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Funky Soul Makossa (Rap) + Free Beats / Funky Soul Makossa + Makossa Jam (Instrumental)
Funky Soul Makossa (Rap) + Free Beats / Funky Soul Makossa + Makossa Jam (Instrumental)

Funky Soul Makossa (Rap) + Free Beats / Funky Soul Makossa + Makossa Jam (Instrumental)

Producer Arthur Baker
Producer John Robie
Record company Streetwise Records
Performing artist Nairobi
Performing artist Awesome Foursome
Date1982
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (31.115 × 30.956 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.279.20.A,.B
Text Entries
Funky Soul Makossa (Rap) + Free Beats / Funky Soul Makossa + Makossa Jam (Instrumental) is a vinyl release by Nairobi And The Awesome Foursome in 1982 on Streetwise Records. The tracks were produced and arranged by Arthur Baker and John Robie. 
Streetwise is printed in red ink on a black background in the top left and bottom right corner. 
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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