched the star of KRS-One, when his withering attacks on MC Shan effectively ended his rival's career."[1] Boogie Down Productions then released "The Bridge is Over," widely celebrated among hip-hop fans as the paramount dis song.

Artist                                      Album                      Label                   Catalog #            Release Date      

Boogie Down Productions                 Criminal Minded                  B-Boy Records           BB4787 JBM                 1987

Side A:      1. Poetry, 2. South Bronx, 3. 9 Milameter (bang)**, 4. A word from my sponsor, 5. Elementry**
Side B:      1. Hope Beats**, 2. The P is Free (Remake), 3. The Bridge is Over, 4. Scot La Rock had Them All (Super Hoe)**, 5. Criminal Minded


Notes: Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop group originally comprised of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded.  While the origins of hip-hop are believed to be from The Bronx, rival hip-hop group Juice Crew's lyrics was misunderstood to contain a claim in the song The Bridge that hip-hop was directly a result of artists originating from Queensbridge. Boogie Down and KRS retorted angrily with songs like The Bridge is Over and South Bronx, which started one of the first notable Hip-Hop wars as MC Shan, Marley Marl and Roxanne Shanté all released songs featuring verses personally attacking KRS and Scott La Rock. The Bridge Wars, however, were only short-lived and after the death of Scott La Rock prior to the group's second album, KRS began to concentrate on consciously focused music.

** The songs marked ** are typed as they appear one the label, I guess they didn't have spell check at the time or incorrectly titled, however on the actual cover the songs appear to have been corrected, but who know, perhaps it was meant to be that way.


Artist                                      Album                      Label                   Catalog #            Release Date      

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince      Rock The House                JIVE (Word Up)                           1026-1-J                     1987

Side A:   1. Girl ain't nothing but trouble**, 2. Just one of those days, 3. Rock The House (Live at NY Union Square), 4. Taking it to the top
Side B:   1. The magnificent jazzy Jeff, 2. Just rockin', 3. Guys ain't nothing but trouble, 4. A touch of jazz, 5. Don't even try it, 6. Special announcement

Note: Soon after, the two decided to join forces. Smith enlisted a friend to join as the beatboxer of the group, Clarence Holmes (Ready Rock C), making them a trio. Philadelphia-based Word Up Records released their first single in late 1985 to 1986 when A&R man Paul Oakenfold[4] introduced them to Word Up with their single Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble, a tale of misadventures with the opposite sex [5]. The song sampled the theme song of I Dream of Jeannie. Smith became known for light-hearted story-telling raps and capable, though profanity-free, "battle" rhymes. The single became a hit a month before Smith graduated from high school [6]. Townes was known for his turntable acrobatics, and he is credited by many as inventing a style of scratching called transforming.

**  The version that I have and is offered on the above album is the ORIGINAL version...   The current one out and the one that most are familiar with goes..... "I popped some trash and in a little bit of time I showed some cash and the girl was mine, I took her over town I wined her and dined her
she ask me if I liked her I said mm yea kinda... " The orginal goes:  ... "I popped some trash and in a little bit of time I showed some cash and the girl was mine, I took her over town I wined her and dined her she ask me if I was I horny I said mm yea kinda..."

"she got mad looked me dead in my face threw her hands in the air and yelled out rape I got scared when she started to yell so I handed her my wallet and ran like hell"  The original goes "she got mad looked me dead in my face threw her hands in the air and yelled out rape I got scared when she started to yell so I hit her with a trash can and ran like hell"

"she started grabbin all over me kissing and hugging so I pushed her away and said you better stop buggin, The original version "she started grabbin all over me kissing and hugging so I punched her in the chin and said you better stop buggin"


Artist             Album                      Label                   Catalog #            Release Date      

Steady B            Bring The Beat Back           Jive (Pop Art)            1020-1-J                     1986

Side A:  1. Bring The beat back, 2. Get Physical, 3. Surprise, 4. Cheatin girl, 5. Do the fila
Side B:  1. Stupid Fresh, 2. Hit Me, 3. Nothin' but the bass, 4. Yo' mutha


Notes:  Warren McGlone (born January 5, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), known by the stage name Steady B, was an American rapper and emcee who, along with Schoolly D and the Fresh Prince, was one of the first wave of Philadelphia-area rappers to gain notoriety in the mid to late 1980s. Steady B's musical career was relatively short-lived, and he is currently serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania state prison for his role in the murder of a Philadelphia Police officer during a botched bank robbery in January, 1996.

In 1991, Steady B formed the hardcore rap group C.E.B., with fellow, local Philadelphia rappers Cool C and Ultimate Eaze, in an effort to update his style, and record sales. C.E.B.'s name was a backronym for Countin' Endless Bank, but was also an acronym for the names of the group's three members. The trio released their only album Countin' Endless Bank on Ruffhouse Records in 1992. The album was poorly received, and Steady B faded into musical obscurity.

 Legal issues

On January 2, 1996, Steady B, along with C.E.B. band mate Cool C, and another local Philadelphia rapper, Mark Canty, attempted a bank robbery at a PNC bank branch in Philadelphia. During the botched heist, where Steady B served as the getaway driver in a stolen minivan, Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird, who responded to the bank's silent alarm, was shot and killed by Cool C.[1][2] Officer Vaird, an African-American woman and the single mother of two children, was the first female Philadelphia Police officer slain in the line of duty.[3]

Steady B was arrested at his apartment shortly after the bank robbery. Two handguns left at the scene by Cool C and Canty, including the murder weapon, were traced back to Steady, and he eventually confessed his role in the crimes to police during interrogation.[4]

At his trial, the State presented evidence, including testimony from Steady's wife, Lynette Medley-McGlone-Carter (the main person Steady was trying to provide the "glamorous life" for), that Steady B, Cool C, and Canty met at Steady's apartment shortly after the robbery, where they watched media coverage of the event on television, and discussed their escape.[4] Incriminating statements by Canty were also admitted into evidence at Steady's trial.[4]

On October 30, 1996, Steady was convicted of the second degree murder of Officer Vaird.[1] On December 13, 1996, Steady B was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.[4]