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!Catch The Beat! (Rap & Breaks) / !Catch The Groove! (Inst. & Breaks)
!Catch The Beat! (Rap & Breaks) / !Catch The Groove! (Inst. & Breaks)

!Catch The Beat! (Rap & Breaks) / !Catch The Groove! (Inst. & Breaks)

Performing artist T-Ski Valley
Performing artist Grand Groove Bunch
Record company Grand Groove Records
Date1981
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 5/16 × 12 3/8 in. (31.274 × 31.433 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.279.1.A,.B
Text Entries

!Catch The Beat! (Rap & Breaks) /!Catch The Groove! (Inst. & Breaks) is a single released in 1982 by T-Ski Valley.  Released under Grand Groove Records, the single was produced by Brad Osborne. 

 

T-Ski (Tyrone Cox, b. unknown) was a Hip-Hop artist from The Bronx, New York. T-Ski had many connections to music in his early years. T-Ski began his musical career at the age of fourteen when he and his friend Disco Prince formed a group called the Erotic Disco Brothers In 1978 Tski joined Kool Herc as an M.C. (Fly Force) and later that year joined A.J. & Busy Bee as a D.J.. He also worked with reggae producers Brad Osborne of Clocktower Records and Clement "Coxsone" Dodd (Studio One Records) at Grand Groove Records. His first release was “Catch The Beat,” and was released in the fall of 1981. T-Ski performed with many artists such as Kool Moe Dee, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Spoonie Gee, Cold Crush Brothers, Grandwizzard Theodore, and Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five. 

Vinyl has track listing, artist and record details in black ink.
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
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Medium: gold; acrylic; wood
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.482.5
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