Street Sounds Electro 2

Street Sounds Electro 2

Compilation album by various artists
Released	1983
Genre	Electro music, old school hip hop
Label	StreetSounds

Street Sounds Electro 2 is the second compilation album in a series released 1983 on the StreetSounds label. The album was released on LP and cassette and contains seven electro music and old school hip hop tracks mixed by Herbie Laidley.^[1]

In a lit for The Quietus, Steve Mason, formerly of the Beta Band, has ranked it among his thirteen favourite albums, saying: "Electro 2 really sticks with me for two reasons. Firstly it's got one of the most important records on it that I've ever heard in my life – 'Beat Bop' by Rammelzee and K-Rob. For me, when I hear that, it just encapsulates everything that hip-hop is about; that early 1980s Bronx/New York thing. I dunno why it does, but there's just something about it. The avant-garde-ness of it all. It's produced by Jean-Michel Basquiat. It's such an exciting record. It's really fucking weird. There's loads of reverb on the vocal and then that violin comes in. The rap is superb. It's stunning. Plus 'White Lines' is on it."^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Two, Three, Break"	The B Boys	5:01
2.	"Cuttin' Herbie"	The B Boys	4:36
3.	"On The Upside"	Xena	5:53
4.	"Al-Naafiysh"	Hashim	6:06

Side two
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Beat Bop"	Rammellzee vs. K-Rob	10:10
2.	"B Boys Beware (Club Mix)"	Two Sisters featuring Emcee Popper G.L.O.B.E	5:50
3.	"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)"	Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel	7:33

References

↑ "Electro 2". streetsoundsmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
↑ Clay, Joe (2 March 2016). "Champion Versions: Steve Mason's Favourite Albums". The Quietus. p. 3. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

External links

Street Sounds Electro 2 at Discogs

Street Sounds compilation albums
Electro	(1983): Electro 1 Electro 2 (1984): Electro 3 Electro 4 Electro 5 Electro 6 (1985): Electro 7 Electro 8 Electro 9 Electro 10
Hip Hop Electro	(1986): Hip Hop Electro 11 Hip Hop Electro 12 Hip Hop Electro 13 Hip Hop Electro 14 Hip Hop Electro 15 (1987): Hip Hop Electro 16
Hip Hop	(1987): Hip Hop 17 Hip Hop 18 Hip Hop 19 Hip Hop 20 (1988): Hip Hop 21 Hip Hop 22
Crucial Electro	(1984): Crucial Electro Crucial Electro 2 (1987): Crucial Electro 3
UK Electro	(1984): UK Electro

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