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High Power Rap

Performing artist Crash Crew
Performing artist Disco Dave and the Force of the Five MCs
Record company Mix Master Mike and Disco Dave Records
Date1980
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (31.115 × 31.115 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.235.25.A,.B
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“High Power Rap” is a single released in 1980 by Crash Crew. Signed under Mike and Dave Records, this recordwas performed under the moniker "Disco Dave and the Force of the 5 MC's".

Crash Crew was an early Hip-Hop group from Harlem, New York. The group was signed to Sugar Hill Records and consisted of members DJ Daryll C, G. Man, La Shubee, Barry B-Stro, Michael EK Shahid, and Reggie Reg. The Crash Crew was one of the first MC's to sing on records and during live performances who've performed with some of the biggest names in Hip Hop in the early years.

Track list, song title. artist and credits are printed in white ink on vinyl.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Here We Are (Waiting For You) / Here We Are (Waiting For You)
Crash Crew
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2000.19.26.A,.B
Here We Are (Waiting For You) / Here We Are (Waiting For You)
Crash Crew
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.279.11.A,.B
We Want To Rock (Vocal) / We Want To Rock (Instrumental)
Crash Crew
Date: 1982
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.235.14.A,.B
Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Vocal) / Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Instrumental)
Crash Crew
Date: 1982
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.235.17.A,.B
On The Radio (Vocal) / On The Radio (Instrumental)
Crash Crew
Date: 1983
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.44.A,.B
We Are Known As Emcees (We Turn Party's Out) (Vocal) / We Are Known As Emcees (We Turn Party's Out) (Instrumental)
Crash Crew
Date: 1983
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.54.A,.B
Rob Bass & Easy Rock and Crash Crew, at the New Zodiac II, Bronx, NY, November 25, 1987
Crash Crew
Date: 1987
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.83
Skate Odyessy: A Rappers Concert on Wheels! with Crash Crew and Coldcrush Brothers, Saturday, May 1, 1982
Crash Crew
Date: 1982
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.116