Various Artists - The Roots Of Rap: Classic Recordings From The 1920's and 30's
Catalogue No: YAZCD2018
Barcode: 016351201829
Rap is considered today's modern urban music, but its roots reach far into the past as this provocative project shows. The rapping technique has been present in many American musical genres, for 100 years or more, including early rural music, both black and white, religious songs, blues, ragtime, vaudeville, and hokum.