Artist: Steve Gordon And The Kosher 5
Album: Take My Rap....Please
Release: 1979
Label: Reflection
Tracklist:
1. Take My Rap....Please [Long Version]
2. Take My Rap....Please [Short Version]
This might be the oddest record that will ever be posted on ICDT. A week ago, my roommate was going through some of his records for potential eBay-ing when stumbling upon a 12" single from Steve Gordon And The Kosher 5, curiously-titled Take My Rap....Please. After everyone laughed at the mere sight of the record, this roommate revealed that it was actually a record that his ex-rapper father recorded and that it was not only the first Jewish rap record ever recorded, but one of the first recorded rap songs ever. I did my internet research (for about ten minutes before getting bored) and have concluded that this claim is far from outlandish, but seems to be shared by many hip-hop historians and old school aficionados.
The first thing that one needs to know about this record is that it's purely novelty, as was all the other hip-hop that was released around the time. As a matter of fact, Reflection (who put out this record and a few other rap and disco records at the time) used the same backing track for each of its rap singles, Take My Rap....Please included. The 12" version of this release is just the one song, in both its regular and single versions. On this song, Mr. Gordon utilizes the archaic beat to throw out an endless barrage of self-referential Jewish cracks in a heavy, affected Yiddish accent.
Do I get most of these jokes? Not at all, as I am not culturally Jewish by any means, but that doesn't mean that this isn't still endlessly fascinating (not to mention, highly enjoyable!) for those of us counted as Goyim. As I previously stated, this record is a real curiosity, but for those of you interested in odd, forgotten nooks of musical history, then you should definitely check out this seldom-heard gem! Take this download link, please! [Note: Sorry, I couldn't help it...]
Download Here
P.S. For the record, the attractive woman on the right is not my roommate's mother, but merely Mr. Gordon's girlfriend at the time. A Faigelah he is not!
-Adam
Album: Take My Rap....Please
Release: 1979
Label: Reflection
Tracklist:
1. Take My Rap....Please [Long Version]
2. Take My Rap....Please [Short Version]
This might be the oddest record that will ever be posted on ICDT. A week ago, my roommate was going through some of his records for potential eBay-ing when stumbling upon a 12" single from Steve Gordon And The Kosher 5, curiously-titled Take My Rap....Please. After everyone laughed at the mere sight of the record, this roommate revealed that it was actually a record that his ex-rapper father recorded and that it was not only the first Jewish rap record ever recorded, but one of the first recorded rap songs ever. I did my internet research (for about ten minutes before getting bored) and have concluded that this claim is far from outlandish, but seems to be shared by many hip-hop historians and old school aficionados.
The first thing that one needs to know about this record is that it's purely novelty, as was all the other hip-hop that was released around the time. As a matter of fact, Reflection (who put out this record and a few other rap and disco records at the time) used the same backing track for each of its rap singles, Take My Rap....Please included. The 12" version of this release is just the one song, in both its regular and single versions. On this song, Mr. Gordon utilizes the archaic beat to throw out an endless barrage of self-referential Jewish cracks in a heavy, affected Yiddish accent.
Do I get most of these jokes? Not at all, as I am not culturally Jewish by any means, but that doesn't mean that this isn't still endlessly fascinating (not to mention, highly enjoyable!) for those of us counted as Goyim. As I previously stated, this record is a real curiosity, but for those of you interested in odd, forgotten nooks of musical history, then you should definitely check out this seldom-heard gem! Take this download link, please! [Note: Sorry, I couldn't help it...]
Download Here
P.S. For the record, the attractive woman on the right is not my roommate's mother, but merely Mr. Gordon's girlfriend at the time. A Faigelah he is not!
-Adam
5 comments:
And the attractive woman on the left? A relative of Mr. Gordon?
Actually, a random woman they grabbed off the street!
-Adam
Whoa... totally listening to this on the way to work.
is this jake's father?
Yes it is!
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