Wild Style - Wild Style Theme - 7-INCH SINGLE [7 inch Vinyl Disc]

The original Wild Style soundtrack is such a landmark that it has spread it's DNA throughout hip-hop ever since. So many artists found inspiration in it, so many producers fished for samples among it's choppy waves. If you haven't played it for a while, it still has the power to surprise - hook after hook that fed into hip-hop history. That countdown from Public Enemy's 'Louder than a Bomb'? The chorus from Cypress Hill's 'A to the K', vocal samples that underpin MF Doom classics and A Tribe Called Quest gems? All here.Phat Kev - aka Kev Luckhurst - teases out some of those notable moments in his superb cut-up from the 2007 reissue. The Brighton-born DJ subjects the Wild Style OST to a classic 'Lesson-style' cut and paste, teasing out some of the most classic moments, taking you on a whirlwind tour of the finest beats and most indelible rhymes. Here you'll find 'Stoop Rap' interwoven with 'Basketball Throwdown' and 'Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie'.The temptation to overcomplicate matters is wisely resisted - Phat Kev let's the guitar of Chris Stein, the drums of Lenny Ferrari and the lyrics of legends such as Grand Master Caz, Busy Bee and Rammellzee shine in their own right. Available for the first time on 7Inch, this is an outstanding tribute to one of the key records in hip-hop history.

In celebration of Arrow Films' new 4K restoration of the seminal hip hop film Wild Style, Azorean-Canadian producer and DJ Jorun Bombay steps up with a specially commissioned megamix cut across two sides of a 7Inch. Featuring recently discovered unreleased material, cut up with sections of the remastered soundtrack, expert turntablism, and added live instrumentation, Jorun shines a new light on this pioneering piece of hip hop history.Having released music since the mid-'80s on labels such as Soundweight, Diggers With Gratitude, and JBOR Records, Jorun also produces and scores music for film and television in the USA. He's been hosting his influential DJ podcast 'Funkbox Reload' for over a decade, regularly showcasing his DJ and remixing skills, which have landed him several key production jobs, including for the documentary 'Mixtape' directed by Omar Acosta on Paramount Plus. It's through 'Funkbox Reload' that Arrow Films became aware of Jorun's talents. They reached out and suggested Jorun put together a megamix, giving him access to the masters and unreleased material. Given the opportunity to remix such an iconic slice of hip hop's heritage, Jorun has treated the project with the care and respect it warranted. As he states, InchSeeing Wild Style in the 1980s was a life changer simply for the fact that it introduced the world to an art form that most people outside of New York didn't know existed or could exist. This culture was called 'hip hop', and it was the first time a form of music was made out of everything surrounding it and turned into a collage. Wild Style was the first of it's kind, probably in the history of American music.InchThe film served as a gateway to hip hop culture and the elements it was made up of, be it rapping, DJing, breakdancing, or graffiti writing, and watching it, whether at the cinema, on rental VHS, or a bootleg copy from a friend, w

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