HQRAPMP3s: 1980

[TheBigSleep]

Welcome to the second installment of High Quality Rap Audio Procurement of (preferably) MP3s.

A lot of us, probably the majority, first visited this site at least initially, to discuss and trade music. Over the years we have certainly amassed a lot of the same stuff, but also, perhaps at times unknowingly, hold onto some more unique rips as well.

The purposes of this project are threefold:

To fill gaps in your collection you've been meaning to add.

To potentially discover material new to you that you weren't actively seeking out.

To increase the quality of the MP3s that you already have stored somewhere (on at least one drive).

As with all things group / forum-related, the outcome of this could at least theoretically be tremendously helpful or it could all go nowhere, depending on how active people in the community want to be.

It also can tell us to some degree what the internet has yet to offer in the best possible quality, so we can better see what's missing or sounds sub-par.

Each thread will correspond to a single year. By limiting each thread to the year the music was recorded and / or released it gives us somewhere to start, gives you some boundaries as to not be completely overwhelming, and yet gives everybody the freedom within that time constraint to bring up whatever hip hop related project they would like, be it album, EP, mixtape, bootleg, single, compilation, anthology, live show, radio show, music video, book, documentary, etc.

How to Help Out:

Find something that either hasn't been mentioned at all in the list below, that you have a noticeably different edition of, or that you have in better quality – and offer it up in the thread.

To find something, go to the drive or drives where your music is located and perform a search for the year that corresponds with the current HQRAPMP3s thread. For example, search 1980.

Or possibly do just a general search through your computer / hip hop music folder using terms like *.mp3 or *.flac, then view and sort by the year in the detailed view of the search results. That way everything you have will be grouped chronologically and you can narrow in on a particular section.

Of course the best possible option is if you have physical copies of, and can personally rip in [320], what the rest of us have been missing. If necessary, I'll gladly convert FLAC, WAV or other lossless files to [320] when possible.

Just be clear which project you're referring to when naming something you're looking for, or are offering. And when offering, be sure to note the quality of what you have right alongside the title.

Here's what I have to offer (Year Recorded – Title of Project {Year Released and / or Edition} [Quality]):

Comps

1980 – Big Break Rapper Party {2006 Reissue} [320]
1980 – Live Convention '77-'79 {2007} [V2]

Ego Trip

1980 – Ego Trip's Hip Hop's Greatest Singles '80 {1999} [Mixed]

Rub, The

1980 – Hip Hop History Volume II: 1980 {Mixed by DJ Ayres in 2007} [320]

East

Connecticut

Outlaw Four

1980 – Million Dollar Legs [256]

Rappermatical 5

1980 – Party People [320]

Trickeration

1980 – Rap, Bounce, Rockskate [256]

New Jersey

Moments, The

1980 – Baby Let's Rap Now [320]

Sound On Sound Productions

1980 – Incredible Hump, The [320]

Sugarhill Gang

1980 – 8th Wonder [320]
1980 – 8th Wonder / Sugar Hill Groove [128]
1980 – Sugarhill Gang [320]

New York

Bronx, The

Afrika Bambaataa

1980 – Live at T-Connection w/ Cosmic Force, Devastating 4, Jazzy 5, & Soulsonic Force [320]
1980 – Live at T-Connection w/ Cosmic Force, Devastating 4, Jazzy 5, Red Alert, & Whiz Kid [320]
1980 – Live at T-Connection w/ The Crash Crew & Whiz Kid [Mixed]
1980 – Live December 12th at Ecstasy Garage Disco Club with Jazzy Jay & Red Alert [320]

Busy Bee / Kool DJ AJ / Jackie “Small” Cochran / Marvelous Three

1980 – Rappin' All Over [256]
1980 – Summer Fun [320]

Cold Crush Brothers

1980 – Kevie Kev and Rubie Dee's Birthday Party at Ecstasy Garage w/ Busy Bee [320]
1980 – Live at the Ecstasy Garage w/ The Fantastic 5 & A Touch of Class MCs [VBR]

Cool Clyde

1980 – Live at Ecstasy Garage on December 26th w/ DJ Cisco & Super Sonic 4 MCs [320]

Funky Four Plus One More / Funky 4+1

1980 – Live at T-Connection w/ DJ Breakout, DJ Barren, Whiz Kid, & Harmonizing 4 [320]
1980 – That's the Joint [320]
1980-10-25 – Live at T-Connection on October 25th [192]

Grand Wizard Theodore / L Brothers / Fantastic 5, The / Dota Rock

1980 – Ecstasy Garage All-Stars w/ Grandmaster Caz, Ruby Dee, & Soulsonic Force [320]
1980 – Live at South Bronx High School w/ Whipper Whip & Easy AD [128]
1980 – Live at T-Connection w/ Imperial JayCee, The Fantastic 5, & Touch of Class [320]

Grandmaster Flash

1980 – Freedom [320]
1980 – Live at Christ the King High School w/ Melle Mel [VBR]
1980 – Live at Edeamore Center w/ The Furious Five [256]
1980 – Live at T-Connection w/ The Furious Five [320]
1980 – Live at the Celebrity Club w/ Melle Mel [256]
1980 – Live Convention w/ Disco Bee, Busy Bee, Melle Mel, & E-Man [320]
1980 – Super Rappin' No. 2 w/ The Furious Five [320]
1980-01-26 – Live at T-Connection w/ The Furious Five, Mercedes Ladies, The Fantastic 5, & Funky Four Plus One More [320]

Jazzy Jay

1980 – Troy Troy's Birthday Live at T-Connection w/ Tricky Tee, Pow Wow, & Nae Nae [320]

Kool Kyle the Starchild

1980 – Do You Like That Funky Beat? [320]

Mercedes Ladies

1980-04-11 – Versus Inner City Disco [128]

Mr. Magic

1980 – Potential 1980 [256]
1980 – Potential 1980 / Magic Life Coast to Coast [320]
1980 – Rappin' With Mr. Magic [320]

Radiänce

1980 – This is a Party / The Micstro [320]

South Bronx

1980 – Big Throwdown, The [128]

Sweet G

1980 – Boogie Feelin' Rap [320]

Zulu Nation

1980 – Live at T-Connection w/ The Herculords & Jazzy Jay [192]
1980 – Rodney C's Birthday Party [320]

Brooklyn

Brass Construction

1980 – Brass Construction VI [320]

Brother D With Collective Effort

1980 – How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? {1985 Reissue} [320]

Count Coolout

1980 – Rhythm Rap Rock [320]

Jackson Two, The

1980 – Oh Yeah [192]

Jimmy Spicer

1980 – Adventures of Super Rhyme [256]
1980 – Adventures of Super Rhyme {7”} [320]

Master Jay

1980 – T.S.O.B. w/ Michael Dee {2007 Reissue} [320]
1980 – T.S.O.B. / T.S.O.B. Part II w/ Michael Dee [256]

Millie Jackson

1980 – I Had to Say It [320]

Sugar Daddy

1980 – Another One Bites the Dust [320]

Central

Fatback Band, The

1980 – Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby) [V0]
1980 – Gotta Get My Hands On Some (Money) / Street Band [320]

Harlem

Blondie / Debbie Harry

1980 – Autoamerican {2001 Japanese Reissue} [320]

Community People

1980 – Education Rap [256]

Crash Crew, The

1980 – High Power Rap (as Disco Dave & The Force of the 5 MCs) [320]

Disco Four, The

1980 – Move to the Groove [320]

DJ Hollywood

1980 – Shock, Shock the House [256]

Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde / Harlem World Crew / Lonnie Love

1980 – Let's Rock / Love Rap [VBR]
1980 – Rappers' Convention [256]
1980 – Young Ladies [192]

Elite

1980 – Rock the House [320]

Fearless Four, The / Family Four

1980 – Rap Attack [256]

Joe Bataan

1980 – Mestizo [320]

Kool Moe Dee / Treacherous Three

1980 – At the Party [128]
1980 – Body Rock, The [128]
1980 – Live at Celebrity Club w/ Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, & Grand Wizard Theodore [320]
1980 – Live in Connecticut w/ Infinity Machine, Spoonie Gee, & DJ Lady Love (Partial) [192]

Kurtis Blow

1980 – Breaks, The [320]
1980 – Hard Times [320]
1980 – Kurtis Blow [320]
1980 – Throughout Your Years [192]

MC Rock Lovely

1980 – One Time, Two Time, Blow Your Mind [320]

Mr. B

1980 – Rapper Dapper B [320]

Mr. Fox

1980 – Smooth Talk [320]

Ronnie Gee

1980 – Raptivity [256]

Spoonie Gee

1980 – Monster Jam w/ The Sequence [320]
1980 – New Rap Language, The / Love Rap [320]

Zoot II

1980 – Dr. Ice Rap [128]

Queens

Maximus 3 / TJ Swann

1980 – Maximus Party [320]

Sharod / Sherod

1980 – School'n (Put Your Mind to the Message) [320]

Spyder D

1980 – Big Apple Rappin' (National Rappin' Anthem) [192]
1980 – Rollerskaterap / Spinnin' Webs & Rappin' Rhymes [Mixed]

Pennsylvania

Frankie Smith

1980 – Double Dutch Bus {1994 Reissue} [320]

Midwest

Missouri

Don Juan & K. Dog

1980 – Jammin' on the One [128]

SoCal

Los Angeles

Flakes

1980 – Flakes I 1980 [256]

King Monkey

1980 – Badd Mann Dann Rapp [320]

Love Rapper, The

1980 – Lover's Rapp, The [320]

Unknown Rapper, The

1980 – Election '80 Rapp [256]

South, The

Georgia

Blowfly

1980 – Blowfly's New Year's Party / Blowfly's Christmas Party [320]
1980 – Blowfly's Party [192]
1980 – Incredible Fulk, The / Word Game, The [V2]
1980 – Rapp Dirty / Blowfly's Rapp [320]
1980 – Rappin', Dancin', and Laughin' [128]

South Carolina

Sequence, The

1980 – Sugarhill Gang Presents The Sequence [320]
1980 – You Know That, And [320]

Tennessee

Super Wolf

1980 – Super Wolf Can Do It [256]

Worldwide

Canada

Bobby Deemo Band, The / Barry & Demo

1980 – Another One Bites Rap [320]

Mr. Q

1980 – Coming Home [320]

Phil-Marilyn & Marilyn

1980 – Buggs-B-Skate [320]

Jamaica

Xanadu

1980 – Sure Shot [128]

Japan

Jun Fukamachi

1980 – Quark [320]

Netherlands, The

Max 'n Specs

1980 – Don't Come Stoned and Don't Tell Trude! [320]

UK

Clash, The

1980 – Magnificent Seven, The (Promo) [320]

Funk Masters

1980 – Love Money [320]

Previous Thread:

Pre-1980

[TheBigSleep]

One year later and not all that much had changed since the end of the seventies, but there were a couple things that were new and different. Rapper's Delight had reached international acclaim, having been covered in Dutch and Portuguese, now the Germans would add their take.

For the first and only year, nobody in the culture was recorded as dying or being killed. Also for the first time there were a handful of full length rap albums, rather than solely dubbed party jams and 12" singles, including one on a major label.

And it wasn't just being preserved on tape and wax, but more and more on video cassette as well. Sugar Wolf made a music video for Sugar Wolf Can Do It, following in the vein of the one shot for Rapper's Delight the previous year. There are a couple different ones for Joe Bataan's Rap-O Clap-O. The larger media even began to take notice.

Events:

January 3rd, 1980 – Kurtis Blow performs Christmas Rappin' live on Top of the Pops.
January 19th, 1980 – Joe Bataan performs Rap-O Clap-O on TopPop.
January 28th, 1980 – An acetate containing an unreleased alternate version of Rapper's Reprise is quietly put out by Sugar Hill.
February 7th, 1980 – Sugarhill Gang's self titled debut album, a hip hop first, is released on Sugar Hill Records.
February 16th, 1980 – Joe Bataan performs Rap-O Clap-O on Chansons à la Carte.
April 4th, 1980 – Joe Bataan again, this time on Special Popcorn.
August 31st, 1980 – "Recording the Rap" article appears in The Washington Post.
September 27th, 1980 – Kurtis Blow performs The Breaks on Soul Train.
September 29th, 1980 – Kurtis Blow's self titled album drops on Mercury Records, the first through a major label.
November 22nd, 1980 – Funky Four Plus One More live at The Kitchen.

[TheBigSleep]

Next in line, 1981.