Spoonie Gee
Spoonie Gee was the nephew of veteran R&B producer Bobby Robinson and one of the earliest rap artists. He was known as the "love rapper," an image that was established by his first record, "Love Rap," released on his uncle's Enjoy label as the flip side of the Treacherous Three's "The New Rap Language." The bulk of early rap records reproduced an MC's party routine with a loose sequence of narrative, boasting, and call and response. Spoonie's initial outing, however, organized a hip-hop styled record around a romantic theme, coming closer to the lyrical norms of pop music. The intimate "Love Rap" was accompanied only by drum set and congas, and Spoonie's next record continued in a similarly minimalist vein. The voice-over on 1979's "Spoonin' Rap" stuck to more conventional old-school boasting but looks forward to the gangsta attitude in its jailhouse references. "Spoonin' Rap" was also prophetic in its use of flexatone and heavily echoed voice, suggesting the Jamaican connection that was denied in early interviews by some of the rap originators. In 1980, Spoonie collaborated with Sequence on a classic single, "Monster Jam," probably the last word on the series of "Good Times"/"Another One Bites the Dust" variations and a classic in the Sugar Hill vein, complete with a bone-crushing bassline and ecstatic crowd noises. In the mid-'90s, the Ol' Skool Flava label issued a compilation, Godfather of Hip Hop, and over a decade after that, Spoonie issued an EP entitled The Boss Is Back.
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Discografia
13 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Godfather of Hip Hop
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ol' Skool Flava em 18 de jun. de 1996
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Love Rap / The New Rap Language
Spoonie Gee, Treacherous Three
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Enjoy Records em 14 de abr. de 1980
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
45 King Old School Remixes Vol. 3
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ol' Skool Flava em 1 de jan. de 1996
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Godfather
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 1 de jan. de 1987
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Godfather of Rap
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 10 de fev. de 1987
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spoonin' Rap
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ol' Skool Flava em 8 de jan. de 1999
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Love Rap/The New Rap Language
Spoonie Gee, The Treacherous Three
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Ol' Skool Flava em 5 de jan. de 1999
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I'm All Shook Up
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 6 de jan. de 1987
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Big Beat
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 1 de nov. de 1983
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Street Girl
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 1 de jan. de 1985
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mighty Mike Tyson
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 3 de jan. de 1989
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Get Off My Tip
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 1 de jan. de 1985
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
That's My Style
Hip-Hop/Rap - Lançado por Tuff City Records em 7 de jan. de 1986
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo