Monday, June 23, 2008

Kurtis Blow - Starlife 12" - 1981

Here's a nice single from Rap Godfather Kurtis Blow. I don't know if this was ever released on an album. I can't find it in Allmusic.com. It does appear on "The Best Of Kurtis Blow"

It's a pretty good single. The music underneath the rap and the chorus is actually quite good. I don't know if the music is original or if it is a sample of something else, but it has a Stevie Wonder vibe to it. There are some cool keyboard breaks throughout the song. This one works as a not just an old school rap song, but as a good ole R&B electrofunk pop 80's tune as well.

The record has the same song on both sides, so there is really just one track here.

Enjoy!

Starlife.mp3

2 comments:

Spencer said...

Read more about Kurtis on allmusic.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fifqxq95ld6e~T1

You may have heard of some of his other landmark recordings like "The Breaks". He really helped pave the way and set the blueprint for everyone.

noahimean said...

THANKS