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Topic subjectTrue. When Hip Hop music was on the ropes and needed a new sound
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2914926, True. When Hip Hop music was on the ropes and needed a new sound
Posted by CaptainRook, Wed Dec-31-14 09:22 PM
(because GMF & F5 had broken up, in addition to that heavy handed band instrumentation of Sugar Hill records was limiting Hip Hop's full expressive potential, and some say even corny), "Larry Lar" Smith came to the rescue.

He saved Hip Hop music. Not single handedly but he helped to save it nonetheless.