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Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980) {Mercury}

Posted By: tiburon

Date: 24 Oct 2019 14:40:17

Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980) {Mercury}
EAC 0.99pb5 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 314MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 120MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Oldschool Rap, Funk

Back in hip-hop's old school era – roughly 1978-1982 – albums were the exception and not the rule. Hip-hop became a lot more album-minded with the rise of its second generation (Run-D.M.C., Whodini, the Fat Boys, among others) around 1983-1984, but in the beginning, many MCs recorded nothing but singles. Two exceptions were the Sugarhill Gang and Kurtis Blow, whose self-titled debut album of 1980 was among hip-hop's first LPs and was the first rap album to come out on a major label. Thus, Kurtis Blow has serious historic value, although it is mildly uneven. Some of the tracks are superb, including "The Breaks" (a Top Five R&B smash in 1980) and "Rappin' Blow, Part Two," which is the second half of Blow's 1979 debut single, "Christmas Rappin'." And "Hard Times" is a forceful gem that finds Blow addressing social issues two years before Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five popularized sociopolitical rapping with 1982's sobering "The Message." Some of the other tracks, however, are decent but not remarkable. Switching from rapping to singing, Blow detours into Northern soul on the Chi-Lites-influenced ballad "All I Want in This World (Is to Find That Girl)" and arena rock on an unexpected cover of Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business." While those selections are likable and kind of interesting – how many other old school rappers attempted to sing soul, let alone arena rock? – the fact remains that rapping, not singing, is Blow's strong point. And Mercury really screwed up by providing only the second half of "Christmas Rappin'"; that landmark single should have been heard in its entirety. But despite its flaws and shortcomings, Kurtis Blow is an important album that hip-hop historians should make a point of hearing.

Track List
01. Rappin' Blow (Part 2) 4:42
02. The Breaks 7:43
03. Way Out West 7:43
04. Throughout Your Years 5:21
05. Hard Times [0:04:38.03]
06. All I Want In This World (Is To Find That Girl) 5:00
07. Takin' Care Of Business 5:31
08. Christmas Rappin' (Bonus Track) 3:57
09. The Breaks (Instrumental) (Bonus Track) 5:52

musicians
Kurtis Blow - vocals
Jimmy Bralower - drums
Onaje Allan Gumbs - keyboards, Hammond B3
John Tropea - guitar
Richard Pascal - bass
Denzil Miller - keyboards,piano, clavinet, rhythm guitar
Dean Swenson - single note guitar
Adam White - intro voice
Tommy Wouk - bass
Jamie Delgado - timbales, congas
J.B. Moore - Rhodes
Craig Short - bass
Eddie Martinez - guitars
Robert Kondor - synthsizers
William Waring - background vocals
Larry Smith - background vocals
Wayne Garfield - background vocals
Rocky Ford - background vocals

Produced by J.B. Moore and Robert Ford,Jr.

EAC Logfile

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 17. August 2010, 20:46

Kurtis Blow / Kurtis Blow

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Track 1

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DR Analysis

foobar2000 1.3.13 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2019-10-24 17:11:46

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Analyzed: Kurtis Blow / Kurtis Blow
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 0.00 dB -14.17 dB 4:42 01-Rappin' Blow (Part 2)
DR13 0.00 dB -14.87 dB 7:44 02-The Breaks
DR13 0.00 dB -14.13 dB 7:43 03-Way Out West
DR13 0.00 dB -13.52 dB 5:21 04-Throughout Your Years
DR14 0.00 dB -15.22 dB 4:38 05-Hard Times
DR13 0.00 dB -16.22 dB 5:01 06-All I Want In This World (Is To Find That Girl)
DR13 0.00 dB -14.56 dB 5:31 07-Takin' Care Of Business
DR15 0.00 dB -16.05 dB 3:58 08-Christmas Rappin' (Bonus Track)
DR13 0.00 dB -14.06 dB 5:52 09-The Breaks (Instrumental) (Bonus Track)
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 880 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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