{"id":94637,"date":"2015-09-22T13:44:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T11:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=94637"},"modified":"2015-09-22T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T11:44:44","slug":"dig-of-the-day-spoonie-gee-%e2%80%8e-spoonie-is-back-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-spoonie-gee-%e2%80%8e-spoonie-is-back-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Of The Day: Spoonie Gee \u200e\u2013 Spoonie Is Back (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spoonie-gee.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"94640\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-spoonie-gee-%e2%80%8e-spoonie-is-back-1981\/spoonie-gee\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spoonie-gee.jpg?fit=620%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spoonie gee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spoonie-gee.jpg?fit=540%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spoonie-gee.jpg?fit=620%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spoonie-gee.jpg?fit=640%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"spoonie gee\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spoonie-gee.jpg?resize=540%2C348&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/spoonie-gee.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;re back!<\/p>\n<p>Today we have a true oldschool cat with a supa dupa dope funky soulful beat, one of the pioneers and one of the few early rap artists to release records in the 1970s &#8211; <strong>Spoonie Gee<\/strong>, with his 4th single titled <em>Spoonie Is Back<\/em>. Active since 1978, he began releasing pure singles in 1979, released his debut and only album in 1987 which features production from <strong>Marley Marl<\/strong> and <strong>Teddy Riley<\/strong>, and dropped a few more singles later on.<\/p>\n<p><em>Spoonie Is Back<\/em> is released on <strong>Sugar Hill Records<\/strong> in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by <strong>Sylvia Robinson<\/strong> (Founder and CEO of <strong>Sugar Hill<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Boombox material.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GoSIlo-yB2c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And we&#8217;re back! 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