Stetsasonic-A F R I C A -VLS-FLAC-1987-THEVOiD

                              DRIFT INTO THE VOID
 Info   
     Artist  | Stetsasonic
     Title   | A.F.R.I.C.A.
     Genre   | Hip-Hop                              Format  | Maxi-Single
     Source  | Vinyl                                Time    | 23:14
     Label   | Tommy Boy Records                    Store   | 1987
     Catalog | TB 899                               Rip     | 2021
     Bitrate | 2856 kbps                            Size    | 498.09 MB
     Freq    | 96.0 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     A1. Stetsasonic - A.F.R.I.C.A. (Feat. The Reverend Jesse        6:12
         Jackson, Olatunji & The Drums Of Passion)
     A2. Stetsasonic - A.F.R.I.C.A. (Radio Version) (Feat. The       4:12
         Reverend Jesse Jackson, Olatunji & The Drums Of Passion)
     B1. Stetsasonic - A.F.R.I.C.A. (The Stetsasized Mix) (Feat.     7:00
         The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Olatunji & The Drums Of
         Passion)
     B2. Tack Head - Free South Africa                               5:50
 Notes  
     One of the first rap groups to use a live band, Brooklyn's
     Stetsasonic formed in 1981 and were also among the first to promote
     a positive Black consciousness that found its ultimate expression in
     the so-called "Daisy Age" sounds of De La Soul and the Jungle
     Brothers. The group consisted of DJs 'Prince' Paul Huston and
     Leonard 'Wise' Roman, keyboardist/drummer/DJ Marvin 'DBC' Nemley,
     and rappers Glenn 'Daddy O' Bolton, Martin 'Delite' Wright, and
     Bobby 'Frukwan' Simmons.
     Daddy O and Delite founded the group as The Stetson Brothers, after
     the hat company, and began performing in New York hip-hop clubs,
     picking up other members along the way. Their debut, "On Fire", was
     released in 1986, but it was the follow-up, "In Full Gear", that
     brought them critical acclaim and an R&B hit, "Sally." 1991's
     "Blood, Sweat & No Tears" was considered by many to be their best
     and most diverse album, but Daddy O decided that they had run out of
     ideas and broke up the band.
     He went on to work with Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, Big Daddy
     Kane, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a producer and remixer. In
     1993, he released a solo album "You Can Be a Daddy, But Never
     Daddy-O". Meanwhile, Prince Paul had already established himself as
     a producer for his work with De La Soul and Fine Young Cannibals,
     and later worked with Frukwan in the Gravediggaz, co-founded the
     Handsome Boy Modeling School and released a string of solo albums.
     Released as a stand-alone single in 1987 with all royalties donated
     to the Africa Fund, "A.F.R.I.C.A." featuring The Reverend Jesse
     Jackson with Olatunji and The Drums Of Passion came out on 7" and
     12" vinyl. This version includes "Free South Africa" on the b-side
     by Tack Head, which was the Sugar Hill Records house band and one of
     the most-recorded electrofunk rhythm sections.

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127M	a1-stetsasonic-a.f.r.i.c.a._(feat._the_reverend_jesse_jackson_olatunji_and_the_drums_of_passion).flac
86M	a2-stetsasonic-a.f.r.i.c.a._(radio_version)_(feat._the_reverend_jesse_jackson_olatunji_and_the_drums_of_passion).flac
143M	b1-stetsasonic-a.f.r.i.c.a._(the_stetsasized_mix)_(feat._the_reverend_jesse_jackson_olatunji_and_the_drums_of_passion).flac
121M	b2-tack_head-free_south_africa.flac
476M	total