Various Artists - Street Jams: Hip-Hop from the Top, Vol. 1

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Album Details

Title: Street Jams: Hip-Hop from the Top, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 1992
Re-Released On: 2/11/1992
Label: Rhino
Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits
UPC: 081227057725
Genre: Rap
Styles: Electro, Old-School Rap, Golden Age
Total Copies: 2
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Skanless Hip-Hop from the Top Mega-Mix
Rapper's Delight :: The Sugarhill Gang
The Breaks :: Kurtis Blow
Sucker D.J.'s (I Will Survive) :: Dimples D.
Request Line :: Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three
What People Do for Money :: Divine Sounds
Adventures of Super Rhyme :: Jimmy Spicer
King of the Beat :: Pumpkin
The Message :: Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious 5
Friends :: Whodini
One for the Treble :: Davy DMX
The Pure :: Captain Rock

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1992	CD	Rhino	R2-70577

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Album Review

Rhino's first attempt at archiving old-school rap of the early '80s, Street Jams: Hip-Hop From the Top, Vol. 1 succeeds by balancing a few undeniable classics (tracks that everyone should have in their collection) with more obscure inclusions that fanatics will appreciate as well. The classics on this debut volume are "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow, "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, and "Friends" by Whodini. Alongside these are some great obscurities that many rap fans had only heard of, including "One for the Treble (Fresh)" by Davy DMX, "Adventures of Super Rhyme" by Jimmy Spicer, and "Request Line" by Rock Master Scott. Though it misses a few crucial artists (Spoonie Gee, Funky Four Plus One, the Treacherous Three) and it would've been better to lean closer to the classics than the rarities, Street Jams: Hip-Hop From the Top, Vol. 1 is an excellent collection of early rap. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Brian B-Sly Foxworthy	Producer
Captain Rock	Performer, ?
Davy DMX	?, Performer
Dimples D.	Performer, ?
Divine Sounds	?, Performer
Duke Bootee	Performer
Grandmaster Flash	Performer, ?
Hi-C	Performer
Jimmy Spicer	?, Performer
Kurtis Blow	Performer, ?
Melle Mel & the Furious 5	Performer
Pumpkin	?, Performer
Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three	?, Performer
Shawn Brown	Performer
Steve Yano	Producer
The Real Roxanne	Performer
The Sugarhill Gang	?, Performer
U.T.F.O.	Performer
Whodini	?, Performer