Krush Groove (soundtrack) (30th anniversary)

Welcome to another edition of Soundtrack Saturday.

Today we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the soundtrack from Krush Groove, the rap-infused film starring the Fat Boys, Run-D.M.C., Sheila E. and Kurtis Blow. The album spent a total of twenty weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 79.

For my full review, click here.

The Fat Boys - Fat Boys

This week (May 29th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Fat Boys, the debut album from rap trio known as the Fat Boys. The guys were Prince Markie Dee (Mark Morales), the Human Beat Box (Darren Robinson) and Kool Rock-Ski (Damon Wimbley). They started out under the name of Disco 3, then the Original Fat Boys, and finally just the Fat Boys. This album spent forty weeks on the US Billboard Chart, peaking at number 48. It also went to number 6 on the US Billboard R&B chart.

Kurtis Blow - Tough

Today we will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Tough, the third album from American rapper Kurtis Blow, which was released on August 19th of 1982. With just five tracks clocking in at a little over twenty five minutes in total, this EP went to number 167 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and number 38 on the Billboard R&B charts.

Krush Groove (soundtrack)

Welcome to another edition of Soundtrack Sunday.

In October of 1985, Warner Brothers studio released the film Krush Groove that was loosely based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings and record producer Russell Simmons (played by Blair Underwood). The record label in the film was called Krush Groove, with over a half dozen real-life musical artists (playing themselves) as the various acts on the fictious label.