Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: The Solo MC's, by Various Artists featuring Grandmaster Caz, Kool Keith, Spoonie Gee and more

Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: The Solo MC's

by Various Artists featuring Grandmaster Caz, Kool Keith, Spoonie Gee and more

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TUF OSF LP 0905 Tuff City anthology of early Hip Hop solo performers with insert 7" half on red, half on yellow vinyl featuring Spoonie Gee, T-Ski-Valley, Ultramagnetic MC’s featuring Kool Keith, Grandmaster Caz,
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Track Listing:
A1 Spoonin' Rap-Spoonie Gee;
A2 T-Ski Valley-Catch The Beat;
A3 Funkmaster Wizard Wiz-Knucklehead Rappers;
B1 Adventures of Super Rhymes-Jimmy Spicer;
B2 Grandmaster Caz withWhipper Whip-To All The Party People;
B3 All the Way Live-Captain G. Whiz;
Single A: Ultramagnetic MC's-Kool Keith Wild;
B: Grandmaster Caz-I'm What Is Your What Wants To Be

Tuff City is pleased to present the best possible reissue program of Hip-Hop's first decade. These reissues were made as a tribute to Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary. Each volume represents an important facet of performers on Tuff City: The Solo MC’s, The MC Crews, The DJ’s and The Female MC’s. Each volume features an inner sleeve with liner notes and bonus 7” insert. Each pressing consists of 750 on Red vinyl and 750 of an opaque color specific to the volume (Yellow, Gold, Blue, Orange). A bonus 7” single is slipped in the cover encased in a Tuff City logo sleeve in the style of its iconic 12” singles. The series was also conceptualized as a multiset release to stand side by side with the classic Old School
Rarities series (The Funky Drum Jams, The Electro Jams, The Linn Drum Jams & The Disco Jams) issued by our Ol’ Skool Flava imprint.
The Solo MC’s kicks off with Harlem’s pioneering Spoonie Gee’s influential “Spoonin’ Rap” from 1979. “Catch The Beat” from T-Ski Valley captures the post-Disco Bronx era of Rap. The side closes with the underground personality Funkmaster Wizard Wiz whose “Knucklehead Rappers” came after he broke from The Undefeated Three. Brooklyn’s Jimmy Spicer delivers a 14+ minute marathon “Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap).” Grandmaster Caz from Cold Crush is paired with the Fantastic’s Whipper Whip for “To All The Party People” Captain G Whiz from Freddy B’s Mighty Mic Masters closes with his solo 12”
track “All The Way Live.” The bonus single features a Kool Keith solo from the Ultramagnetic

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1.	Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap 03:40	buy track
2.	T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat 09:31	buy track
3.	Funkmaster Wizard Wiz - Knucklehead Rappers 04:12	buy track
4.	Jimmy Spicer - Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap) 14:26	buy track
5.	Grandmaster Caz with Whipper Whip - To All The Party People 02:38	buy track
6.	Captain G Whiz - All The Way Live 04:01	buy track
7.	Ultramagnetic MC's - Kool Keith Wild 02:52	buy track
8.	Grandmaster Caz - I'm What Is You're What Wants To Be 04:43	buy track

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released November 22, 2023

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Originally rooted in hip-hop, Tuff City has transitioned its focus toward rescuing thousands of blues, jazz, funk, soul and R&B treasures from obscurity, thus creating several specialized reissue imprints devoted to music of the highest caliber.