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Sunday, September 30, 2007

Black, Rock & Ron - Stop The World (RCA 1989)

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For the most part I post up my favorite old school rap albums and singles and this LP easily finds its way into my top 10 old school albums. I know it's not rated in most peoples top albums but I'm different and I like that. Black, Rock & Ron exemplify everything I love about hip-hop, most notably fun, intelligent, braggadocio b-boy rhymes and funky, sample driven production and break beats with that dope old school scratching that's on time. This album has what most albums in 89 had with positive messages of peace and unity on the title track, bragging about Rap Life, the token house track which is actually really good to sex raps with all three members (no pun intended) taking turns with Yvonne. Hailing from Hollis Queens, Lord Black (David Cootryer), The Ruler Master Rock (Gregg Walsh), and Ron Scratch (Ron Walsh) released their first single "Hard Rap" on Next Plateau in 86 under the name the Vicious Four. Released during the emergence of the "New School" where samplers and drum machines such as the Lynn Drum and the SP-12 hit the market, producers and hip-hop artists were better able to create a less expensive and more complex structure to tracks that wasn't previously allowed without having connections or a backing band. In 1987 Black, Rock & Ron hooked up with Jazzy Jay who produced their next single "That's How I'm Livin" also on Next Plateau. At this point they apparently found management by the one and only Rush Town at the request of LL Cool J. Then getting signed to RCA Records and featuring co-production by Tony Sims & Thomas Davis (who?) and executive production by Jurggen Korduletsch (who?), Black, Rock and Ron put together the material for their debut album Stop The World. With engineers Paul C, DJ Doc, and Skeff Anselm at the boards, a few 12 inch singles, and a couple videos things were looking bright for the groups future. They even were involved in the Hip-Hop Artist Against Apartheid Ndodemnyama (Free South Africa) anti-apartheid song, but like so many rap artists, Black, Rock & Ron just seemed to fall off the face of the Earth into obscurity.



I'm posting the US version along with some of the German release and 12" tracks as a "bonus disc".

320kbps CD Rip
01 - Intro
02 - Stop The World
03 - You Can't Do Me None
04 - True Feelings (True Rock Mix)
05 - Black Is The Word
06 - That's How I'm Livin'
07 - To Hear Black & Rock Rap
08 - Getting Large
09 - Rap Life
10 - Act Like U Know
11 - I'm Tired
12 - 3 Brothers And Yvonne
13 - Black, Rock & Ron (Video Mix)
14 - My Hometown
15 - Who's Got Next

Bonus Tracks
16 - You Can't Do Me None (Prince Paul Remix Vocal Mix)
17 - Tired Of All This
18 - True Feelings (Paul C Hip Hop Remix)
19 - We Be Wilin' (Wild Things)
20 - Black, Rock & Ron (Radio Version)
21 - You Can't Do Me None (Prince Paul Remix Beat Mix)
22 - Pieces I / Pieces II

RE-UP FEB 2011
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Here's the video to Getting Large which uses the 12" version.

11 comments:

Unknown said...

this is a funky-ass album. i'd never heard it before. dope!

i'm glad you posted it.

MoMzL1 said...

anyone owns a track by Black rock and ron called "Huffin' and buffin"? I mean not the one where they performed as "Vicious 4" but as Black rock and ron. They use the same beats as their skit called "Fresh". Could be a B-side or somethin'. thnx

camber said...

plz reup this album :)

Anonymous said...

im hoping re-up too...

WarThree said...

I haven't heard too much from these guys, just a track or two from compilation albums (we drink old gold, etc.). What I've heard though is sick. Please repost or contact me:

allstaralliance@hotmail.com

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They use the same beats as their skit called "Fresh". Could be a B-side or somethin'. thnx

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This is totally retro for me because it was music I listened when I was in the high school, actually I still wearing like those men in the cover.m10m

Noah said...

Just so you know Lord Black is NOT dead. I tracked him down for an interview which is in the booklet of the recent re-issue.

-Noah
www.coffeebreakradio.com

the_down_Low said...

Hi is there any chance of copping a link to the bonus disk for this please?
peace from australia
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