- hip hop
- 40 min
- 7 tracks
- Mercury Records
Kurtis Blow is the debut album by American rapper Kurtis Blow. It was released on September 29, 1980, by Mercury Records. The record includes the song "The Breaks", which was often sampled later in hip-hop records, mainly for its introduction made by Blow's a cappella vocal, and for the drum break, giving a wordplay dimension to the title.
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Classical in form, spare, cool and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- A1Rappin’ Blow, Part 24:41
- A2The Breaks7:41
- A3Way Out West7:40
- B1Throughout Your Years5:17
- B2Hard Times4:36
- B3All I Want in This World (Is to Find That Girl)4:59
- B4Takin’ Care of Business5:29
7 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kurtis Blow
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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