Bambaata vs. Grandmaster Flash circa early 80's etc etc

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I was going to look for a Sugarhill discog online, haven't gotten around to it yet.

― Has-been Hash Brown (Bimble...), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 01:52 (seventeen years ago) link

some of it can accurately be described as "disco with people talking over it."

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 01:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Hahahaha! You know it brother!

― Has-been Hash Brown (Bimble...), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 02:00 (seventeen years ago) link

there's reasons that era electro-funk and that era New Order sound similar, and their names are Arthur Baker and John Robie!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 02:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Heheh. I saw Arthur Baker did a show on BBC recently.

― Has-been Hash Brown (Bimble...), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 02:44 (seventeen years ago) link

personally what I'd really like to hear is recordings on 70's dj sets by those guys - Bam especially

― grapple (grapple), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 04:41 (seventeen years ago) link

there was a Flash & the 5 live bootleg making the rounds in the 80s, can't remember the name of it, sorry my vinyl's in storage...

I count myself very lucky to have seen both Flash & Bam spin in the early 80s (Herc & Theodore too). Bam held forth for years on Friday nites at the Roxy roller rink, ably assisted by Red Alert, Afrika Islam, Jazzy Jay & co. ZULU NATION THROWDOWN COME IN PEACE

my vague memory says Flash's DJ sets were more sliced & diced while Bambaataa & crew were slightly more recognizably song-oriented...but don't trust me on that.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 09:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Afrika Bambaataa at his Grandmaster Flash-iest: "Jazzy Sensation".
Grandmaster Flash at his Afrika Bambaataa-iest: "Scorpio".

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 09:32 (seventeen years ago) link

there was a good flash cd the other year, not sure of the provenance of all of it, seems to be some sets from the late 70s though.

― Enrique IX: The Mediator (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 09:57 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UO01/qid=1149591583/sr=1-73/ref=sr_1_2_73/203-0661121-8980706

― Enrique IX: The Mediator (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:00 (seventeen years ago) link

seems to be some sets from the late 70s though.

It's mostly modern mixes he did for Strut with some classic break records, and then those two older mixes from '79 and '82. Strut must have had to clear a lot of stuff for that one.

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 10:45 (seventeen years ago) link

hey everyone... i'm new on the boards 9first post!).i have a GREAT vid collection called "electric dance hop" that has ALL the early s-force,melee mel,the black watch,arthur x,ultra magnetic mc's-on and on. theres even "world destruction" w/ johnny rotten, one of my fave cross overs. anybody seen it?

― R.Kane (arcane), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

ysi?

― Enrique IX: The Mediator (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link

White Lines has always been one of my favourite rap songs.

― shorty (shorty), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link

PLEASE GOD MAKE IT STOP

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Revive!

― Vampire Business (Bimble...), Saturday, 1 July 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I recently bought Bambaata's Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985. Is there anything essential that isn't on it?

― It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 2 July 2006 04:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh god, probably not. But I'm not an expert just yet.

― Vampire Business (Bimble...), Sunday, 2 July 2006 05:07 (seventeen years ago) link

the 3 CD set 'Grandmaster Flash, The Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel - Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel' is gnarly
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ECXCAY.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50337240_.jpg

― mentalist (mentalist), Sunday, 2 July 2006 07:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Babe Ruth vs Lou Gehrig
Pele vs Maradona
Air vs Water

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Monday, 3 July 2006 06:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Question about the Bambaata comp. What's up with the similiarly titled first two tracks?

― It's Rodney, who erupts like a volcano and covers you with his love! (R. J. Gree, Monday, 3 July 2006 22:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Unity vs. Jesse

― Rev. PappaWheelie, The Good Doctor (PappaWheelie 2), Monday, 3 July 2006 23:30 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

Anyone ever see Afrika Bambaata spin recently ? I've got a friend who wants me to go but I don't want to pay 20 bucks for an old school hip hop set that I've heard rehashed hundreds of times at hip hop club. Does anyone know what he drops in his sets these days ?

― oscar, Sunday, 17 February 2008 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

man WTF

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/rapper-kidd-creole-charged-murder-homeless-man/story?id=49010102

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link

Bambaata has the edge w the James Brown collab but Grandmaster Flash's "Scorpio" is still amazing

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link

the media silence wrt the Bambaataa and the wide spread child abuse allegations is pretty disturbing

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link

idk what to make of that stuff, I think the most high profile thing I saw was something in pfork? can't remember.

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link

it's def not getting Cosby-level attention or anything, but then he's sort of a cult figure these days

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link

yeah I would think for most people the first response to that headline would be "who is Afrika Bamaataa?"

really sad how things shook out for both these groups. imagine how full of potential it all must have seemed in 1982.

― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16k-k29wA8Q

love the animation on this video

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link

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