{"id":142146,"date":"2020-02-19T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=142146"},"modified":"2020-02-20T11:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:28:57","slug":"chris-read-hip-house-mix-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/chris-read-hip-house-mix-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Read – Hip House Mix (1989)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris Read<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back when Nick Armitage and I kicked off our Classic Material project back in 2011, my intention had been to compliment our monthly series of era specific mixes with a set of Bonus Mixes focussing on various Hip Hop sub-genres and spin off scenes that emerged during those eras. With good intention I put together one (mid 80s Electro-Rap and Electro-Funk), but beyond that it turned out that a mix a month in the main series was quite enough work on its own. I hate leaving things unfinished though so, years later, here\u2019s another: Hip House \u201989. Not every record on this mix was released in \u201989 \u2013 there\u2019s one or two from \u201988 (Fast Eddie was ahead of the curve) and one from \u201990 (Queen Latifah was behind it), but it\u2019s fair to say \u201989 was epicentre of this sound. I\u2019ve got some mixed feelings about this collection \u2013 if truth be told I dismissed a lot of this material as a fad for a long time, but 30 years down the line I find an undeniable charm to these fun, dancefloor oriented records.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The cover artwork is a pastiche of the interior gatefold of the 1988 Stylus Records<\/strong> compilation Hip Hop & Rapping in the House<\/em>. Hit Read Whole Post<\/em> for tracklist.<\/p>\n

Another interesting write up on a Hip-House phenomenon: https:\/\/www.okayfuture.com\/features\/hip-house-playlist-25-classic-tunes.html<\/a><\/p>\n