Love Rap / The New Rap Language

“Love Rap” / “The New Rap Language” is a EP released in 1980 by Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three. Signed under Enjoy Records the two songs were produced by Bobby Robinson and Pumpkin & Friends.

Spoonie Gee (Gabriel Jackson, b. 1963), is one of the earliest Rap artists, and one of the few to have released Rap records in the 1970s. some of the themes in his music were precursors of Gangsta Rap. Spoonie Gee received his 'Spoonie' nickname as a child because the spoon was the only utensil that he used to eat with. Spoonie's name was suggested, and he recorded "Spoonin' Rap", which was released on Brown's Sound of New York, USA imprint, featuring a lyric that included jailhouse references that would later become common in Gangsta Rap, and with echo applied to his vocals. Spoonie G was a founding member of the Treacherous Three, along with L.A. Sunshine and Kool Moe Dee. Spoonie Gee has been described as "the original gangsta rapper”. His career took off once again in 1987 with his debut album The Godfather of Rap, produced by Marley Marl and Teddy Riley, and issued on the Tuff City label. 

Treacherous Three is considered one of the pioneering old school Hip-Hop groups from Harlem, formed in 1978, consisting of Kool Moe Dee (Mohandas Dewese, b. 1963), LA Sunshine (Lamar Hill, b. unknown), and Special K (Kevin Keaton, b. 1963), and DJ Easy Lee (Theodore Moy'e, b. unknown). One of the very first Rap acts put to wax, the Treacherous Three made their debut in 1978 on Enjoy Records and released several singles on the label, most notably "The Body Rock" (1980). The Treacherous Three became well known for their singles "Feel the Heartbeat" and "Whip It". They released their debut full-length album and were featured in the 1984  breakdance cult-movie Beat Street, performing the song "Xmas Rap" with Doug E. Fresh. As one of the members of one of the first Rap groups on record, Treacherous Three were also signed to Sugar Hill Records. Their talent influenced the emergence of fast style of rapping called speed rapping which influenced the later course of Hip-Hop.