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Boogie Down Productions
The Best Of The B Boy Sessions: Blast Master Tapes
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. South Bronx (Extended Edit)**
2. P Is Free (Original #1)
3. $ucce$$ I$ The Word - 12:41 feat: KRS-One*
4. Word From Our Sponsor
5. Advance (Remix)
6. Criminal Minded #8 (Full-Length Medley)**
7. My Summer Kicks - Duke Of Earl**
8. Word From Out Sponsor #6
9. D-Nice Rocks The House - D-Nice
10. Out To Rule - The Brothers**
11. BDP Medley #11 (Full-Length Version)**
Track Listings (11) - Disc #2
1. Scott Made Me Funky - D-Nice**
2. Super Hoe #4**
3. Duke Of Earl - Duke Of Earl**
4. BDP Medley #5
5. Say No Brother (Crack Don't Do It)
6. Poetry (Extended Edit)**
7. BDP Medley #7 (Full-Length Version)**
8. Criminal Minded (Doc Mix)
9. Something Fresh To Swing To (Original) - Levi 167**
10. Poetry #2
11. The Bridge Is Over (Red Alert 12" Version)

CD Details

All Artists: Boogie Down Productions
Title: The Best Of The B Boy Sessions: Blast Master Tapes
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Traffic Entertainment
Original Release Date: 2/28/2006
Re-Release Date: 3/14/2006
Album Type: Explicit Lyrics
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Style: Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 829357330628

Synopsis

Product Description

Boogie Down Productions. Hip Hop Legends. KRS-One. Arguably one of the best and most important rappers ever to grip a mic. You probably think you?ve heard everything they ever recorded. Well think again. Traffic Entertainment is happy to announce that we have tracked down the original reel to reel master tapes from the B-Boy sessions circa 1985 through 1987, and some of the tracks that were unearthed will melt your mind. Original and alternate versions of ?Criminal Minded? hits along with a DJ Red Alert megamix, and rare early tracks ?Advance?, ?D-Nice Rocks the House? and ?Say No Brother? plus much much more. Many of the songs have never been on a CD and many more have never even been released, or even heard by anyone outside the B-Boy camp. This two CD set comes packaged in a beautiful eight panel wallet. If you?re a fan of rap, you need to own this piece of Hip Hop history.

CD Reviews

Great CD for KRS-One completists

Hype Currie | Detroit, Michigan United States | 05/03/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"DJ Scott La Rock and KRS-One, a former social worker and homeless client, respectively, teamed up to form one of the seminal rap groups in hip-hop history. Sadly, La Rock was killed in 1987 as their debut album reached its peak of popularity. This compilation, "Blast Master Tapes" by Traffic Recordings should be looked at as a companion piece to the "Criminal Minded" LP by Boogie Down Productions. Here, for the first time is a comprehensive two-disc anthology of the recordings created by the Boogie Down Productions' members during their short-lived tenure at the indie label B-Boy Records. Songs on the album include several selections from "Criminal Minded", including the title cut, "Poetry", "South Bronx" and more. The first rap recordings by junior B.D.P. member D-Nice are included, like "D-Nice Rocks the House" (which would be reworked for his 1990 Jive single "Just Call Me D-Nice") and "Scott Made Me Funky". An early example of KRS-One's social commentary can be heard on "Say No Brother (crack attack)". The beat-box driven (and vaguely misogynist) "P is Free (original version)" is also heard here (a slightly cleaned-up remix ended up on the Criminal Minded LP). Also of special note is the single "$ucce$$ is the Word", by the one-and-done obscure rap group 12:41, which featured KRS-One on vocals, and is considered to be his first recording on vinyl. The liner notes are mildly illuminating, and they apparently include Scott La Rock's funeral obituary."