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Touch The Rock (Rhythm Rap Rock Revival)
Count Coolout
- Artist
- Count Coolout
- Label
- Boss Records (2)
- Catalog number
- BS-101
- Format
- 12" · 33 ⅓ RPM
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1982
- Genre
- Hip Hop
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Where it came from
Released in 1982 on the independent Boss Records label, Touch the Rock is a significant artifact from the early era of hip-hop culture. Emerging from the Bronx scene, the track reflects the transition from live park-jam emceeing to studio-recorded rap, capturing the energetic, party-centric cadence that defined the period before the genre’s mainstream commercial explosion.
The record is credited to Count Coolout, a prominent figure in the formative New York rap landscape who served as an influence on many early innovators. The production follows the minimalist, drum-heavy aesthetic of the early eighties, designed to keep dance floors moving with rhythmic vocal delivery and sparse instrumentation, typical of the independent labels that operated outside the major studio systems of the time.
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