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When hip-house sur- beenBrothers left andto British T La rapperRock, itSilver has An outlaw hip-house is head- pa tofaced, join peoplea music were that queuing offered upa Bullet to prove that a punchy means to break local lyricAntonia, can sit from on a London fun beat. rappers RECORDS The Chicago hip-house rap- sic'sShe tooRockers, happy argues: to say '7heanything mu- withpers ahave young given audience house whichcredence re- too serious. I'm not saying you sisted its charms. A recent hip- havecan t todo bea gooda certain lyric, sort but of it sub-will BREAKING OUT Clubhouse featuring showcase Fast at Eddie,the Riviera Kool lect" Fast Eddie concurs: 'The Rock Steady, and Tyree brought feelingIts not liketo different New York/' in Chicago. people OF GERMANY aboutUnfortunately, a pocked house5,000 of 4,000were are out to party. Sure there are turned away. Those sort of needproblems to behere constantly but people remind- don't ...INTO EUROPE figureshouse are unheard-of for a live .Fast uuuiu is reckoned by traditionalPredictably, rappers in havethe beenUS Everybody's talking about East- and West-Germany - Smanyar n totf bee UtheS Arsennext big solo rap quick to ditch the house style, we are only talking about blackK, i ttalklu showc- supremo,'<^ Hall, is,h^ a despite the fact that many of the fan. In Canada, Eddie is already moreLatifah open-minded and the Jungle chatters Brothers like DANCE!! a regularKool Rock on TV Steady and star is onnot vinyl. far have been happy to try it. Hip- We have conquered the whole of Europe with behind. If Eddie's image is the house it sees, was not "ghetto- the very best of international . Koolpersonable, Rock carneseasy-going himself type, enough for the hip-hoppers, and - and we keep moving! themc bearing^ofaeunng or a street-tistreet-to'Jg'h hip- "I', confronting the hopper., "People6 ra likeke dancin', ?fttRS-rwInron^rinica9° declaring tha" Too" So - if you want to get your feet off the ground, RnrkRock, b'They ''t been P."sayswaiting forKool a innng tkthatu it would^ C°" ldnbe' t therap. end think- of contactat the NEW the BCMMUSIC Dance SEMINAR Team rapKool musicRock hasyou beencan rappingdance to."for he subiect. Kool Rock had other in New York. years waiting for a break, per- ideas, and withinNobod days ahad issu- fromFrom his cousins'c™"9 ' encour-Vap'slound-,a9e'Tlent counter-attackcoil?" « * , on^ y' the brilliant BDP BCM RECORDS mg father, Afnka Bambaataa a ~ '. couldn'tSays Ko01let him R get J.K. OITIco; Unit2/Seven Onks Way/Orpington1 bddieBehind are Koola melee Rock, of Tyreeother and "Yo?kw Vek . 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