VARIOUS - STREET & GANGLAND RHYTHMS
LP (12"/10" Album)
Label: FOLKWAYS
Release date: 21/09/2010
Barcode: 0646315058918
Catalog no.: FWLP0005589
Item ID: 346713
"Improvisations by Six Boys In Trouble". Originally released in 1959, this is the recording of 6 pre-teens from Harlem on
bongos, & vocals. Pounding rhythms & chants convey the emotions & experiences of life in New York City's housing projects & tenements. Heralded after the fact as an early precursor to rap music, this is an important document of post-WWII urban Black America.
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