Dollar Bill Y'All - Spring Records And The First Decade Of Hip Hop
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 the B-Side, instead allowing the Sugarhill Gang the breakthrough rap hit with ‘Rapper’s Delight’. Over the next decade, Spring kept dipping their toes in the water, but without any great conviction or mainstream success - but they were always there to chart hip-hop’s development.
“Dollar Bill Y’All” focuses on all 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 compilation looking at Spring Records’ – and sub-label Posse - 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).
This historical compilation also includes the originals of samples made by several of the genre's greatest artists, producers and hits such as Wu-Tang Clan (C.R.E.A.M), Montell Jordan (This How We Do It), Kanye West (Eyes Closed), De La Soul (Bitties in the BK Lounge), J Dilla (One Eleven), Sugarhill Gang (Apache), Beastie Boys (Shadrach), and the recently deceased rapper Coolio who covered Jimmy Spicer’s “Money (Dollar Bill Y’All)”. Some samples could be from the beats or melodies while others could simply just be lyrics.
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Released on CD and double vinyl LP, complete with extensive sleeve notes
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