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This mix was inspired by rap classics like Gary Byrd’s “The Crown” (featuring Stevie Wonder), Fatback’s “Is This The Future” or Kurtis Blow’s “Rappin” – songs which accompanied me for a long time. You might recognize that the versions featured in this mix do not exactly match with the original versions; that’s because I re-edited the songs to exclude certain long winded intro periods and to focus the mix on the parts of the songs I really like. Also, I combined multiple songs in one track as some rappers based their lyrics on the same beats, e.g. on Trouble Funk’s “Pump Me Up”. I am aware of the fact that this set of songs is only one amongst many other possible alternatives of a rap-classics tape; however, it is my hommage to rap music in its early days and I think every featured song has deserved its right to be in there.
