Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip Hop 1979-1983

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is a Stones Throw comp I am enjoying right now. Who knew there was old school connecticut hip hop? (not me)

Best track = Pookey Blow, a 12 year old kid doing "Get Up (and Go to School)" whee he implores us to keep on learnin' and eat our oatmeal, complete w/kazoo solo! There is also a track called "2001 Kazoo's". Classic, of course.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Monday, 17 May 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I forgot how great old school hip-hop is for a minute. Wow, really good. Yes, yes, y'all, all that jazz. I am aboard the funk train indeed.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Monday, 17 May 2004 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

C'mon people, there is a ventriloquist rap!

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Monday, 17 May 2004 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Chuck E has it and says it's pretty great.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 May 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah...it's pretty classic. It's funny how Connecticut hip hop was like 2 years behind what NYC was doing at the time. I'll agree about the Pookey track.

― s>c>, Monday, 17 May 2004 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

my faves are the Outlaw Four's “Million Dollar Legs” and the Chillie 3 MCs' “Shake Your Boody” (not a typo).

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 17 May 2004 23:34 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, "Million Dollar Legs" was def. a standout. If anyone knows anything about it or its origins plz contact Stones Throw, thx.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 05:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I need to hear this.

― djdee2005, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 06:53 (twenty-two years ago)

This is actually an amazing compilation. Disco breaks galore!! The ventriloquist-rap is extremely funny, especially if you imagine that Eazy-E is doing the rapping.

― NUXX (NUXX), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Skinny Boys were from Bridgeport (I think), and used to get played on the NYC mix shows quite a bit.

― mike a, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

Jeff Chang's take (though I am personally very proud of the long subheadline kicker, which I wrote):

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0423/chang.php

― chuck, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

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