Recovery Recordings Announces the Re-Issue of HARD HITTIN': An Old-School, Hip-Hop Classic and the Debut Album by DEF SQUAD, TEXAS; America's First Inter-Racial, "Tu-Tone" Rap Group.

11 MP3 Songs in this album (41:40) !
Related styles: HIP-HOP/RAP: Old-School Rap, HIP-HOP/RAP: Pop-Rap

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RECOVERY RECORDINGS RE-ISSUES HARD HITTIN'
AN OLD-SCHOOL, HIP-HOP CLASSIC BY DEF SQUAD, TEXAS

Introducing, Def Squad, Texas.

Itâs not a place, itâs a state of mind.

Back in 1988 in the sleepy, backwater coastal town of Freeport, Texas, Champ & KB were writing rhymes, producing beats & honing their performance skills at weekend house parties and after-school social gatherings on the beach. They christened themselves Def Squad, Texas and they became Hip-Hopâs first inter-racial, âTu-Toneâ rap group.

One of their demos made its way to Houstonâs Mr. Henry Records resulting in their first single, âHard Hittin,â b/w âIâm Def and Iâm Proud.â This eventually evolved into the long-playing album, "Hard Hittinâ," which was then licensed to Atlantaâs Ichiban Records in 1989. From that album, Ichiban released the single, âLove is Blindâ b/w âHardcore Hip-Hop,â which has recently been re-discovered by Sirius XM Satellite Radio Hip-Hop programmers. The music video for âLove Is Blindâ was a favorite of the television program, âRap City,â and was broadcasted often that year on Black Entertainment Television (BET), as well as on New Yorkâs âVideo Music Boxâ and Oaklandâs âSoul Beat.â

Def Squad, Texas was featured in multiple regional and national publications during this period, including the Brazosport Facts, the Houston Post, the Beaumont Enterprise, the Austin American-Statesman, New Yorkâs Right On and Rap Masters magazines, Texas Monthly magazine, and a feature article that was run by United Press International and distributed worldwide. Def Squad, Texas was also the first rap group invited to perform at the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas, in 1989. They also won consecutive Houston Press Music Awards for Best Rap Group in 1990 and 1991.

In 1991 with the Gulf War raging on, Mr. Henry released, the group's second album, âCountdown to the Year 2000.â These tracks reflected a more mature, âissue orientedâ Def Squad, Texas, whose broader, geo-political outlook reflected Champâs growing devotion to the teachings of the Nation of Islam and KBâs increasing personal commitment against oppression and racism in society. By 1995, Def Squad, Texas disbanded.

Today, Champ is active as a lecturer, a history teacher, and a screenwriter. KB, as always, is actively championing truth, justice and the American way.

If youâre a fan of Hip-Hop luminaries such as Run-DMC, vintage Beastie Boys, De La Soul, and Stetsasonic, then you will enjoy the music and message of Def Squad, Texas.

There You Have It...Another Fine Recording From Recovery Recordings!


*Released: March, 1988
*Recorded at Musician's Sound Lab, Richwood, Texas
*Produced by Mike Dean
*Executive Producers: Ivan Koop Kuper & Hank Lam
*Mixed by Hank Lam
*Re-Mastered by James Hoover
*Art Direction: Ishmael Obregon