Wild Style: Break Dance, Scratch, Rap, Graffity Art; Hip-Hop Rap in Newyork Ghetto

  • Tokyo: JICC, 1983
By Ahearn, Charlie; Grandmaster Caz; Cold Crush Brothers; Rammellzee
Tokyo: JICC, 1983. First edition. First edition. [64] pp. Staplebound booklet with plastic clamshell case containing cassette tape. Fine booklet, Near Fine case with a little rubbing and leaning to spine. Lacking obi band. Rare.

A deluxe photo book to accompany the Japanese release of the classic film Wild Style, with early hip-hop soundtrack featuring first generation American hip-hop artists like Cold Crush Brothers, Grandmaster Caz, and Rammellzee; on a dubbed generic cassette-- fairly uncommon and expensive technology at the time. The film introduced people around the world to a new style of music, which was often dismissed as a mere fad throughout the 1980s. This film's impact on Japanese youth culture in the 1980s was significant; it would spawn the robust Japanese hip-hop scene that continues to this day.

Details

Title

Wild Style: Break Dance, Scratch, Rap, Graffity Art; Hip-Hop Rap in Newyork Ghetto

Author

Ahearn, Charlie; Grandmaster Caz; Cold Crush Brothers; Rammellzee

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

JICC: Tokyo

Date

1983

Edition

First edition


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