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Batterram (12" Vocal Version) / Batterram (7" Version) + Batterram (12" Instrumental Version)
Batterram (12" Vocal Version) / Batterram (7" Version) + Batterram (12" Instrumental Version)

Batterram (12" Vocal Version) / Batterram (7" Version) + Batterram (12" Instrumental Version)

Record company Epic Records Group
Performing artist Toddy Tee
Date1983
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 1/4 × 12 5/16 in. (31.115 × 31.274 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.337.10.A,.B
Text Entries

Batterram (12" Vocal Version) / Batterram (7" Version) + Batterram (12" Instrumental Version) is a single released in 1983 by Toddy Tee. Released under Epic Records, this single was produced by Leon Haywood. "Batterram" is a song about the armored cars that were driven into suspected crack houses by the Los Angeles Police Department. 

 

Toddy Tee (Todd Howard) is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. Known as a pioneer of the west coast Hip-Hop scene, his most famous song "Batterram" helped make him one of Los Angeles' first big Hip-Hop artists in the early 1980s. Toddy Tee influenced fellow Los Angeles-based artists such as Ice-T and King Tee, who developed similar Rap styles. 

‘Party time is written in black font. Two images of martini glasses are printed. The background image is a vinyl record.
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