A Top Ten Record List from a World Famous Beat Junkie
by DJ Babu
Malcolm McLaren and the World Famous Supreme Team D’ya Like Scratchin’(Island Records) 1983
This has to be the first—if not, the second—record I ever purchased. I actually bought this way before I was a DJ, when my family still had a record player in the house. This brings back fond memories of moving to Oxnard, California, in the early ’80s and being introduced to hip-hop. At the time, I was definitely trying to pop and b-boy, and “Buffalo Gals” was my shit! Just looking and listening to this record fascinated me; it was the first time I had seen a Technics 1200 on a sleeve. And, of course, who can ever forget the ill boom box on the cover?! This record was just hip-hop from head to toe.
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