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I am so glad that I got this 12-inch record back in 1985, because it is a rare and (perhaps) a solo single release of Melle Mel. I have speculated all these years that King Of The Street is the sequel to Beat Street Breakdown track (watch music videos below) by Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five.
- Link to my previous blog/post on Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & Furious Five – “World War III“
- Melle Mel’s MySpace page click here
Grandmaster Melle Mel – “King Of The Streets”…
Artist: Grandmaster Melle Mel
Title: King Of The Streets
Year: 1985
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Media Source: Recorded straight from 12-inch record to enhanced digital.
Grandmaster Melle Mel – “King Of The Streets” (mp3)
Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny ( Man ) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio Moroder and the man-machine music of Kraftwerk with the beefed-up rhythms and cut’n'mix approach of nascent hip-hop. As a result, tracks like “Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop)” and “Boogie Down Bronx” were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone from Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys to Autechre and Andrea Parker — and they remain undisputed classics of early hip-hop and electro to this day. Check out example below:
Man Parrish
What made Trevor Horn’s productions stand out was his unique and genius production techniques and the heavy use of state-of-the-art pro-audio gear, which made him become the torch-bearer for the kind of technology-led pop music which was hip and incredibly disciplined. Trevor Horn’s 12-inch remixes were uniquely long (anywhere from 8 to 13 minutes in duration) and told stories which took the listeners through long instrumental journeys at the begenning of tracks until the climax is reached (around the 5/6 or 7 minute mark). After the climax, the original or alternate full vocal version of the track takes over from that point on to the end, lasting additional 3.5 to 5 minutes in length. Check out example below:
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Trevor Horn is the guy who produced and performed “
The Buggles