RAMMELZEE VS K ROB - BEAT BOP Rammellzee ORIGINAL 45rpm

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Rammelzee Vs K Rob - 'Beat Bop' Basquiat ORIGINAL 1983 45rpm Rammellzee

You are viewing the ORIGINAL PRESSING of the classic Rammelzee Vs K-Rob ‘Beat Bop’ 12” on the Tartown Record Co. label.  It spins at 45rpm while the reissue spins at 33.  Original pressing was limited to 500 copies, and features sleeve art by Jean-Michel Basquiat.  Matrix number is TT-001-A-E-1/TT-001-B-E-1.  This original pressing is one of the most sought after rap records of all time.

Cover/record: VG+/EX-

Sleeve has some slight shelf wear but nothing serious, some light marks on the edges and slight ring wear at the bottom.  Record has some very light marks that do not affect play and plays great. Bid with confidence!

A bit about the record:

Rammellzee was an important player in the initial crossover of hip-hop culture to the mainstream. He participated in hip-hop’s earliest phases, though the bizarre edge his aggressively fanciful inventions brought to the original hip-hop style has been somewhat blunted by the dominance of the gangsta pose and its supposed “reality.” Though he performed and recorded as an MC, Rammellzee achieved greater fame as a visual artist, with exhibitions in fine art venues of both North America and Europe. He began his art career “bombing” New York City subway trains, but the subway system influenced more than his artwork. Dynamite D, a conductor who rhymed boasts of the superior condition of his super clean D-train over the train’s intercom, is named by Rammellzee as an early rap inspiration. Partnered with MCs Shock Dell and Jamal, Rammellzee participated in early hip-hop sound system battles, where he developed the “W.C. Fields” and “Gangsta Duck” voices originated by Jamal. Rammellzee employed the “Gangsta Duck” on “Beat Bop,” a dense dialogue with K-Rob, nominally produced by the late painter Jean Michel Basquiat, and released on Profile Records. “Beat Bop” was the result of some improvised role playing, with Rammellzee playing a pimp and K-Rob in the character of a schoolboy. The resulting rap is the best and most sustained example on record of Rammellzee’s flights of wordplay, fantasy, and street surrealism.  –All Music Guide

Jean-Michel Basquiat's early success and recognition from what became known as a "post-graffiti" style of artwork, earned him a place of connections and respect with many social circles in New York's downtown culture. Friendships were formed between Basquiat and key figures in the new culture of hip-hop, specifically from it's relation to graffiti artists such as Basquiat. Collaborations with the artist were highly regarded, and from this, Fab-5 Freddy, a contemporary of Basquiat's, arranged one with Rammelzee for the promo sleeve of "Beat-Bop". The promo sleeve is one of many examples of the organized simplicity, symbolism, and use of text in Basquiat's smaller works, with the record reflecting what much of early hip-hop became. – Museum Of Modern Art

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