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The Happy Birthday Hip-Hop Mixtape

Craig celebrates the 40th birthday of hip-hop with a 1979-1982 Mixtape. March 1979 saw the release of The Fatback Band's King Tim III (Personality Jock), widely cited as the beginning of recorded hip-hop.

28 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Mar 201904:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Kurtis Blow

    The Breaks (Instrumental)

    • The Breaks (Instrumental).
    • 1.

  • Fatback

    King Tim III (Personality Jock)

    • Old School Rap.
    • 1.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • Now 100 Hits 70s (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Kurtis Blow

    The Breaks

    • Fabric.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Spectrum Music.

  • Grandmaster Flash & Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five

    The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash...

    • Snapper.

  • Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force

    Planet Rock

    • 100 R&B Classics Original Anthems (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.

  • Whodini

    Magic's Wand

    • JIVE.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Mar 201904:00
    BBC Radio 2