Various Artists - Dollar Bill Yall - Spring Records And The First Decade Of Hip Hop - [Vinyl]

� In 1979, Spring Records released the first hip-hop style rap record �King Tim III (Personality Jock)� by the Fatback Band. The label initially relegated it to a B-Side, allowing the Sugarhill Gang the breakthrough first rap hit with �Rapper�s Delight�. Over the next decade, Spring kept dipping their toes in the water, without any great conviction or mainstream success, but were always there to chart hip-hop�s development. � �Dollar Bill Y�All� focuses on the key moments and includes personality jocks like Mr. Magic, street tough rapping, live funk bands and the birth of sampling. This compilation is a detailed look at Spring Records� - and sub-label Posse�s - long and sometimes troubled relationship with hip-hop�s first decade. �Dollar Bill Y�All� shows that, despite their reservations, Spring recorded landmark records by not just King Tim III, but Jimmy Spicer, DJ Hollywood and Ice T (as part of Afrika & The Zulu Kings). � Extended sleeve notes, penned by Dean Rudland, tell the story of how the label could have been a force in the next generation of rap, possibly even signing Gang Starr, if only they had been committed: the Bally Boys single, which now sells for hundreds of pounds, was produced by Donald Dee Bowden who produced Gang Starr�s debut single �The Lesson�. � Released on CD and double vinyl LP, complete with extensive sleeve notes

Various Artists - Dollar Bill Yall - Spring Records And The First Decade Of Hip Hop - [Vinyl]

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