

Treacherous Three "At the Party" (Enjoy) 14. Sugarhill Gang "8th Wonder" (Sugarhill) 13. Sequence featuring Spoonie Gee "Monster Jam" (Sugarhill) 12. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force "Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 2" (Winley) 11. Jimmy Spicer "Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap)" (Dazz) 9. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 "Freedom" (Sugarhill) 8. Afrika Bambaataa & the Cosmic Force "Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 1" (Winley) 7. Treacherous Three "The Body Rock" (Enjoy) 6. Treacherous Three "The New Rap Language" / Spoonie Gee "Love Rap" (Enjoy) 5.

Spoonie Gee "Spoonin' Rap" (Sound of New York) 4. Disco Dave & the Force of the 5 MC's "High Powered Rap" (Mike & Dave) 3. Fatback "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" (Spring) 1980 1. Xanadu & Sweet Lady "Rapper's Delight"/ "Rocker's Choice" (Joe Gibbs Music) 15. Solid C, Bobby D & Kool Drop "Wack Rap" (Wackie's) 13. Funky Constellation "Street Talk (Madam Rapper)" (Funky Constellation) 12. Jazzy 4 MCs "MC Rock" (Razzberri Rainbow) 10. Paulette & Tanya Winley "Rhymin' and Rappin'" (Winley) 7.

The Younger Generation "We Rap More Mellow" (Brass) 6. Funky 4 + 1 "Rappin' and Rockin' the House" (Enjoy) 5. Kurtis Blow "Christmas Rappin'" (Mercury) 4. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 "Superrappin'" (Enjoy) 3. Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" (Sugarhill) 2. Fine Wine, David Griffiths, and Jared Boxx.Ī big supporter of underground hip-hop, he gives exposure to up-and-coming artists every month in rap magazine "XXL", where he has a column called "Chairman's Choice".1979 1. He currently hosts the monthly "Bump Shop" party along with DJs Mr. On his own, Mao has led a successful other life as one of New York's leading soul/funk DJs and collectors. Also compilation "The Big Playback" (2000), and more recently, two reality TV series on VH1 – "The (White) Rapper Show" and "Miss Rap Supreme" (2008). Martin's Press, 1999) and "Big Book Of Racism!" (ReganBooks, 2002). Eventually Gabriel Alvarez and designer Brent Rollins would complete the five-man core team at the magazine.Īfter the magazine's folding in 1998, the staff began to embark on assembling a budding multimedia empire, which has included two "Ego Trip" books co-authored by Mao: "Book Of Rap Lists" (St. When the magazine closed, Jenkins went on to found "Ego Trip" and invited Mao to join him and Elliot Wilson. Born on the outskirts of Boston, Jeff "Chairman" Mao moved to NYC where, in the early 1990s, he met Sacha Jenkins who was then running the "Beat Down" hip-hop magazine.
