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Rammellzee vs. K-Rob Beat Bop and The Offs First Record LPs

2014/2019

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Rammellzee vs. K-Rob Beat Bop (1983), 2014 Black & White Split Vinyl, 12", 33 1/2 RPM Limited Edition Record Store Day Reissue Get On Down – GET58009-12 Cover Art and Produced by Jean-Michel Basquiat The Offs First Record (1984), 2019 Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition Reissue CD Presents, Ltd. – CD 025 Cover art designed by Jean-Michel Basquiat 30th anniversary pressing of Basquiat's historic Beat Bop vinyl record (1983) & a limited edition 2018 reissue of Basquiat's record art for The Offs (1984). Off-set print on vinyl record jackets & vinyl records; published 2014 & 2018, each respectively. Set of 2 individual pieces. Each: 12 x 12 inches. Beat Bop: Very good overall condition. The Offs: excellent overall condition (sealed in original shrink-wrapping). Each include their respective vinyl record albums in excellent condition. Beat Bop from a sold-out edition of 1983. The Offs from a sold out edition of 1,000 (numbered on the reverse). Looks amazing framed as a set. Beat Bop includes a split color black and white vinyl pressing, a four-panel folded insert describing its history, as well as interviews with Basquiat co-collaborators Rammellzee & K-Rob; as well as noted art historian, Glenn O'Brien. Further History: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s history with rap music runs deep. That connection was most visible in the “Beat Bop” 12-inch, a ten-minute sparring match between MCs/graffiti artists K-Rob and Rammellzee, which the legendary Brooklyn artist produced in 1983 on Basquiat’s own Tartown Inc. music label. Literature/References, see: - Each catalogued in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music (Buchhart, Bessières, Desmarais). - Glenn O'Brien's The Beat in "Interview Magazine" May, 1985: O'Brien reviews the album and references Basquiat's cover art for The Offs.
  • Creation Year:
    2014/2019
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
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  • After:
    Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988, American)
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  • Gallery Location:
    NEW YORK, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU354313199952
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