South Bronx
The Big Throwdown (12")
Rissa-Chrissa Records (USA)
1980
#FS-5000-A
33 1/3 RPM 12" single
Genre: Dance
Writer(s)
W. Moore J. Holloway M. Serrette
Produced by Bill Moore Mike Serrette
Executive Producer: Rissa-Chrissa
New York, New York
A Side
The Big Throwdown (6:40)
B Side
The Big Throwdown (Instrumental) (6:30)
109 BPM
A rare song on a very small label out of New York called Rissa-Chrissa.
This was a big hit at the club I worked at in 1981. The Saturday night DJ discovered it... and of course passed the information on to me.
I was floored!!!!! when I first heard it. It is an early rap / disco /r & b type of record. It disappeared quickly from the record shelves, that I couldn't get a copy for myself weeks later... BUT WHAT A JAM!!!!! I just came across this record 2 years ago... in M- Condition!!! Wow!!!
Do any former New York DJ's remember this record?
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Oct 15, 2003 | 12:05 pmThis record was later released on Brunswick Records #D-219.
"The Big Throwdown" (by South Bronx) made history in the music world. It was one of the very first rap records to highlight serious political issues... (along with a few fun party lyrics). MIKE SERRETTE delivers a powerful rap that mentions topics such as dependence on foreign oil, as well as a lack of jobs because of so many imported products. These kinds of topics were unheard of in early hip-hop and rap!! "The Big Throwdown" and the lyricist (BILL MOORE)were WAY ahead of their time!!!
The tune was first released by Rissa-Chrissa Records in 1980, then picked-up and released by the legendary label, BRUNSWICK RECORDS, in 1981.